Updated when anything new is added to the site.
Links to old ‘Metropolitan’ reviews.
In a comment “John” kindly pointed out that you can watch Siskel and Ebert’s review of Metropolitan. Thumbs up from Ebert, down from Siskel.
Second, a recent article at National Review lists Metropolitan as number three in its Best Conservative Movies, with this from Mark Henrie (editor of the book Doomed Bourgeois in Love: Essays on [...]
A couple of new things for you…
First, Rebecca Tirrell Talbot has written an article on Metropolitan and Barcelona at The Curator, ‘Virtuous Fun in the Films of Whit Stillman’:
I’ll tell you candidly — I love dark, cynical, yes, even nihilistic films. The macabre side of human experience is fascinating, and there has been [...]
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Once again, Eric Burritt has been digging around in the dusty corners of the web and turned up a few old Stillman references. Here’s what’s been added to the relevant pages on the site:
The poster illustration for ‘Metropolitan’ by Pierre Le-Tan (accessible from this page. A letter by Linda Stillman (scroll to bottom) detailing Stillman’s connection [...]
Eric Burritt has been digging around in the depths of the internet and come up with a few more articles on The Last Days of Disco for us:
‘The Last Days of Disco: Interview with Whit Stillman’ by Prairie Miller for Cinema Syndicate (1998) ‘Whit Stillman goes retro in ‘Last Days’ by Michael Okwu at CNN (28 [...]
Thanks to Rayyan who pointed out a 2004 article in City Journal by Julia Magnet, which discusses Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco, and which was missing from our press links.
Here are four more brief interviews with Stillman, again found by Eric Burritt:
Metropolitan
‘Confessions…’ interview by James Ramsay (2002?) ‘Metropolitan Helmer Hails DVD’ by Jessica Wolf at Home Media Magazine (13 Feb 2006)
The Last Days of Disco
‘Fue una época increíble’ interview by Diego Lerer at Clarin.com. Google translation (14 Apr 1999) ‘Los últimos días de Whit Stillman’ interview. [...]
Eric Burritt has been rooting around the web again and come up with some more old articles about Stillman and his films. Some of these have appeared as a result of the New York Times opening up its archive for free access.
Metropolitan
‘Rich and Poor in One World of Film’ by Stephen Holden in the New [...]
Some more digging from Eric Burritt has turned up some old interviews and film reviews. (Some of the EW.com reviews don’t display properly in Firefox.)
Interviews
‘Who He Brouhaha’ about confusion between Stillman and country singer Slim Whitman, by Lois Alter Mark at EW.com (12 Aug 1994) ‘Checking in With … Whit Stillman’ by Gregory Kirschling at EW.com [...]