Has it really been 14 years since writer-director Whit Stillman's last movie? The Last Days of Disco was released in 1998, which had followed Metropolitan (1990) and Barcelona (1994), each film in its own way satisfying the world's desire to see anxious "preppies and patricians" fall in and out of love. Now, at last, his fourth effort, Damsels in Distress, is being released and you have the chance to attend a sneak preview attended by Stillman, who loves writing at Dunkin Donuts.
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Whit Stillman Is Back—And At Lincoln Center With Damsels in Distress
Community Board To Noisy Gays: No More Booze For You At Metropolitan
Williamsburg hotspot Metropolitan's vine-tangled patio, scattered with picnic tables and lawn chairs, draws throngs of tank-top-wearing, chain-smoking, $2-PBR-swilling gays from across the city seven nights a week—and the neighbors have had enough. Members of Community Board 1 unanimously rejected a proposal to renew the establishment's liquor license. It isn't that the gays are too proud, they say, it's just that they're too damn loud!
Whit Stillman, Filmmaker
Whit Stillman's 1998 film, The Last Days of Disco, has been restored and re-released on Criterion this week. Its ensemble cast includes Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman and Mackenzie Astin. Tomorrow night, Stillman will appear at the Walter Reade Theater for a screening of the film, and a real life disco party will follow in tribute.
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