Area Premiere!
Friday, April 8 – Thursday, April 14
(2015) dir Karyn Kusama w/Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, John Carroll Lynch [100 min; DCP]
In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Marshall-Green) shows up to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife Eden (Blanchard) and new husband David (Huisman). The estranged divorcees’ tragic past haunts an equally eerie present; amid Eden’s suspicious behavior and her mysterious house guests, Will becomes convinced that his invitation was extended with a hidden agenda. Unfolding over one dark evening in the Hollywood Hills, THE INVITATION blurs layers of mounting paranoia, mystery, and horror until both Will – and the audience – are unsure what threats are real or imagined.
“A genuinely unnerving experience, one of the scariest times you’ll have in a theater this decade and a notable comeback for director Karyn Kusama.” – Michael Gingold, Fangoria
(3½ of 4 Stars) “Kusama’s handling of point of view is diabolically shrewd.” – Peter Keough, Boston Globe
“So sweat-inducingly tense that I could only watch it through laced fingers.” – Village Voice
“Thriller fans won’t regret accepting ‘The Invitation’.” – Abby Garnett, Indiewire
“Ms. Kusama can coax scares from shadows, silences and ricocheting looks.” – Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“A charged, unnerving turn of the screw, The Invitation is consumed by the fear of forgetting—and, in the end, of not being able to.” – Matt Brennan, Slant Magazine
httpv://youtu.be/wcFaLtnx43w
Buy Tickets – The Invitation:
- Friday 4/8
- at 4:45 7:00 9:30 PM
- Saturday 4/9
- at 12:15* 2:30* 4:45 7:00 9:30 PM *Canceled
- Sunday 4/10
- at 12:15 2:30 4:45 7:00 9:30 PM
- Monday 4/11
- at 10:00 PM
- Tuesday 4/12
- at 10:00 PM
- Wednesday 4/13
- (no screenings)
- Thursday 4/14
- at 5:00 7:15 9:30 PM
Brattle Passes accepted.
Special, Usher, and Producer members may reserve passes here.
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The Invitation
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Area Premiere!
Friday, April 8 – Thursday, April 14
(2015) dir Karyn Kusama w/Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, John Carroll Lynch [100 min; DCP]
In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Marshall-Green) shows up to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife Eden (Blanchard) and new husband David (Huisman). The estranged divorcees’ tragic past haunts an equally eerie present; amid Eden’s suspicious behavior and her mysterious house guests, Will becomes convinced that his invitation was extended with a hidden agenda. Unfolding over one dark evening in the Hollywood Hills, THE INVITATION blurs layers of mounting paranoia, mystery, and horror until both Will – and the audience – are unsure what threats are real or imagined.
httpv://youtu.be/wcFaLtnx43w