Paul Schrader's The Canyons Gets Teaser Trailer
Sodium Fox Studios has released the first teaser trailer for The Canyons, starring Lindsay Lohan.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesA Dozen of Literature's Greatest Jerks
The other day, while listening to LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean” the line, “Talking like a jerk / Except you are an actual jerk / And living proof that sometimes friends are mean” started knocking around in our heads, and it got us to thinking about all the jerks we’ve met in our lifetimes. From there, we started thinking about all the jerks we’ve read about in our lifetimes—there are plenty of literary characters we’ve encountered that almost make the real-life jerks seem tolerable. Below are a dozen that particularly stand out.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBret Easton Ellis: Imperial Bedrooms
Degeneration of a Lost Generation: American Psychos What good does Imperial Bedrooms do? Why is it written? Does it entertain? I submit that any reader who finishes this novel and is able to use that word for it—“entertaining”—might honestly want to take a hard look in the mirror and question the condition of his soul.... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsDuncan Sheik Composing Music for American Psycho Musical
In 2008, we told you about the musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, because the only thing scarier than a smart, handsome serial killer with a penchant for powder and Phil Collins is a smart, handsome serial killer with a penchant for powder and Phil Collins who also sings and dances.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGus Van Sant and Bret Easton Ellis Write a Double-Suicide Movie
Gus Van Sant will join novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis in writing a film for Lionsgate about the double suicides of New York artists Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAmerican Psycho heading to Broadway
There had better be a song about the cat-gobbling ATM. ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsWatch the trailer for the Easton Ellis-adapted Informers
We know it's circular reasoning, but the upcoming adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers feels, as they say, like a... read more
Found in: Books, NewsFilm adaptation of The Informers nixes vampires
Fans of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel The Informers may be surprised to see a few of their favorite characters missing when the film adaptation hits the big screen later this year. The Informers tells the interlocking stories of several wealthy, morally bankrupt families living in Los Angeles during the early 1980s. Gregor Jordan is directing the film, starring Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard and the late Brad Renfro, in his last theatrical role. The most unconventional storyline in Ellis’ original novel involved the character Jamie, a sadistic vampire who liked to lure club-hopping teenagers... read more
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