Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...What's in a name? John Whitney Stillman would probably go unnoticed in most environments. But..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mad Whit Subdivides the Psyche in Striking “Yeah, She Says” Video

Just a day at the beach with your deepest insecurities

"...actor plays multiple characters in a theatrical performance. Mad Whit carries out such an effort in the video for..."

May 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Whit and Witticism

Nineties auteur Whit Stillman returns with 'Damsels in Distress'

"...– I threw out "arch," "daffy," "winking," "wry" – Whit Stillman prefers "daffy." "That's terrific. We should put that..."

April 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Say Whit?

Sailor Poon spin-off premieres new track, “My Bee”

"...as guitarist for man-eating garage-punk mantises Sailor Poon, Madison Whitaker now comes into focus with the first recordings from..."

Oct. 30, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Watch: the Expressive Finger Choreography of Whit’s New Video

Austin quartet premieres “Hand It Over”

"...I’m thinking about hands right now because Whit just unveiled a video featuring more fingers-per-frame than any..."

March 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan

The soundtrack of Django Reinhardt lounging in the back of Bob Wills' Airstream

"...So how did Whit Smith feel when Patti Smith asked the local guitarist..."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by David Lynch

AFF: A Conversation With Whit Stillman

What Whit Stillman wants? More tap dancing

"...The day before AFF screened a 35mm print of Whit Stillman's 1990 debut, Metropolitan, he chatted up a crowd..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Damsels in Distress

Greta Gerwig stars in Whit Stillman's new film that's full of awkward artifice and – dance.

"...Directed by: Whit Stillman. Starring: Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...Directed by: Whit Stillman. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Morfydd Clark, Xavier Samuel, Chloë..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Days of Disco

"...Directed by: Whit Stillman. Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Matt..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Amazing Grace

The lost concert movie of the nights that Aretha Franklin recorded her iconic album

"...somewhat different from those on record, and not a whit disappointing. The second night falls off a bit from..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Michael King

Rebel in the Rye

The early life of J.D. Salinger is explored

"...sultry yellow of a nightclub and into the crisp white trauma of war. From the glowing green bankers’ lamps..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

One Day

This gimmicky romantic drama charts 20 years of one British couple's ups and downs in one-day blips.

"...years can whiz by without one's circumstances changing one whit. (It's why a lot of us stop keeping diaries:..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deliver Us From Eva

"...Good, Mel Jackson, Dartanyan Edmonds, Jazsmin Lewis and Kim Whitley. The fact that there’s little new in the roundabout..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

"...common knowledge outside of fans of the sport. To whit, Greenberg was the first Jewish ballplayer to not mask..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me

"...conflicted feelings about the old man. Like many rich white guys of his generation, “Blakey”'s career success came at..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Amazing Panda Adventure

"...hurts. This numbingly predictable story is helped not one whit by the lackadaisical direction of Christopher Cain (The Next..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Civil Dead

A very unconventional ghost story tests the limits of male loneliness

"...Directed by: Clay Tatum. Starring: Clay Tatum, Whitmer Thomas, Whitney Weir, DeMorge Brown, Budd Diaz, Christian Lee..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hey Beautiful

Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James calls the tune on her second solo disc

"...Friday night at the White Horse, and the East Austin honky-tonk has cleared a..."

April 24, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Barcelona

"...Directed by: Whit Stillman. Starring: Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, Mira..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Then There's This: Victory at Last?

After a string of losses, city wins fight over Downtown block

"...streets, was owned by prominent lawyer and landowner Harry Whittington, whose family acquired the site in 1981. When the..."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Sudden Death

"...letter, here's my answer to "What have you taught (Whit) my grandchild?"..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Public Notice: Through the Looking Glass

The strange logic of "new urban" housing policy

"...Last week's guest "Opinion" column, David Whit­worth's "Time to Look in the Mirror on Hous­ing," accused..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Elana James

Ex-Hot Club of Cowtowner fiddles as her Continental Two burn

"...wildly popular Hot Club of Cowtown along with guitarist Whit Smith. She seems downhearted about the band's demise...."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...autuers: Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco, Steven Soderbergh's Out..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Challengers

Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both

"...a lousy script by Justin Kuritzkes, the poor man’s Whit Stillman. It’s trashy eurosleaze with none of the sumptuous..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gwen

Folk-horror finds terror in the remoteness of pre-industrial Wales

"...cruel pranks and vicious mischief, it matters not a whit when the wind is under the door...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Screen Play

What to do at the writers' conference

"...land an agent, but at least you'll be entertained. Whit Stillman – a perennial panelist (and AFF board member)..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Backmasking

by Harold Whit Williams

"...Backmaskingby Harold Whit Williams Texas Review Press, 48pp., $8.95 (paper)..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Greg Beets

Looper

Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.

"...their hands tied, and their heads covered by a white sack. That is, except for that one time, when..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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