In the podcast's third season premiere on Patreon, writer Joel Stein and Bret Easton Ellis discuss In Defense of Elitism, the generational influence of Elizabeth Wurtzel's starkly candid style, encountering Gore Vidal and the palpable panic of Uncut Gems.
2020-01-19 07:09:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We hope the young year is treating you well so far. Our third season on Patreon kicks off later this week with a brand new episode featuring a writer whose words will be quite familiar to loyal subscribers of Time Magazine. Think you can guess who it is? Go right ahead. Have a good Time with it.
2020-01-13 05:21:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Political journalist Mark Halperin and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing How to Beat Trump, the crucial role of compelling narrative in American campaign politics, the satisfying spectacle of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the excellence of Linda Ronstadt.
2019-12-29 02:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Final episode of 2019 coming at you later this week with a guest who spent a good chunk of this rapidly closing decade on American television screens. Might be tricky to guess his identity but if that sort of thing excites you, here's a clue: He co-starred on a Showtime series that is no longer in production. Wishing you all a pleasant holiday season with an abundance of aesthetics and not too much ideology.
2019-12-25 08:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Director Randal Kleiser and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the grit of Alan Parker's Fame, nurturing a commercial sensibility in the era of New Hollywood, translating the stage success of Grease into massive screen success and entering the world of virtual reality.
2019-12-13 22:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving. New episode this week with a director whose most famous film is near and dear to Bret's heart. If you are in the mood to guess who it might be, feel free to take a shot.
2019-12-09 14:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Always a killer time when a novelist joins us. In honor of Thanksgiving we're gonna be serving up a piping hot pile of podcast to you this week, with a little extra gravy. Make sure you save some room for it. Do you prefer cranberry sauce made from scratch or the canned jelly stuff?
2019-11-26 07:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Jarett Kobek and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the power of a positive book review, cultivating a film obsession at NYU, pitching I Hate the Internet to television networks and the destruction of the novel by mainstream publishers.
2019-11-16 15:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! It was a pleasure having Roger on the show. New episode next week with a writer whose name has popped up on the podcast recently. Feelin' frisky? Go ahead and take a guess as to who it might be.
2019-11-07 14:16:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Halloween, so we went ahead and dropped a treat in your bag. Enjoy this classic B.E.E. Podcast episode with Bret Easton Ellis and John Carpenter, free of charge. Originally released on May 23, 2016.
2019-11-01 00:17:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis reviews Todd Phillips' Joker and talks with Roger Avary about making The Rules of Attraction, filming Glitterati in Europe, moviemaking as therapy and getting creative to write Lucky Day. Part 2 of 2.
2019-10-26 03:25:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! If more Roger Avary is what you crave, we've got what you need: Part 2 of Bret's talk with Roger will be hitting your ears later this week.
2019-10-21 07:04:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons,
Before we enter Holiday season officially, I want to ask all of you if there is any shirt in particular that you'd like to see in the store?
Let me know in the comments, and we'll take the most popular answer and turn it into an official product of the Bret Easton Ellis Store.
In the mean time, you can use "BEEPodcast" as a code to get discounts on the shirts we have in stock now.
Thanks for your ongoing support of the podcast and Bret in...
Roger Avary and Bret Easton Ellis discuss winning an Oscar for Pulp Fiction, forming the screenplay for True Romance, the profound aesthetic influence of exploitation films and the Generation X nihilism of Killing Zoe. Part 1 of 2.
2019-10-11 16:50:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We always enjoy ripping into time's fabric and bringing the past to the present. New episode this week with a director many have requested as a guest over the years... It isn't exactly a deeply kept secret at this point, but if you'd like to guess who it is, go right ahead. We're not going to stop you.
2019-10-07 05:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We ended the summer strong with Matthew. Bret is in Europe doing book publicity but we went into the lab before he left and cooked up an episode for you this week. You're gonna dig it. We love you all.
2019-09-23 03:45:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Matthew Specktor and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the towering artistry of Apocalypse Now, leaving Hollywood to get into the movie business, finding the formula for White and the complicated pleasure of Jonathan Franzen's fiction.
2019-09-13 20:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We always love talkin' tunes. New episode this week with a writer Bret has mentioned several times in past episodes... You can guess who it is if you'd like, but don't feel bad if you get it wrong. At least you tried.
2019-09-09 04:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Journalist/author Drew Fortune and Bret Easton Ellis discuss telling tales of rock and roll's most dreadful gigs, visiting Paul Westerberg at home, pissing Ryan Adams off and the psychic toll of Omaha stoicism.
2019-08-30 13:42:42 +0000 UTC View PostIn this free sample from the 8/16 episode, Bret Easton Ellis reviews Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood."
2019-08-27 13:15:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! This episode was a peach. New episode this week with a journalist/author whose new book features rock n' roll royalty. You can take a shot at guessing the writer's identity if you'd like... Who knows? You might get lucky.
2019-08-26 03:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Podcaster Anna Khachiyan and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, admiring Morrissey, the masculine gaze of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Vanderpump Rules as a crucial sociological document.
2019-08-16 21:01:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Summer is treating you well... You look tanned and fit. New episode next week with someone who has been makin' it in the podcast game. You can try and guess who it is, but it will take a slick online sleuth to get this one right. Good luck! You look tanned and fit.
2019-08-11 03:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Joe Escalante of The Vandals and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the soulless realism of The Lion King, making money in punk rock, playing in a Smiths tribute band and giving up on watching the news.
2019-08-02 05:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Always an audio treat when an actor joins us. New episode next week with a punk rocker whose career started decades ago... Care to guess who it is? Clue: His band played Coachella within the last handful of years. Best of luck to you.
2019-07-27 22:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Cliff Dorfman and actress Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Mentalist) relax and discuss starting her career in Canada, making a movie with NSYNC at the pinnacle of their fame and landing the role of Sloan on HBO's Entourage. Official spin-off of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.
2019-07-26 21:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Actor Jonathan Tucker and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the masterful perversion of Ari Aster's Midsommar, making The Virgin Suicides, mining your subconscious to play a character and fear as a guiding force of show business.
2019-07-19 22:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Summer is in full swing and the shows are heating up. New episode next week with an actor well known to fans of both film and television... Care to guess who it is? Clue: He starred in the remake of a famous 1970's horror flick. Go ahead, take a stab at it.
2019-07-14 04:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn this free sample from the 7/5 episode, Bret Easton Ellis reviews the recently released Elton John biopic "Rocketman."
2019-07-12 21:05:09 +0000 UTC View Post