Director Whit Stillman's fourth feature has been a long time coming—following a 14 year gap following the release of The Last Days of Disco, he is finally back with Damsels in Distress, which opened last month. The film, shot entirely on Staten Island (though you might not know it), is finishing up a nice run at The Sunshine, and will soon hop the East River to Williamsburg's Nitehawk Cinema, where there's no reason to sneak in your own booze, because they deliver it right to your seat. more ›

Michael Wolff was leaning on an umbrella outside his East Village apartment and seemed to be apologizing for the lack of SWAT team units responding to his return to Sunshine Cinema after last week's Juicegate debacle. "Ultimately, this was all very inadvertent," he said with the twinge of sadness that a shark must feel after it bites into a tire. Confrontation was averted when Whit Stillman had stopped Wolff at the ticket booth, snatched his $10 juice and crammed it in into his jacket. "Good God, Michael," Stillman said, bristling at his friend's brazenness. Once we sat down the director urged us to enjoy his film, Damsels In Distress. "Michael, you want any rum for your juice?" Stillman produced an airplane bottle of Bacardi. "No thanks, I'll take it straight." more ›

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. more ›