Language is a weapon in Stillman’s films, but so is the writer-director’s cunning use of framing and editing.
A chronicler of privilege and prep par excellence, Stillman was at the height of his powers when he made The Last Days of Disco.
Criterion’s DVD will not only satisfy but validate the cult surrounding one of the best and most relevant films of the 1990s.
The focus of Whit Stillman’s film is a psychologically authentic and painfully parasitic female relationship.
Masters of Horror wraps up its second season the way it originally planned to close its first: with an English-language entry from Japan.
Given the nature of the film, the image and audio is almost too good, but the film’s laughs still resonate through the spic-and-span treatment.
The matter-of-fact filmmaking style is made up for by the vitality of the all-around fantastic performances.