Ep. 05: "A Beach Rat Grows in Brooklyn"

Little TSKies, listen in as we introduce Trey! New friend to the pod and a new category to our rubric. How many kinds of kindness do we wish we could express to all of you? At least three! Just like the film triptych that is Director Yorgos Lanthimos’s—friend to Sheher and Trey as we’ll hear—Kinds of Kindness. Yorgos always brings something to the table and today he’s serving up three short (<_<) stories for all us short-attention-span TSKies (>_>) @Tony Join us as we discuss all three parts, the thematic links between them and Emma Stone’s range from Easy A to Cruella to showing her ***** for each Yorgos collab. Questions to ponder as you listen: Are burgers sandwiches? Where do you know Hong Chau from? (EDIT: Driveways is the film Tony couldn’t remember). How long will it take for fillers to get brought up? Kinds of Kindness is now streaming!  As always, spoilers ahead!

Welcome to a special episode of the pod, TSKies! Our first in a series of media coverage of a film festival! This episode we focus on the incomparable BlackStar Film Festival. This festival was impeccable from start to finish - TENS across the board. BlackStar creates and fosters safe spaces for BIPOC filmmakers from around the globe. Check them out at https://www.blackstarfest.org/. We sat down with one of these filmmakers - Winner of the 2024 Blackstar Philadelphia Filmmaker Award, Kristal Sotomayor; @kristalsotomayor on Instagram. Their must-see film, “Expanding Sanctuary” was featured at this year’s BlackStar and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. Among the topics we spoke about was the production company Kristal helped create. You can find projects they produced at Sotomayorproductions.com/screenings and on their IG: @sotomayor.productions.

Hopefully you’re no stranger to our podcast, but if you are, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, TSK-ies! This week, we review The Strangers: Chapter 1 - the not prequel to the classic (read 2008) and one of Tony’s favorite horror movies, The Strangers. The horror tropes are aplenty. The freak doing freak sh*t is there BUT Tamara is still not there. Though we may finally find out who this mystery Tamara is, as ALL THREE CHAPTERS are being released this year! We’re ready to hop in our mystery machine to solve horror’s Carmen Sandiego. Jinkies!  Tell us your favorite horror movies featuring your favorite scream queen with lip filler. We could name a few.

Idea of who? You, TSKies. Listen to our first virtual recording and tell us your thoughts about the Amazon Prime Original, The Idea of You. The film's lead Anne Hathaway took a unique approach to her chemistry reads. Hear more about that and which boy and girl group members we love the idea of. Which boy or girl group member would YOU want to date?? Spoilers ahead!

Good day TSK-ies!  Join us as we discuss the “Comedy/Romance/Drama” film, Am I OK?  Find out if we were fanning ourselves from the heated onscreen chemistry OR to keep ourselves awake. Are we ok with everything that happened during this 1 hour and 26 minutes? Are you? Sound off in the comments with your thoughts on: -Nepo babies -Is this film better than Madame Web? -What’s the name of your favorite clurb? -Have you ever had a fluoride stare?  -Should Jojo sing our version of “Unlike Dakota”? Shout out to Jojo! Spoilers ahead and remember to reach out to us on Instagram at tsktsk.pod or email us at [email protected]! Don’t forget to rate us 5 stars and leave us a review on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Also TSK-ies, let us know if there’s a movie you’re nervous about wasting time watching and we’ll watch it for you and let you know if you should spend the time!

Join us this week for our next Pride installment as we discuss: I Saw the Sign. That’s not right…I Saw the Reference Glow…wait…we meant I Saw the TV Glow! We’re joined by multimedia artist and good sis to the pod, Elektra!  Fun fact: We still don’t know how to say the director’s last name. And Katrina still hasn’t answered Sheher about why that movie was such a flop.  TSK-ies what is a movie or tv show you revisited from your past and noticed it was NOT the same?  As always, spoilers!  Let us know what you think in the comments and follow us on IG: @tsktsk.pod or email us at [email protected]! Don’t forget to rate us 5 stars and leave us a review on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Check out our Letterboxd for our star ratings for the films we discuss - Katrina: @netflixandquill, Sheher: @yungklonopin, and Tony: @TonyWD86.  Also TSK-ies, let us know if there’s a movie you’re nervous about wasting time watching and we’ll watch it for you and let you know if you should spend the time!

Is the lead Harrison or Harris? We may never know because our internet always redirects to Brooklyn Boys. Does every borough have a beach rat hole? If so, we couldn’t help but wonder, were DL men more populous than beach rats? Join us this week in discussing Beach Rats, an indie that will bring out your best Brooklyn accent to scream “gay rights!” with us and our special guest, our good Judy - Alexx Walls. As always, “spoilas!”

TSKies we hope you en-joy this episode as we continue our Pride series with Joyland!  Listen in as we discuss all the intricacies of Saim Sadiq’s film that premiered at Cannes 2022 where it won the Jury and Queer Palm prizes! It went on to be Pakistan’s first entry for the 95th Oscars!  How tall is too tall for a standee of yourself? Did Mumtaz use Haus Labs? Is Haider a top or a bottom; and will this decision lead to his breakup? Sound off TSKies and let us know the answers to these burning questions. TW: Phobic language; depictions and discussion of suicide. And as always -- Spoilers abound.

Welcome to our new rubric on how we dissect films. We’ll be focusing on plot and writing, performances, shooting style, everything about the lewk, and production design. Paramount Global is making some major moves in leadership. Bob Bakish is out and the frenzy to take over is on; including some making an all. cash. offer. But what we’re all here for this episode: Zendaya! Serves up! Zendaya swung hard with the looks she serves in this week's film, Challengers. We want to know what you think: what are these characters’ sun signs and who would you F***, Marry, Kill? Spoilers ahead!

TSKies! Take our hands and join us on this dance through the sweet sounds of horror as we review Abigail ! Do we have a new scream queen on the scene? In this episode, we discuss the developing case and fate of the Rust film, 50 Cent’s new studio and a deadly ballerina. Come sit with us on our discussion of who we think is the new Freddy v Jason. Spoilers ahead!