• An Invitation To What?

    An Invitation To What?

    The new movie The Invite, which is widely recommended, is a summer diversion, and not much more. Angela (Olivia Wilde) secretly invites their upstairs neighbors Pína (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton), whose late-night sex has bothered both her husband Joe (Seth Rogen) and her. Their neighbors, who apologize for the noise and elaborate on its origins, ultimately help Angela and Joe realize that they need to reset their marriage or end it. This movie, which is a remake of a 2020 Spanish version by Cesc Gay based upon his 2015 play, has also been adapted into French, Italian, Swiss,…

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“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”

–Nikki Giovanni