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One Battle After Another Already Feels ‘Very Dated,’ Says Bret Easton Ellis

Many critics feel that Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another passionately captures the zeitgeist, but author Bret Easton Ellis takes another view of its timeliness: He says the film already ...
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Bret Easton Ellis opened his mouth about ‘One Battle After Another’

Ellis spoke on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, which is his highest rated yet, and was shocked by the news that the movie had a “kind of leftist sensibility.” That ...
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‘One Battle After Another’ Is a Hit with Critics Because It ‘Aligns with a Leftist Sensibility,’ Says Bret Easton Ellis: ‘There’s a Liberal Mustiness to This Movie’

Ellis predicted the movie will soon be seen as “a kind of musty relic of the post-Kamala Harris era — that thing everyone gathers around and pretends is so fantastic and so great when it really isn’t, ...
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Bret Easton Ellis Dismisses ‘One Battle After Another’ for Reeking of ‘Liberal Mustiness’

Bret Easton Ellis is baffled by how popular “One Battle After Another” is given he thinks the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie is full “liberal mustiness” that makes the film feel dated. In the latest ...
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A Fictional Killer Is Now a Style Icon. Are People Missing the Joke?

Patrick Bateman, the titular ‘American Psycho’, was written as satire. He’s also the inspiration for a new perfume and bar. By Jameson Montgomery In 2000, the Canadian director Mary Harron made a ...

‘One Battle After Another’ Is a Hit with Critics Because It ‘Aligns with a Leftist Sensibility,’ Says Bret Easton Ellis: ‘There’s a Liberal Mustiness to This Movie’

American Psycho” author Bret Easton Ellis is calling out the acclaimed critical response to Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” which is the highest-rated film of 2025 on Metacritic so ...