The Man Behind David Lynch, Kathryn Bigelow and ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Is Getting His Moment at Locarno

The Icelandic-born producer behind 'Wild at Heart,' 'Candyman and more reflects on a career built across genres, auteurs and formats — and why he still won't greenlight a film without a great actor.

The Daily Beast/FX Ryan Murphy’s shows aren’t sexy and scary but “sexy” and “scary,” and that’s absurdly true of The Shards, an adaptation of American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 autofiction novel whose every look, gesture, and innuendo is deliberately, laughably affected. An ‘80s pantomime that blends hedon