The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Evil Dead Burn,' 'The Invite' and 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass'

On this week's episode, it's the calm before the storm that is The Odyssey. We review one studio movie and check out two specialty offerings. The film I liked the most of the bunch might not be the one you're expecting. Hear our thoughts and lively banter down below.

'The Last Thing I Saw': Reviewing 'The Invite,' 'The Weight' and 'The Friend's House Is Here'

While at Sundance, I was back on Nicolas Rapold's superb podcast The Last Thing I Saw talking about festival films. Nic and I discussed The Invite, while I raved about The Weight and The Friend's House Is Here. And Nic put in a good word for the documentary All About the Money, which I have yet to see. You can hear our conversation down below.

The Film Comment Podcast: 'The Gallerist,' 'I Want Your Sex' and 'The Invite'

 

I was very happy to be back on Film Comment's podcast, where I joined host Devika Girish and my pals Monica Castillo and Robert Daniels here in Park City. We eviscerated one film and debated another, and I then went solo on The Invite. Check out our lively conversation down below. 

 

Sundance 2026: 'The Invite' Review

In The Invite, Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen play an unhappy, sexless married couple. Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton play the couple who live upstairs. (They have a lot of sex.) What happens when they all hang out together one night? I reviewed this relationship film for Screen International. 

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Covering a Lot of Movies in a Short Amount of Time

In mid-December, we always do a lightning-round episode where we review a bunch of holiday/award-season movies, spending about 10 minutes on each. This year, we tackled seven: American Fiction, All of Us Strangers, Origin, Wonka, The Boy and the Heron, Ferrari and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. We disagreed on three of them. Check it out down below.