Thank you for your pledge! We've got a new episode ready for you with Part 25 of The Shards and a guest who you've seen in movies and on TV for years... Gold is out now, Silver coming at you today at 5pm Pacific Time. Wishing you all a rockin' week out there.
2021-08-09 13:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The crowd at Terry's party in Stone Canyon leaves shocked and baffled after the evening ends abruptly in Part 24 of The Shards. Bret then reviews a few flicks from 2021 and reflects on a conversation from the podcast's early days.
2021-07-27 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! This juggernaut of an episode will go down in history as one of the most excellent audio experiences ever achieved. We have a new episode for you with Part 24 of The Shards and Bret reviewing some movies from this year, as well as some extra sauce thrown on top for flav...
2021-07-25 01:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret takes a new approach to his relationship with Robert Mallory as the two head to Bel Air for Terry's party in Part 23 of The Shards. Quentin Tarantino and Bret discuss novelizing Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, the appeal of problematic fictional characters and revising the narrative of a t...
2021-07-13 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We are putting the finishing touches on a whopper of a new episode for you with Part 23 of The Shards and a living, breathing guest... Gold will be posted in about an hour, Silver on Monday at 5pm Pacific. Get ready to ride the lightning.
2021-07-11 01:08:21 +0000 UTC View Post
After an evening out in Westwood with Ryan takes an unexpected turn, Bret meets someone who knows all about Robert Mallory in Part 22 of The Shards. Filmmaker/Writer/Actor Sean Stone and Bret discuss the creative damage done by the corporate mindset, growing up on movie sets and documenting the m...
2021-06-29 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! For those of you out there wondering: yes, the cassette pictured above is the actual tape from this episode of The Shards. Brand new show for you on tap with some brand new Shards and a brand new guest... Gold coming real soon today at 5pm Pacific, Silver on Monday at 5...
2021-06-26 23:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret returns from Palm Springs to find a disturbing delivery waiting for him at home in Part 21 of the Shards. We then travel back in time to hear a classic B.E.E. conversation with a living film legend.
2021-06-15 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! We've got a brand new episode for you this weekend with Part 21 of The Shards and another trip backwards in time. Gold coming up in less than an hour at 5pm HDT (Hollywood Daylight Time), Silver on Monday at 5pm HDT. Hope your weekend is off to a rockin' start. We love ...
2021-06-12 23:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
With Thom Wright out of town, Bret tracks down Susan in the desert and finds she is not alone in Part 20 of The Shards. Filmmaker and musician Robert Schwartzman and Bret discuss founding Utopia Media, gaining valuable perspective through loss and the parallels between the movie and music industr...
2021-06-01 00:09:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! In true Memorial Day Weekend fashion, we did not forget about you. We are getting ready to tap the podcast pony keg and pour you a frothing new episode with Part 20 of The Shards and a guest who you've seen on the big screen and heard pumping on your stereo. Gold will b...
2021-05-29 21:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A trip to the beach skids to a bloody conclusion before Bret is left puzzled and eager by a friend's unexpected request in Part 19 of The Shards. Bret then guides you through a sonic timewarp back to 2017 to revisit a classic B.E.E. conversation with a star of the silver screen.
2021-05-17 01:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Insightful talk with Tim. We've got Part 19 of The Shards for you this weekend and we're also doing something we haven't done lately: Timewarpin'. Gold coming at you in a couple of hours, Silver on Sunday. You look fantastic! Have you been working out?
2021-05-15 20:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Susan Reynolds throws her party for Robert Mallory and a late night of tension and revelation ensues in Part 18 of The Shards. Director Tim Hunter and Bret discuss growing up in the darkness of the Hollywood blacklist, the teenage bleakness of River's Edge and working with each other on The Smile...
2021-05-03 03:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Bret + Joe = Movie Talk Supreme. New episode coming at you this weekend with yet another director who has delivered quality horror flicks to movie theaters as well as cyber streams... Part 18 of The Shards, too... Gold on Saturday, Silver on Sunday. Stay cool.
2021-05-01 01:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Thank you so much for your ongoing support. I have been retweeting really brilliant tweet reviews of The Shards from Bret's Twitter account so that we can get the word out. Please, keep them coming, they're delightful.
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Bret spends his Sunday anxiously anticipating an important afternoon meeting in Beverly Hills in Part 17 of The Shards. Filmmaker Joe Lynch and Bret discuss the unbridled bombast of Spielberg's 1941, the crude beauty of A Serbian Film and the recently released Snyder cut of 2017's Justice League....
2021-04-19 03:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Make sure to catch Crisis if you haven't done so already. New episode for you this weekend with Part 17 of The Shards and a guest who loves genre films so much that he started making them himself. Gold coming in a couple of hours, Silver on Sunday. Stay groovy.
2021-04-17 22:12:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Homecoming is fast approaching at Buckley and the student body is shaken by a shocking rift in Part 16 of The Shards. Filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki and Bret discuss the unfortunate erosion of the communal moviegoing experience, the many challenges of making Crisis and the critical consequences a fil...
2021-04-05 01:58:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Make sure to keep a close eye on Lance as his bright filmmaking future unfolds. We have a new episode for you this weekend with a brand new installment of The Shards and a guest who is making his triumphant return to the podcast after his phenomenal first appearance a f...
2021-04-03 22:02:50 +0000 UTC View PostAfter fielding hundreds of orders myself, with a complex and varied array of books, editions, bookmarks, signed, etc. I knew it was no longer feasible for me to run the fulfillment of these very valuable items.
These signed books are treasures that I suspect will multiply in valu...
2021-03-31 06:47:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Definitely subscribe for the full article. It's great and a great look at the events of the past few years as they concern Bret's works (namely White) and Bret as a larger entity.
Andrea Long Chu was having a bad day I think.
Bret embraces a radical new approach to distract his mind from its menacing dread in Part 15 of The Shards. Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim and Bret discuss documenting life in the margins of manufactured paradise in Some Kind of Heaven, making persistence pay off with Darren Aronofsky and the cut-thro...
2021-03-22 01:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Bret embraces a radical new approach to distract his mind from menacing dread in Part 15 of The Shards. Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim and Bret discuss documenting life in the margins of manufactured paradise in Some Kind of Heaven, making persistence pay off with Darren Aronofsky and the cut-throat c...
2021-03-21 02:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Ryan was a true gentleman and a breeze to record with. It's the first weekend of spring '21 and to celebrate the birds/bees/flowers/whatever we have a new episode for you with some fresh new Shards and a young filmmaker who emerged from the Florida swamp and is swiftly ...
2021-03-20 21:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post
An unlikely source delivers Bret some grisly details surrounding Matt Kelner's murky demise in Part 14 of The Shards. Writer Ryan Leone and Bret discuss crafting a novel in a prison computer lab, losing everything to the pleasure of the needle and the archaic politics of prison society.
2021-03-08 01:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your pledge! Griffin was a most fascinating visitor indeed. New episode for you this weekend with another installment of The Shards and a guest who endured a transgressive chapter of life and lived to write about it. Gold on Saturday, Silver on Sunday. Wishing you a healthy and warm...
2021-03-06 12:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post