Thank you for your pledge! New episode out with Jarett Kobek solving the Zodiac Killer case... If you haven't heard it yet, the time to act is now!
2022-03-01 05:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Jarett Kobek returns to the show to discuss writing about The Zodiac Killer and the tedious road to revelation his subsequent obsession guided him down. Bret talks about the hypnotic precision on display in David Fincher's 2007 masterpiece about the search for the mysterious Northern California serial killer.
2022-02-23 01:32:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We trust you had a good time. The B.E.E. Podcast would like to officially congratulate the Los Angeles Rams for winning Super Bowl LVI at their home stadium yesterday! Hollywood salutes you, a team of destiny kissed by the celestial gods of excellence.
2022-02-14 22:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews Chloe Zhao's first foray into the superhero film universe and revisits Nomadland a year after it crowned her an Oscar winner. Film industry journalist and author Erich Schwartzel and Bret discuss the complicated and symbiotic relationship between the American and Chinese movie worlds and chronicling its rapid evolution in Red Carpet.
2022-02-09 01:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! 2022 is now officially in full swing at the B.E.E. Podcast. Hope your January was delicious and your February will be even tastier.
2022-02-01 04:54:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews Licorice Pizza and assesses its standing within Paul Thomas Anderson's towering body of work. Author and film critic Christian Toto and Bret discuss writing about contemporary Hollywood's absurd political posing in Virtue Bombs and the glaring lack of pushback it receives from the film industry's most powerful players.
2022-01-26 01:32:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Check out the recent Q+A show if you haven't already, and prepare yourself for a brand new episode to enter your life in the coming days. Hope you are healthy and warm.
2022-01-23 12:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret celebrates Steven Spielberg's impressive new West Side Story as a vibrant return to form by a master of visual storytelling. Bret then ends 2021 and begins 2022 by fielding questions from Platinum members on the air.
2022-01-12 00:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Make sure to catch Dasha's freaky new horror flick if you haven't already. New episode out now with Go-go's drummer Gina Schock talking with Bret after he opens the show reflecting on the monumental body of work Joan Didion left behind last week. Happy New Year of The Virus.
2022-01-01 04:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret Easton Ellis retraces an era of profound personal impact as it closes to the rhythm of cold, rare Los Angeles rain. Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock and Bret discuss retroactively curating the past by writing about it through memory, the rapid rise of her band in the 1980's and watching it ultimately splinter apart over songwriting royalties.
2021-12-29 03:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post
With the December departures of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, we pay tribute to these legendary stylists of 20th century prose by releasing Bret's March 2019 episode with Vanity Fair's Lili Anolik (host of the 2021 podcast Once Upon a Time... at Bennington College) where they discuss Lili's close relationship with Eve and Joan's indelible influence on the literature and culture of Los Angeles and beyond. This episode is free for all to listen... New episode with GoGo's drummer Gina Schock will be available for Gold subscribers tomorrow, Silver on Tuesday. Merry Christmas to you all, and we wish you health and safety as the calendar turns to 2022.
2021-12-25 23:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Dana's deep affection for classic noir fit right in on the show. New episode out now with podcast powerhouse and breakout Succession star Dasha Nekrasova and we've got another new one coming next week with a recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Merry Covid to those who celebrate.
2021-12-20 11:26:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews King Richard as Will Smith takes position to finally ride his decades of movie star bankability to the Academy Award that has long eluded him. Actress/Filmmaker/Podcaster Dasha Nekrasova and Bret discuss Hollywood's glaring charm deficit, paying paranoid homage to Stanley Kubrick under the specter of Jeffrey Epstein and landing a role on HBO's popular Succession.
2021-12-15 00:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Always a pleasure when Sam stops by. New episode out now with Dana Delany. Hope your Thanksgiving gave you a chance to relax and recharge your batteries.
2021-11-30 16:53:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Actress Dana Delany and Bret reflect on the mesmerizing danger of Scorsese's Mean Streets and examine the noir brilliance of Gloria Grahame. Bret then fields questions submitted by Platinum members in a Thanksgiving Q&A session.
2021-11-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! New episode available now with Sam Outlaw joining Bret... Kick back and enjoy!
2021-11-16 14:20:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret dissects Hollywood's latest silver screen adaptation of Dune before singer/songwriter Sam Outlaw returns to the podcast to play a few songs from his brand new record Popular Mechanics.
2021-11-16 01:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews the entire Halloween film franchise from its beginnings in 1978 all the way through the freshly released Halloween Kills. We then revisit a super spooky classic BEE podcast conversation from 2014 with a modern horror auteur.
2021-11-02 00:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Your calendar may be telling you today that Halloween is over, but alas, your calendar has deceived you: We're keeping it going just a little bit longer with a new episode that is certain to chill you to the marrow. Gold is out now, Silver bursting forth in about twenty short minutes. Best to listen to this one with the lights off.
2021-11-02 00:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews a series of recent movies that share a common thread before fielding questions from Platinum members on the air.
2021-10-19 00:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Make sure to check out B.J.'s new show when you have a chance. Brand new episode ready for you with some solo reviews from Bret and our second Platinum Q&A of the season. Gold is out now, Silver coming up in ten short minutes. You look fantastic today.
2021-10-19 00:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret reviews Paul Schrader's latest joint and praises the comedic triumph of FX's Dave and Ted Lasso as a sincere antidote for our cynical era. After seven years, BJ Novak returns to the show to talk with Bret about making The Premise and shutting down production on Vengeance during the first year of the virus.
2021-10-05 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Our mondo-freaky experimental new season is afoot. We have a brand new episode ready for you with a guest making his return to the show after a lengthy hiatus. Gold is out now, Silver coming soon at 5pm Hollywood Time. We love you. Always.
2021-10-04 23:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post
After escaping into the creative refuge of The Shards for a year, Bret begins to rejoin the current cinema scene and reflects on the state of the art in the first episode of the podcast's 5th season on Patreon. Mena Suvari and Bret discuss writing The Great Peace and ascending into Hollywood during a particular era. Bret also introduces a new feature of the podcast for the new season.
2021-09-21 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! The Shards is finally over, and it feels weird. Very weird. We've got what you need to feel better, though: A brand new season. Our 5th season on Patreon is underway and we're getting things rolling with a new episode and a guest whose movies you've been seeing for decades. Gold is available now, Silver coming up real soon at 5pm Pacific Time. Thanks for taking the trip back to 1981 with us. What a ride.
2021-09-20 23:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The events of Fall 1981 come to a stunning and splintering climax in the 27th and final installment of The Shards. We then take a trip back in time to revisit a classic podcast conversation from seven years ago. Patreon Season 4 finale.
2021-09-06 23:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We are closing out our fourth Patreon season in style today with the final installment of The Shards as well as a sonic journey backwards in time. Gold is out now, Silver coming in mere minutes at 5pm Pacific Time. We love you all. Thanks for riding with us during the decade of the virus.
2021-09-06 23:43:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret senses impending humiliation as his carefully cultivated world begins to quickly collapse in Part 26 of The Shards. Author Douglas Coupland and Bret discuss naming a generation, relying on routine to remain productive and mourning the loss of the pre-internet brain with The Extreme Self.
2021-08-24 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We have a brand new episode ready for you with Part 26 of The Shards and a guest whose work you very well may be familiar with... Gold is out now, Silver coming today at 5pm Pacific Time. Enjoy!
2021-08-23 20:53:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret makes a bold move to learn more about Robert Mallory before Terry Schaffer requests an urgent favor in Part 25 of The Shards. Actor/Author Greg Ellis and Bret discuss the arduous road to writing The Respondent, being suddenly sent to the set of Titanic and the role of luck in a rising Hollywood career.
2021-08-10 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post