Tobi (Patrick Stewart), a retired dancer-turned-teacher, likes his solitary life. In his cosy New York City apartment he can knit and smoke pot as much as he likes without being bothered. But he is disturbed when Seattle-based couple Mike (Matthew Lillard) and Lisa (Carla Gugino) come to visit, ostensibly to interview him for Lisa's dissertation on the dance community during the 1960s.

The questions soon veer towards the personal, and at first Tobi is happy to reminisce about the colourful sexual dynamics of the period, when he regularly fell into bed with men and women alike. However, Mike's increasing aggression and relentless focus on his sexual history makes Tobi suspicious about their ulterior motives, and when secrets are explosively revealed, the emotional fallout leaves all three protagonists changed forever.

Exquisitely adapted from writer/director Stephen Belber's 2004 play, his script is witty and cracks along at a great pace. A superbly crafted film about the role we play in other people's lives and how the past continues to interact with the present, long after it is gone.

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