Category Archives: News

Mars Hill Audio interview with Stillman

Vol. 54 of the Mars Hill Audio Journal features an interview with Mark Henrie on “Whit Stillman’s approach to comedy”. There’s a complete MP3 linked to on this page. Thanks to Tim Chambers.

‘The American Enterprise’ article on Stillman

‘Americans in Europe, Then and Now’ by Christian J. Izquierdo at The American Enterprise

Stillman article on Cannes

‘Glory Days of Cannes’ by Whit Stillman in the New York Post Thanks to Michiel Visser.

Stillman adapting Jane Austen novels

‘Shadenfrau’ emailed a brief news item from the 22 Dec 2003 edition of Variety:

Five years after his last movie, “The Last Days of Disco,” American writer-director Whit Stillman is developing a Jane Austen project with Brit producer Stephen Evans. Paris-based Stillman, who first found fame with his Austen-esque comedies of preppy manners “Metropolitan” [...]

Sundance Channel interview added

Added a brief 1996 interview with Whit Stillman from the Sundance Channel. Thanks to Steve Greene.

Kieran McCabe’s Stillman site resurrected

Kieran McCabe has resurrected his Whit Stillman site. It started before this one but was offline for some time.

‘City Journal’ article on Stillman

Trevor Brown pointed out an article about Stillman in the latest City Journal, ‘A Great Conservative Filmmaker’ by Julia Magnet.

Stillman books available on Amazon.co.uk

The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards by Stillman is now available at Amazon UK, as is Doomed Bourgeois in Love: Essays on the Films of Whit Stillman by Marc C. Henrie.

‘First Things’ article available

he First Things article on Stillman mentioned below is now available to read on the site.

Whit Stillman audio

Audible.com has three items by or featuring Stillman for sale. I can’t work out how to reliably link to them, but search on his name.