Maestro

In 1943, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) made his debut conducting the New York Philharmonic at only 25 years old.  At the after-party celebrating him, he meets Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), an aspiring actress, and the two fall madly in love.  They quickly get married and have three children, all the while, rising in the ranks…

Licorice Pizza

It is 1973 in the San Fernando Valley and things could not be more exciting for fifteen-year-old child star Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) because he just met Alana (Alana Haim), the girl he is going to marry – never mind her being ten years his senior.  After some convincing, Alana entertains Gary with a date,…

Nightmare Alley

Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) is set adrift in the world without much of a purpose until he stumbles into employment at Clem Hoatley’s (Willem Dafoe) freaks and geeks carnival.  There, he begins to apprentice for a mentalism act, Zeena the Seer (Toni Collette) and her husband Pete (David Strathairn).  As his skills as a performer grow, so…