All episodes of Bret Easton Ellis Podcast

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Writer Mark Danielewski and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Martian, House of Leaves, creative immersion and Show Me a Hero.

Published 10/26/15

B.E.E. - Kim Gordon - 10/12/15

Kim Gordon and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Girl in a Band, the nihilism of Lana Del Rey and returning to Los Angeles after living in New York City.

Published 10/12/15

B.E.E. - Judd Nelson - 9/28/15

Judd Nelson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Breakfast Club, negative press coverage, St. Elmo's Fire and Tom Cruise.

Published 09/28/15

B.E.E. - David Shields - 9/14/15

Writer David Shields and Bret Easton Ellis discuss David Foster Wallace, the death of the traditional novel, Jonathan Franzen and reality television.

Published 09/14/15

B.E.E. - Craig Finn - 8/31/15

Craig Finn of The Hold Steady and Bret Easton Ellis discuss corporate culture in rock and roll, The Clash, the decline of the archetypal rock star and The Replacements.

Published 08/31/15

B.E.E. - Jason Schwartzman - 8/24/15

Jason Schwartzman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss nepotism in Hollywood, David O. Russell, showrunning and All the President's Men.

Published 08/24/15

B.E.E. - Sean Baker - 8/10/15

Filmmaker Sean Baker and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Tangerine, groupthink ideology in the transgender moment, Lars von Trier and making money in independent film.

Published 08/10/15

B.E.E. - Shirley Manson - 7/27/15

Shirley Manson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Amy Winehouse, the lack of angry women in mainstream pop music, Taylor Swift and the damaging effects of streaming on the music industry.

Published 07/27/15

B.E.E. - Anthony Jeselnik - 7/20/15

Anthony Jeselnik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss offensiveness in humor, writing workshops, Glamorama and performing at colleges.

Published 07/20/15

B.E.E. - Jonathan Ames - 6/29/15

Writer Jonathan Ames and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Princeton, Josh Duggar, gender transition and the current state of the novel.

Published 06/29/15

B.E.E. - Peaches - 6/22/15

Peaches and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexuality in pop music, Lady Gaga, gender identity and Phantom of the Paradise.

Published 06/22/15

B.E.E. - Jason Blum - 6/15/15

Film producer Jason Blum and Bret Easton Ellis discuss producing Whiplash, Alfred Hitchcock, the spectacle of murder in cinema and the current state of low-budget independent filmmaking.

Published 06/15/15

B.E.E. - Kelly Marcel - 6/8/15

Screenwriter Kelly Marcel and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, Syd Field, Tom Hardy and Saving Mr. Banks.

Published 06/08/15

B.E.E. - Andrew Haigh - 6/1/15

Filmmaker Andrew Haigh and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Looking, the collision of sex and technology, identity and Cruising.

Published 06/01/15

B.E.E. - Ariel Pink - 5/26/15

Ariel Pink and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Frank Sinatra, the creative effects of romantic disappointment, Madonna and Blurred Lines.

Published 05/26/15

B.E.E. - Bruce Wagner - 5/18/15

Novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Maps to the Stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, branding in art and earnestness.

Published 05/18/15

B.E.E. - Molly Ringwald - 5/11/15

Molly Ringwald and Bret Easton Ellis discuss John Hughes, being a muse, helicopter parenting and writing fiction.

Published 05/11/15

B.E.E. - Alex Ross Perry - 5/4/15

Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis.

Published 05/04/15

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Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis.

Published 04/28/15

B.E.E. - James Gray - 11/10/14

Screenwriter/Director James Gray joined Bret Easton Ellis last May to discuss the current state of the moviegoing experience, film vs. digital projection, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and the quality of contemporary criticism.

Published 11/10/14

B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14

In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab.

Published 11/03/14

B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14

In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab.

Published 11/03/14

B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson - 10/27/14

In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part one of a two-part conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab.

Published 10/27/14

B.E.E. - James Deen - 10/20/14

Adult film star James Deen and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Gone Girl, making The Canyons, the Venice Film Festival and the evolving culture of the adult film industry.

Published 10/20/14

B.E.E. - Rose McGowan - 10/6/14

Rose McGowan and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexism in the film industry, the Beverly Hills Hotel boycott, Sundance and maintaining artistic purity in corporate Hollywood.

Published 10/06/14