Distressed no more, Whit Stillman is back with ‘Damsels in Distress’ - Arts

It has been over two decades since 1990’s “Metropolitan,’’ still writer-director Whit Stillman’s best-known work and a nonchalant classic of upper-class chatter and heart. In the intervening years, he has come more clearly into focus as the missing link between Woody Allen and Wes Anderson, an indie-film pioneer with a distinctly refined vision. And he’s back now with “Damsels in Distress.’’