Metropolitan + Director Q&A15
One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit Metropolitan, by writer-director Whit Stillman, is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a young man’s romantic misadventures while trying to fit into New York City’s debutante society. Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Beneath the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety.
UPDATE: With our Director Q&A screening (6.15pm) now SOLD OUT, director Whit Stillman has kindly agreed to give an in-person introduction to a second screening of Metropolitan on Thursday 31st July at 9pm. Tickets now on sale.
Presented in partnership with Geoffrey M. Badger and Lost Reels (lostreels.co.uk). Special thanks to Whit Stillman for his support and participation.
Reviews
‘Stillman films these rounds of romance and jealousy, old mind-sets and new friendships, as scintillating dialectical jousts in which verbal blows take the place of action and leave lasting emotional wounds.’
Richard Brody, The New Yorker
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