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Updated whenever I hear new information about Whit Stillman and his projects.

Stillman still plans to make ‘Dancing Mood’

While doing press for Damsels in Distress, Whit Stillman told John Hopwell at Variety that he: …still plans to make Dancing Mood, about young people in the Kingston, Jamaica, church music scene in 1962 through ’66. “If I can’t set … Continue reading

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‘Damsels in Distress’ press conference at Venice

Over on YouTube there’s a three minute video of some edited highlights (one assumes) of the Damsels in Distress press conference at the Venice Film Festival, featuring Whit Stillman, Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, and Adam Brody: It’s a bit odd … Continue reading

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‘Damsels’ screened in Venice and Toronto, and the verdict is…

On Saturday night Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress was the closing movie at the Venice Film Festival, before a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, and as a result we finally have some lengthy reviews. And the word is … Continue reading

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First review of ‘Damsels in Distress’

It’s hard to know when to start calling something a “review”; the previous verdict was only a couple of sentences but this one is rather longer and perhaps counts as a review proper. At the Toronto Globe and Mail, Rick … Continue reading

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Damsels: “Stillman fans, rejoice!”

The brief reviews of Damsels in Distress are trickling out. After yesterday’s here’s another, by Peter Howell, in a list of films to catch at the Toronto International Film Festival: Whit Stillman’s brainy characters wear their pretensions proudly, like a … Continue reading

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Musical numbers in ‘Damsels’

Over at NOW Magazine is a tiny review of Damsels in Distress by Norm Wilner: After a 13-year absence from filmmaking, Stillman picks up precisely where he left off, chronicling the interactions of well-spoken young people with more privilege than … Continue reading

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First three ‘Damsels in Distress’ clips

It looks like the first three clips from Whit Stillman’s forthcoming Damsels in Distress have been released, ahead of its screening to close the Venice Film Festival. It’s hard to tell if these are officially-sanctioned clips or a leak, as … Continue reading

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Official ‘Damsels in Distress’ site goes live

Thanks to our eagle-eyed correspondent who noticed that Sony’s official website for Damsels in Distress has gone live. There’s not much to see there so far, apart from a big film still and the ability to Like, Tweet or +1 … Continue reading

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Working on ‘Damsels in Distress’

At Duke University’s Chronicle, Charlie McSpadden has written about his first experience of working on a movie, Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress: Initial pre-production of a film mirrors the frightening abyss-like expanse of post-graduation life: You have nothing and it’s … Continue reading

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First ‘Damsels in Distress’ review?

What purports to be an anonymous first review of the film.

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