See this film retrospective: The Discreet Charm of Whit Stillman at the HFA

Had F. Scott Fitzgerald been more adept at the art of cinema, he might have had a career like that of the urbane auteur celebrated in the Harvard Film Archive retrospective The Discreet Charm of Whit Stillman. It runs through Sunday, opening today with his exquisite debut feature Metropolitan (1990), a Renoir-esque exploration of the Manhattan debutante scene where socialites can be socialists and everyone has something elegant, witty, and urbane to say. So does Stillman himself, as he'll demonstrate when he appears in person to discuss the film. It screens Friday, February 24 @ 7 pm at the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge | 617. 495.4700 or hcl.harvard.edu/hfa