Bret Easton Ellis

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Bret Easton Ellis 'Shocked' and 'Upset' By Scenes in His Own Book

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

All I Ever Wanted

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

Bright Lights, Big, Buttery Chardonnay

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

Mark Jackson's Shakespearean Psycho at the Ashby Stage.

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

Psychos and sour grapes at the Casanova

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

The Graduate: Legs to Spare

​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

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​Bring up novelist Bret Easton Ellis around a dinner table, and it's almost inevitable that somebody will say American Psycho was gross. In extreme cases, people may leave the room. Ellis's violent streak tends to have that effect on people, and as it turns out, it has the same effect on Bret East ... More >>

American Pie

Eighteen-year-old novelist Nick McDonell is poised to become the new voice of his generation

Hamlet in Wonderland

Steven Skybell stars in Hamlet

Hot Iron

Edward II

Capsule Reviews

April; Beau Travail; But Forever in My Mind; Bye Bye Africa; Charisma; Darkness and Light; First Person Plural; Hamlet; Journey to the Sun; Kikujiro; The Letter; Missing Boy; Moloch; Set Me Free

The redemption of Bret Easton Ellis

A decade ago, the American Psycho author was vilified. Now, he could launch a franchise.

Hear This

A decade ago, the American Psycho author was vilified. Now, he could launch a franchise.

D.O.A.

In Frisk, Todd Verow attempts to make a movie of the lurid nightmare that is Dennis Cooper's novel