Based on Bret Easton Ellis’s notorious novel of 1980s capitalist and consumerist excess, Mary Harron’s adaptation today is considered a cult classic.

In Episode 4 of EveryMan: The Masculinity in Cinema Podcast, Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio dissect Harron’s film, Christian Bale’s star-making performance and what makes both the book and film masterworks of social satire.