Check out our interview with Kristen McCallum, the author of "Free Girls."
Actor/director Olivia Wilde and gay filmmaker Gregg Araki are each, in their own way, having quite a year. Wilde’s “The Invite,” which she directed and stars in alongside Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton, is a hit. Meanwhile, in August, Araki’s 2004 masterwork “Mysterious Skin,” a movie adaptation of the Scott Heim novel starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and actor-turned-director Brady Corbet, is being rereleased in theaters in a new 4K restoration.
As we face the summer doldrums, there really aren’t enough summer cultural events to fill a column, so for the next few issues, we’re going to combine my Culture Corner with Hot Dish. Now, in answer to our teaser headline; yes and no.
Opening with a quote about marriage from Oscar Wilde and ending with a dedication to Diane Keaton, “The Invite” (A24) is the hilarious tearjerker we’ve been waiting for all year. An English-language adaptation of Cesc Gay’s 2020 movie “Sentimental” (based on Gay’s stage play), “The Invite” was directed by Olivia Wilde, who also plays one of the four lead characters, and features a screenplay co-written by Rashida Jones.
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