Episode #462: 'The Invite' with Amber Healey

Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Amber Sealey joins us to discuss the new marriage dramedy from Olivia Wilde, which premiered at Sundance and is now opening across the country. Costarring Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penelope Cruz, it provokes laughs, anger, rug envy, and that perennial question: are the straights okay? Then we discuss our favorite films that are set in a single location!

What’s Good

Alonso - Christian Marclay’s The Clock returns to LACMA (lacma.org/art/exhibition/christian-marclay-clo…); Spain in World Cup quarterfinals

Drea - Emily Wilson’s translation of THE ODYSSEY

Amber - potpourri basket of hippie gum; Skylight Books opening an Eagle Rock location

Kevin - young love drama before Shrek at Cinespia

ITIDIC
Alamo Drafthouse to Begin Screening Unsold Festival Darlings (indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/alamo-draftho…)
Universal Opts to Skip “Influencer Screenings” for THE ODYSSEY (hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christ…)

Staff Picks

Alonso - Splitsville (justwatch.com/us/movie/splitsville)

Drea - Widow’s Bay (justwatch.com/us/tv-show/widows-bay) (because An Unmarried Woman (justwatch.com/us/movie/an-unmarried-woman) and The Heartbreak Kid (youtube.com/watch?v=5ytlIXSl9GI&t=2s)aren’t streaming)

Amber - Such Brave Girls (justwatch.com/us/tv-show/such-brave-girls)

Kevin - The Invitation (justwatch.com/us/movie/the-invitation-2015)

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Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
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Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)