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  • Damsels In Distress (2011)
    Review preview for Damsels In Distress

    A disorienting, surreal blend of sophisticated verbal wit and inconsequential inanity.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A trio of girls aim to revolutionise a stuffy, former all-male university.
  • The Last Days Of Disco (1998)
    Review preview for The Last Days Of Disco

    What once was fresh, now is stale.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Girls look for love at the nightclub.
  • Love & Friendship (2016)
    Review preview for Love & Friendship

    Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A widowed woman tries to manipulate her daughter into marriage.
  • Metropolitan (1990)
    Review preview for Metropolitan

    Whit Stillman's screenplay is a lesson in tact, wit and modesty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The self-contained cynicism and bitchy banter of New York’s young contenders at the debutantes’ after parties.

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