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; 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
Universal Opts to Skip “Influencer Screenings” for THE ODYSSEY

Staff Picks
Alonso – Splitsville
Drea – Widow’s Bay (because An Unmarried Woman and The Heartbreak Kid aren’t streaming)
Amber – Such Brave Girls
Kevin – The Invitation

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher