Katie and returning guest Liz discuss the 1999 documentary This Is Not An Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis. They talk dramatic reenactments, Bret’s adorable mom, and the American Psycho scandal, plus so much more.

Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast

This Is Not An Exit w/ Liz Andry

Katie and Steve (In the Mix, The Hard Times) discuss the London cast recording of the American Psycho musical soundtrack. Can Matt Smith fill Christian Bale’s iconic shoes? Will Duncan Sheik’s lyrics tap into the mind of a killer? Is some guy’s ass what Patrick Bateman bones? Listen and find out!

American Psycho the Musical w/ Steve Fiorillo

Madi and Katie discuss Hollywood, wealth, AIDS, Will Poulter, and a film that doesn’t feature any vampires, but should.

The Informers (2008) w/ Madi Emenheiser

Returning guest Lenny Burnham (the Filmographers, Arden) joins Katie to talk  Facebook drama, the horrors of LA dating, and bafflingly incorrect portrayals of technology.

The Canyons w/ Lenny Burnham

Katie and Dave (In the Mix) discuss Roger Avery’s 2002 film adaptation of the Rules of Attraction. Are these characters doomed to repeat the same mistakes forever? Are we laughing with the movie, or at it? Is this adaptation as good as Bret Easton Ellis thinks it is? All this and more!Attachments area

The Rules of Attraction (2002) w/ David Grom

Lenny and Katie dissect the American Psycho 2: All American Girl, the direct-to-DVD sequel starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner that seemingly nobody really wanted to make.

American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002) w/ Lenny Burnham

Katie and Madi talk feminism, homophobia, and existential despair.

American Psycho (2000) w/ Madi Emenheiser

The first movie based on one of Bret Easton Ellis’s novels sure was a doozy. Katie talks with cartoonist Emma Wolgast and then returning guest Sean Wright about this adaptation that couldn’t have captured the spirit of the original less if it tried.

Less Than Zero (1987) w/ Sean Wright and Emma Wolgast

In the thrilling conclusion to their discussion of White, Katie and Liz ponder why Bret is the way he is, and talk about some instances of Bret seemingly stumbling into good points by accident.

White (part 2) w/ Liz Andry

White (part 1) w/ Liz Andry

Katie and Sara (Arden, Paste Magazine, Vox) discuss whether this book has a plot, whether Clay has a personality, and whether Imperial Bedrooms works, either as a sequel or on its own terms.

Imperial Bedrooms w/ Sara Ghaleb

In part one, Katie and Leslie talk Bret the unreliable narrator, Bret the distant father and Bret the runaway son. Then Katie and Langdon talk about Stephen King’s opinion of Lunar Park, the strange, specific grief of losing a parent, and the influence of 9/11 on the story.

Lunar Park w/ Leslie Lee III and Langdon Hickman

Sean and Katie talk unreliable narrators, terrorist plots, unsettlingly anatomical sex scenes, and whether Victor Ward is as dumb as he looks.

Glamorama (w/ Sean Wright)

Katie and guest Lenny Burnham (The Filmographers, Arden season 2) take a deep dive into Bret’s bizarre recent Q&A with Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker.

MINISODE: Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You’re Overreacting to Donald Trump (w/ Lenny Burnham)

Katie and Tom (Media Majors,  King Me) discuss vampires, drugs, consent, Goatse (for some reason), and try to find meaning in one of Bret Easton Ellis’s most opaque works.

The Informers w/ Thomas Loughney

Join millennial leftist Katie Wright each week as she and a guest take a loving but critical look at the works of Bret Easton Ellis, the controversial author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero.

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Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast

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