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‘Metropolitan’ revisited

In an article at EW.com Owen Gleiberman re-watches Metropolitan, to which he gave only a C+ twenty years ago. This time around he’s more positive: What originally tripped me up, I think, is that I took the slightly affected arch … Continue reading

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Stillman radio interview and Sundance video

Two new Metropolitan-related items from reader Eric Burritt. First, a radio interview with Stillman from 2009. I’ve put off posting this because I wanted to listen to the interview first but haven’t had time. You can download the file directly … Continue reading

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1991 ‘Metropolitan’ interview

Here’s an interview with Whit Stillman from 1991 that I haven’t seen before, and it’s possibly the earliest interview available online. Betsy Sussler talks to Stillman about Metropolitan, and it’s definitely worth a read. The material seemed pretty rich, almost … Continue reading

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Metropolitan at Sundance

‘Metropolitan’ was selected for the Sundance Collection at UCLA and screened at the film festival, twenty years on.

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Where are they now?

What Ed Clements and Isabel Gillies (both from ‘Metropolitan’) are up to, plus another Stillman interview.

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New old Metropolitan reviews

Links to old ‘Metropolitan’ reviews.

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Two ‘Metropolitan’ items

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 … Continue reading

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Virtuous fun and romance

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, … Continue reading

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The ‘Metropolitan’ guide to tuxedos

The website for Ralph Lauren’s Rugby brand has a page listing five rules for how to make the most of a tuxedo, inspired by Stillman’s Metropolitan and illustrated with stills of Christopher Eigeman looking dapper. Luxist has a post discussing … Continue reading

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‘Metropolitan’ free online, two interviews and more

A bumper crop of Whit Stillman today. The biggest news is that Stillman has released Metropolitan for free viewing online. Unfortunately this only works for those in the United States, but you lucky people can view the movie in full, … Continue reading

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