Showing posts with label Whit Stillman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whit Stillman. Show all posts
Saturday, August 26, 2017

KITTY/DAWN - TWO SHORTS ON FILMSTRUCK/CRITERION CHANNEL

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Two actresses who gained their initial fame in the 1990s have stepped behind the camera to make their own short films, each focusing on ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO - #485

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Of all of Whit Stillman’s films, The Last Days of Disco is by far my favorite. It’s the most full realization of his unique vision, and...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

BARCELONA - #807

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I can’t imagine a more withering critique from a Whit Stillman character than Fred, the caustic American patriot in Stillman’s 1994 film...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

METROPOLITAN - #326

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Whit Stillman released his first film when he was nearly 40: Metropolitan , an erudite, witty portrait of New York rich kids nearly hal...
Monday, October 1, 2012

SIDELINE: MORE REVIEWS FOR 9/12

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My reviews of non-Criterion movies from September. IN THEATRES... *  Bachelorette , Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher lead a great cas...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

SIDELINE: A LENA DUNHAM MEA CULPA

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When I ran my review of Tiny Furniture  on this blog, I added a coda dismissing Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls . Based on the pilot,...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

SIDELINE: MORE REVIEWS FOR 4/12

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IN THEATRES... *  The Avengers , the film at pole position for the summer blockbuster season. Joss Whedon delivers a big budget aventu...