Overview
- Ethan Hawke’s new film is now in German theaters, drawing strong notices that praise his nuanced turn as songwriter Lorenz Hart.
- Richard Linklater directs from Robert Kaplow’s script, setting the entire story in Sardi’s on March 31, 1943 as Hart confronts personal and professional decline.
- Hawke’s performance earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, though the Oscar went to Michael B. Jordan for Blood & Sinners.
- Andrew Scott portrays composer Richard Rodgers and won a Berlinale supporting-actor prize for the role.
- Reviews highlight Linklater’s analog staging—enlarged furniture, raised platforms, and an oversized suit to scale Hawke’s presence—and the film’s bittersweet salute to classic Broadway standards.