Metropolitan (1990) | Whit Stillman

Also see the Metropolitan credits page

View the complete movie for free online at Hulu.com (USA only)

IMDb entry
The DVD and Blu-Ray at the Criterion Collection
Available to rent in the US iTunes Store.
The poster illustration by Pierre Le-Tan (accessible from this page).

DVD, Blu-ray and Streaming

Amazon.com: Criterion DVD, Criterion Blu-ray or Instant
Amazon.ca: Criterion DVD or Criterion Blu-ray
Amazon.co.uk: 1990 DVD or Criterion DVD, US import
Amazon.de: 1990 DVD, UK import
Amazon.fr: French Release, 1990 DVD, UK import or Criterion DVD, US import
Amazon.es: Criterion DVD, import or DVD, Italian
Amazon.it: DVD
Nederlands: DVD

Screenplay Book

Includes the screenplay of Barcelona.

Restored Trailer for Rialto

Trailer

Restored French Trailer

AOL Build Interview

Press

‘Rich and Poor in One World of Film’ by Stephen Holden in the New York Times (16 Mar 1990)
‘Metropolitan Chronicles Preppy Angst’ by Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times (29 Jul 1990)
‘New Face; Crashing A Socialite’s Cozy World’ by Stephen Holden at the New York Times, an interview with Chris Eigeman (3 Aug 1990)
‘On to Barcelona’ by Lawrence van Gelder in the New York Times (23 Nov 1990)
‘Even WASP’s are Allowed to Have Feelings’ by Richard Brookhiser in the New York Times (20 Jan 1991)
‘Whit Stillman’ by Betsy Sussler in BOMB magazine. (Winter 1991)
Number 79 in ‘Top 100 American Independent Films’ (of the 1990s, provided by the BFI) at Empire (8 Mar 1999)
‘From Mansfield to Manhattan: The Abandoned Generation of Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan’ (PDF) by R. V. Young at The Intercollegiate Review (Spring 2000)
‘Confessions…’ interview by James Ramsay (2002?)
‘Metropolitan Helmer Hails DVD’ by Jessica Wolf at Home Media Magazine (13 Feb 2006)
‘Whit Stillman and Metropolitan’ on Udolpho.com (19 Feb 2006)
‘The Kids Stay In The Picture’ by Nathan Kosub at Stop Smiling (24 Aug 2006)
Stillman talks on video for the BBC, looking back at Metropolitan and how he’d like to go back to that style of film-making (18 May 2006)
Actor Chris Eigeman interviewed on video at FilmCatcher. Two clips on the Metropolitan page (click the links under ‘MEDIA’ on the left) and more on this interview page (date unknown)
Chris Eigeman interviewed by Andrew Ellard at RedDwarf.co.uk about making the Red Dwarf TV show after Metropolitan (date unknown)
‘Anderson vs. Stillman’ by Dave Micevic at The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola, recommending Stillman to fans of Wes Anderson’s movies (17 Jul 2006)
‘Whit Stillman, the anti-John Hughes’ by Agnostic (1 Jul 2007)
‘The Best Conservative Movies’ (Metropolitan at number three) at National Review (23 Feb 2009)
‘Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan … Selected for 2010 Sundance Film Festival… ‘, a Sundance press release (17 Dec 2009)
Metropolitan at Sundance. YouTube video of Stillman introducing the film, plus interviews with Taylor Nichols and Chris Eigeman. (26 Jan 2010)
‘Metropolitan, 20 Years Later’ by Mike Jones at Sundance (26 Jan 2010)
LIVE@SUNDANCE 2010: From the Sundance Collection: Metropolitan. Another YouTube video of Stillman talking about the film, plus brief appearances by Taylor Nichols and Chris Eigeman. (29 Jan 2010)
‘Owen’s reviews revisited: Was I wrong to pan ‘Metropolitan’ and ‘Pump Up the Volume’? Yes and no’ by Owen Gleiberman at EW.com. (26 Aug 2010)
‘Christmas Nocturne’ by James Wolcott for Vanity Fair. (23 Dec 2011)

Reviews

Siskel and Ebert video review. Thumbs up from Ebert, down from Siskel. (1990)
‘Metropolitan’ in Variety (1 Jan 1990)
‘The Dance Is Over, but the Whirl Goes On’ by Vincent Canby in the New York Times (23 Mar 1990)
‘With Movies Like These, One Never Knows (page 3)’ by Vincent Canby in the New York Times (1 Apr 1990)
‘Metropolitan’ by Owen Gleiberman at EW.com (24 Aug 1990)
‘Metropolitan Succeeds Despite Breaking Rules Of Action’ by John Hartl for the Seattle Times (14 Sep 1990)
‘“Metropolitan” defies convention’ by William Arnold for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (14 Sep 1990)
‘Exploring the Upper Class: Stillman’s Work Promising’ by Kelly A.E. Mason for the Harvard Crimson (which Stillman used to write for) (21 Sep 1990)
‘Metropolitan’ by Chris Hicks for Deseret News (23 Oct 1990)

Reviews of the VHS

‘Metropolitan’ by Lawrence O’Toole at EW.com (21 Jun 1991)
‘Metropolitan’ by David Thomson for Hollywood Life (2003)
‘Metropolitan’ at San Diego NewsNotes (April 2005)

Reviews of the DVD

‘Metropolitan’ by Angie Errigo for Empire (Date unknown)
‘Metropolitan: The Criterion Collection’ by “DSH” at The DVD Journal (2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Nick Pinkerton for Reverse Shot (Winter 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Michelle Kung at EW.com (10 Feb 2006)
‘Metropolitan (DVD)’ by Rory L. Aronsky at Film Threat (11 Feb 2006)
‘Coming of age on the Upper East Side’ by Leighton Klein for the Boston Globe (12 Feb 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Dan Heaton at Digitally Obsessed (14 Feb 2006)
‘On DVD: Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan’ by Thom Bennett at IFC.com (14 Feb 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Brent Simon at Now Playing Magazine (16 Feb 2006)
‘Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan: A movie for the conservative in all of us’ by Austin Kelley at Slate (16 Feb 2006)
‘Fairy tale of New York’ by Andrew Johnston at Time Out New York (16 Feb 2006)
‘Whit Stillman and Metropolitan’ at Udolpho.com (19 Feb 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Glenn Erickson at DVD Savant (20 Feb 2006)
‘Director Stillman excels in wit, precocious wisdom’ by Mike Clark at USA Today (20 Feb 2006)
‘Where Are You, Whit? Criterion Does Metropolitan’ by Michael Calderone at the New York Observer (5 Mar 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by David Mermelstein for Variety (5 Mar 2006)
‘Metropolitan (Criterion Collection)’ by Noel Megahey at DVD Times (16 Mar 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Tood Gilchrist for IGN.com (21 Mar 2006)
‘Pride and Prejudice’ by George Pendle at Frieze.com (April 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ at New York Press (10 May 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Neil Young for Tribune magazine (12 May 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Andrew Pulver at the Guardian (19 May 2006)
‘Metropolitan’ by Anthony Quinn for the Independent (19 May 2006)
‘TODO: “Metropolitan”’ by Doree Shafrir at Gawker.com (15 Dec 2006)