Café Society

Café Society (2016) is a Woody Allen romance you can watch online on iFILM. Picture Hollywood in the 1930s: studio parties, poolside deals, and a kid from the Bronx hoping to land any job that gets him in the door.

Bobby comes west and lands work with his uncle Phil, a powerful agent whose phone never stops ringing with studio names. Then he falls for Phil's assistant, Vonnie, and the whole thing knots up fast. Jesse Eisenberg plays the wide-eyed newcomer, Kristen Stewart the woman he can't read, and Steve Carell the slick operator caught in the middle. Back in New York, Bobby's brother runs with gangsters, and the glitter of café society sits right next to something far rougher.

Allen made a wistful, slightly bitter film about timing, regret, and the love you reach for too late. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro bathes every frame in warm gold, and period jazz drifts through nearly every scene. Stream Café Society (2016) online on iFILM.