SmokeBreak

It’s Halloweek, and Rena and Ella are back from a longer-than-planned Smokebreak break with Hitchcock’s gothic classic Rebecca. They tackle the film’s queerness around the Hayes Code, Laurence Olivier’s big looksmaxxer energy, and the nuns who apparently made Rebecca’s underwear. Plus: gay Halloween costume discourse, Hitchcock’s Titanic movie that never was, and a husband made of wicker.

Rena and Ella dig into Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrunn's genre-defying queer horror-romance that left Rena in tears in the theater. They unpack the film's take on gender euphoria, reclaiming the "queer villain" trope, and why they think it's one of the most important LGBTQ+ films in years. Plus: a Golden Crown Literary Society win recap and a very specific hint about the franchise they'd queer up themselves.

This week: addressing the incels in the comments, unpacking The Wrong Girls (and the similar script Ella once wrote), and raving about Leviticus—a tight, terrifying, surprisingly hopeful queer horror film about conversion therapy.The Wrong Girls is in theaters and Leviticus is streaming now!https://www.smokeshow-entertainment.com/

Rena and Ella kick off SmokeBreak discussing Maddie's Secret, John Early's satirical send-up of 80s disease-of-the-week movies and modern foodie-influencer culture. They dig into how patriarchy shapes eating disorders, the ingénue trope, and why rating movies out of ten is inherently patriarchal (no, seriously). Plus: Jennifer's Body 2 news, RHONY's lavender marriage reveal, and an unhinged tangent about eating a Cessna.

Maddie's Secret is streaming on VOD now!

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This is Smokebreak, a podcast where we--the Smokeshow founders--take a break from our work as writer/directors to chat about queer stories of all kinds.