By Jacob Hall/April 21, 2016 12:00 pm EST
Here’s the first Cafe Society trailer:
Set in the late 1930s and 1940s, Café Society stars Jesse Eisenberg as a young man from the Bronx who travels to Hollywood, meets a pretty girl (Kristen Stewart), and has his fair share of low-key adventures. It looks light and fluffy and sweet, a welcome return to romantic comedies for Allen after a few years spent exploring the darker side of human nature in films like Blue Jasmine and Irrational Man. Eisenberg picks up the mantel of “slightly neurotic charmer,” characters reference jazz music, and one person in the trailer quote a famous philosopher, so fill out your Woody Allen Bingo cards accordingly.
As is always the case with Allen’s films, Eisenberg and Stewart are backed up by strong supporting cast, including Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott. Allen’s modern work can be profoundly hit-and-miss (which is what happens when you direct a feature every single year), but there is always some fun to be had in watching the impressive actors he always manages to wrangle. In any case, I hope this one is more Midnight in Paris than To Rome With Love.
Here’s the current barebones synopsis of the film:
The film tells the story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
