The image of a lady in need of rescue could be one of the oldest literary tropes in history. In traditional stories, the Hero has to rescue a woman, one in some kind of danger or "distress" as it were ...

To rescue his kidnapped fiancee, an earnest dandy rides into the wilderness, accompanied by a fake preacher and a miniature horse. That's the setup for Damsel, a deadpan farce filmed on the rocky Utah ...

Whit Stillman's whimsical campus comedy "Damsels in Distress" is an utter delight. Sweet-natured Violet (Gerwig, “Greenberg”) and her coed coevals Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke, “24,” “That ’70s Show”) ...