Bret Easton Ellis Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I'm a huge fan of this podcast and look forward to every episode. The interviews are great and the guests are always interesting, but what I really love are the extended monologues with which Bret Easton Ellis opens each episode. Not trying to fangirl here, but I could listen to him talk all day long about movies, music and pop culture. Really incisive commentary. Love it!

Bret gives great insight to Hollywood and culture in general. I love the deep dives into some of the great directors of the past and the projects they are currently working on. The only complaint I have is I'm jonesin' for more!

Bret has done his homework and is able to articulate all of the variables involved in making films, including setting up the backstory for Walter or any of his guests. Very enjoyable listening to this podcast and others. Bret beats the guest to the punch at times, for the listener, he directs the podcast to reveal the current social and political constraints that endanger good films and literature. Predictably he is irreverent, honest and funny.

If your like me (and BEE!) and you hate politcal correctness, love movies, and especially hate political correctness in movies, then this is the podcast for you. Sometimes you won't agree with Bret's opinions on certain movies, but it's all ok because this a podcast dedicated to the discussion of film and pop culture, and your allowed to disagree on things. If I were to pinpoint one thing about this podcast I don't like, it would be the guest selection. Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Paul Shcrader, Larry Clark and Peter Bogdonavich were perfect, but sometimes he picks somebody obscure and non-movie related that you don't really care about. Anyways, keep it up BEE!

I'm a huge BEE fan, but there is too much monologue (it will either revolve around generation wuss, a diatribe on how any form of protest is pointless work by "snowflakes", the demise of the movie industry, a critique on identify politics or an anecdote illustrating the generational gap between he and his millennial boyfriend. Since his monologue can be 45 minutes it's often all of the above).

Once in awhile these are incredibly insightful monologues but when they are as long as the interview are they necessary during every pod cast? Regarding the interviews he needs to learn active listening and in some cases the art of research. Definitely worth dipping in to download the one or two but as a subscription... not for me anymore.