Whit Stillman

The films by Whit Stillman are excellent, and underestimated. Metropolitan (1990) owns much to Woody Allen, but renders Allen's humour younger and more socially and critically inspired. Stillman attempts to be relevant, and situates himself far left of American society, which admittedly, is close to the extreme right end cliff. Barcelona (1994) is the tale of a trapped outsider, fumbling for love, and the recent Damsels in Distress (2011) is a sharp and clean undercutting of the American college dream, telling the mind adventures of the Suicide (Prevention) Center on the college campus.

These films are up there, with American Movie, Sherman's March and Best in Show.

Thanks, Whit.