The Bret Easton Ellis trope of masturbatory nihilism is obvious in the first few moments of The Canyons upon Ryan’s rhetorical interrogative, “does anyone really know anyone?” The seemingly short distance between the two couples at the restaurant table is cold desert at midnight. Two of them, Ryan and Gina, both of who are looking for careers […]

 

 

So, when is the criticism toward The Canyons going to be aimed at Bret Easton Ellis?

 

 

Despite the fact that she has the IRS breathing down her neck, her recent film The Canyons has been rejected by Sundance, and she’s an all-around pain the ass to work with (according to this in-depth yet rather damaging article in the New York Times), Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to join the cast of […]