Metropolitan

USA | 1990 | 98 min | PG

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

(more...)

”Whit Stillman’s debut feature Metropolitan follows an outsider’s misadventures into the subculture of a Manhattan debutante ball season between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Perpetually in black tie, through a string of well-appointed drawings room and after-party walks around the Upper East Side the group of privileged young adults discuss failed socialist movements, the merits of Jane Austen, and the plight of the urban haute bourgeoisie. “That such a film exists at all is almost a miracle,” New Yorker critic David Denby said at the time.

(less...)

Director: Whit Stillman
Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman

ABOUT THE DESIGNING THE MOVIES SERIES

Hosted by culture writer and critic Nathalie Atkinson, this ongoing series considers the crucial contributions of below-the-line craft in both popular favorites and forgotten gems (more…)

DETAILS

Prior to the screening, series host Nathalie Atkinson in conversation with Shinan Govani, society columnist, author and bon vivant about the most quotable holiday movie of all time.

Programmed and hosted by journalist Nathalie Atkinson, Designing the Movies makes art direction, set, costume and production design the lens for analysis

PRICING

General Admission: $15
Bronze/Loyalty Members, Students & Seniors: $12
Silver Members: $11
Gold/Individual/Family Members: FREE

For INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS ($350) and FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS, please email us at info@revuecinema.ca to get your ticket!

Prices include taxes. All membership benefits are available.


SHOWTIMES