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Damsels to open in April in USA?

Earlier in the week, “Glen” left a comment on an earlier post, reporting back after watching 12th January’s online screening of Metropolitan, with a Whit Stillman Q&A. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited news is a possible release date for Damsels … Continue reading

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Ask Whit Stillman questions at online ‘Metropolitan’ screening

On Thursday 12th January 2012, Constellation is presenting an online screening of Metropolitan hosted by Whit Stillman, who will appear live via webcam and show a clip or two from the forthcoming Damsels in Distress. Anyone signed up, which costs … Continue reading

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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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