THE FILMEDUCATION OF ZOË KRAVITZ

What a #WangSquad Movie Night Might Look Like, As Hosted by Zoë Kravitz

The actress, who recently completed a run as Big Little Lies’ hippie Earth mother housewife Bonnie, is setting about film-educating her inner circle.

by Katherine Cusumano

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In the penultimate episode of the recent HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, Bonnie Carlson, played by Zoë Kravitz, and her husband Nathan host a dinner for Nathan’s ex-wife Madeline Martha Mackenzie (Reese Witherspoon) and her husband Ed (Adam Scott). The goal, ostensibly, is to reach a détente, allowing Nathan and Madeline to co-parent their daughter Abigail without so many accusations and so much jealousy levied back and forth.

But the dinner also proves an opportunity for Nathan and Bonnie to show off their hosting chops—the spread is immaculate, the wine is plentiful, even the crockery is perfectly rustic. (Madeline, high on Xanax, somewhat mockingly compliments the whole thing, feigning awe at the number of utensils and the pottery wine glasses—“they’re from Mexico,” Bonnie tells her, unable to resist pronouncing it “Mehico” and prompting an eye-roll from her guest.)

Meet the It Girls of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

Who: Dree Hemingway

What: The model-turned-actress stars as Nadine in “Live Cargo,” a film about a couple’s dramatic journey to the Bahamas.

Photo by Platon.

Who: Bel Powley

What: The 24-year-old actress stars in “Detour,” a film directed by Christopher Smith about a man who suspects his stepfather of murder.

Photo by Kenneth Willardt.

Who: Lola Kirke

What: The “Mistress America” and “Mozart In the Jungle” star falls for a trucker’s wife in “AWOL,” directed by Deb Shoval.

Photo by Robert Maxwell.

Who: Mackenzie Davis

What: The Canadian actress, seen most recently in “The Martian,” stars in Sophia Takal’s psychological thriller, “Always Shine,” with Caitlin FitzGerald from “Masters of Sex.”

Photo by Sebastian Kim.

Who: Zoe Kravitz

What: The singer takes on a major role with Emile Hirsch in “Vincent ‘N Roxxy,” which also features a Kid Cudi appearance.

Photo by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.

Who: Gillian Jacobs

What: The star of Netflix’s “Love,” worked with Demetri Martin on “Dean,” which will be the comedian’s directorial debut.

Photo by Mark Segal.

Who: Sky Ferreira

What: The singer landed a role in “Elvis & Nixon,” starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey.

Photo by Getty Images.

Who: Jenny Slate

What: The comedian stars in “My Blind Brother” with friend and fellow comedian Nick Kroll.

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Who: Maisie Williams

What: The young “Game of Thrones” actress stars in “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” with Jason Sudeikis.

Photo by Getty Images.

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It turns out, like her character, Kravitz herself is also an ace hostess—albeit a more self-aware one, as she revealed in a new interview with Allure. She and boyfriend Karl Glusman, also an actor (most recently spotted in Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, and slated for appearance in the upcoming Naomi Watts series Gypsy), have set up a “great” home theater system where they’ve been screening greats of the late-20th-century for their friends. Recent titles included classics like Fight Club (Kravitz on Helena Bonham Carter: “Come on, she’s amazing.”) and the tough Cassavetes film Opening Night. (Kravitz’s review: “It’s very long. It’s exhausting. But Gena Rowlands is just phenomenal.”)

Kravitz reveals her eye for dense and complicated female leads like the characters played by Rowlands and Bonham Carter in Opening Night and Fight Club; she also cites Susan Sarandon and Marisa Tomei among her screen idols. (Previously, she’s also listed such ’90s classics as Reality Bites and Natural Born Killers on her best-of list.)

Dinner is also included—she cited a very Bonnie-esque spread of kale, quinoa, lentils, and butternut squash. (“She’s not vegetarian, but sometimes her guests are, so why not?” wrote David Denicolo.)

“It’s a fun activity when it’s so cold outside and nobody wants to go anywhere,” she said, adding that she was trying to make this a weekly occasion. Kravitz’s inner circle is an enviable one—she regularly Instagrams herself with Ilana Glazer, Frank Ocean, Adwoa Aboah, and Riley Keough, and she’s also a key member of Alexander Wang’s #WangSquad.

So while she didn’t elaborate on who, exactly, is among the attendees of this new film series, we’re just imagining Alexander Wang, Anna Ewers, Alice Glass, Vince Staples, and Hanne Gaby Odiele gathering at Kravitz’s New York home to watch True Romance while surrounded by a lush spread of superfoods, snow falling soundlessly outside.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern enjoy a beach sunset while on vacation during the weekend of the Big Little Lies finale.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern enjoy a beach sunset (and wine) while on vacation during the weekend of the Big Little Lies finale.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern take selfies and drink wine while on vacation during the weekend of the Big Little Lies finale.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern know how to have a good time while doing press tours for both Wild and Big Little Lies.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern know how to have a good time while doing press tours for both Wild and Big Little Lies.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern know how to have a good time while on set for both Wild and Big Little Lies.

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Actors Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern became close with Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild. (And her dog, clearly.)

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Back in 2014, actors Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern became very close with Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild.

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Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern while on the press tour for their 2014 film Wild, in which Dern plays Witherspoon’s mother.

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