With a trio of sharp, literate films that mapped the emotional landscape of the young, American and upscale, Whit Stillman emerged from the ‘90s independent film scene as one of the decade’s ...

Whit Stillman‘s characters are often criticized as being aimless, a characterization that the writer and director happens to despise.“That word — ‘aimless’ — is really annoying,” he ...

“I don’t think there is a popular imagination,” muses a debutante in the iconic 1990 film “Metropolitan.” Clearly, the character hasn’t seen her own movie. 25 years later, Whit ...

Whit Stillman on ‘Damsels in Distress’ April 6, 2012 Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody in Whit Stillman's “Damsels in Distress.” (Sabrina Lantos, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) ...

Meanwhile, Whit Stillman‘s fifth film, the delicious Love & Friendship, is currently playing in art house cinemas. It, too, is Stillman’s first feature length collaboration with Amazon Studios.

Re-enter Whit Stillman’s Barcelona, the funniest film ever made about the violent hatred of Americans, which turned 20 this month. The timing couldn’t be better.

Talking with Whit Stillman feels like a witty scene out of a 30s film, the era he considers cinema’s best. Think William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man.

Whit Stillman’s First Movie in 14 Years Looks Pleasantly Familiar. By David Haglund. Feb 14, 2012 9:05 AM. Greta Gerwig in the trailer for Damsels in Distress. Tweet Share Share Comment ...

Director Whit Stillman and actress Analeigh Tipton gave a Q & A Sunday following Cinefamily’s sneak preview screening of “Damsels in Distress” (April 6). The film is set at the fictional ...

Whit Stillman didn’t always love Jane Austen. Actually, like Tom Townsend, the brainy Princeton freshman in “Metropolitan,” Stillman’s 1990 movie about young preppies navigating Manhattan ...

Whit Stillman doesn't want to talk about politics. Ask the famed indie film director for his thoughts about the current Republican primary race, and he politely — but flatly — declines.