Glad tidings from the trailer front, for once - it appears Whit Stillman has made another movie. If you haven't seen a Stillman film yet, describing them would probably not encourage you to do so. He mostly shoots wealthy folks who have the emotional maturity of pre-teens, but the vocabularies of tenured English professors. And yet - Stillman doesn't let his fondness for these hapless youths stop him from recording their antics with all the dedication of an anthropologist. You can check out Metropolitan or The Last Days of Disco. Disco is particularly recommended, for the stellar duds the costumer designer found for Kate Beckinsale.
The trailer for Damsels in Distress isn't that promising, but Stillman's meandering tone would always be a difficult fit for a two-minute format. I'm willing to wait until April 6th to give my final judgment. I'll be there in theatres, with my tap shoes on.
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