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Tag: Bret Easton Ellis

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

Film
By Bret Easton Ellis | April 13, 2020
By Bret Easton Ellis | April 13, 2020

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

The legendary novelist and screenwriter is turning to two very different TV shows as a way of finding a place of calm during coronavirus lockdown.

The 2017 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Year

Film
By Filmmakers | January 10, 2018
By Filmmakers | January 10, 2018

The 2017 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Year

The ballots of a selection of the filmmakers who voted for their favorite movies of 2017, including Bret Easton Ellis, Aisha Tyler and Ondi Timoner.

The 2017 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year

Film
By Filmmakers | January 9, 2018
By Filmmakers | January 9, 2018

The 2017 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year

Talkhouse Film contributors' favorite films of the year, with special contributions by Aisha Tyler, Bret Easton Ellis, Alex Ross Perry and more.

The Movies-Versus-TV Debate Is Over: It’s All One Stream Now

Film
By Matthew Wilder | September 22, 2016
By Matthew Wilder | September 22, 2016

The Movies-Versus-TV Debate Is Over: It’s All One Stream Now

The endlessly debated question of whether the small screen has surpassed the big screen? It's now obsolete, says Matthew Wilder.

Bret & Me, Or How I Didn’t End Up Directing American Psycho

Film
By Stuart Gordon | June 10, 2016
By Stuart Gordon | June 10, 2016

Bret & Me, Or How I Didn’t End Up Directing American Psycho

Stuart Gordon shares the story of his failed attempt to bring Bret Easton Ellis' iconic cult novel to the big screen.

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour

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By Bret Easton Ellis | December 30, 2015
By Bret Easton Ellis | December 30, 2015

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour

Joe Lynch (Everly) Talks Sam Esmail’s Mr. Robot

Film
By Joe Lynch | October 9, 2015
By Joe Lynch | October 9, 2015

Joe Lynch (Everly) Talks Sam Esmail’s Mr. Robot

The breakout summer TV show creates its own inspired visual language, eroding the line between film and TV.

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour

Film
By Bret Easton Ellis | August 11, 2015
By Bret Easton Ellis | August 11, 2015

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour

The literary icon offers his personal take on (and problems with) this new movie about the late David Foster Wallace.

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Film
By Bret Easton Ellis | December 12, 2014
By Bret Easton Ellis | December 12, 2014

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

One of Thomas Pynchon's novels is finally brought to the big screen, but can even of the greatest American cinematic visionaries do it justice?

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