Margaret Qualley Shines in Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’ as Philip Marlowe in Red Lipstick

Movie review: 'Honey Don't!' another uneven entry in B-movie trilogy

In 2024, married filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke posed a cheeky question with their screwball caper “Drive-Away Dolls” – what if crime comedies could be way less masculine, and way more sapphic? Working in a style and tone that could only be described as “late ‘90s Tarantino rip-off,” the two essentially “queered” that particular subgenre with a wild, wacky and sexually uninhibited sensibility.

Ethan Coen’s new crime caper pays homage to campy B-movies

In the second film of their lesbian trilogy, the acclaimed director and wife Tricia Cooke embrace the trashy.

Margaret Qualley shines in Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’ as Philip Marlowe in red lipstick

It’s the second film in Coen and Tricia Cooke’s so-called 'lesbian B-movie trilogy,' and while this shaggy caper might not add up to anything significant, it is fun and immensely watchable.

‘Honey Don’t!’ Filmmakers Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke On Detective Genre Gender Norms, Next Female Rowing Crew Pic & Potential Joel Coen Reteam – Crew Call Podcast

Why haven’t the Coen Brothers worked together for seven years? “He borrowed the lawnmower, brought it back and never cleaned the blades. This is bullsh*t!” jokes Ethan Coen. Joel and Ethan Coen’s last movie together was the Netflix multi-story feature, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which for the latter was an epic project to shoot […]

Film Review: Honey Don’t

Honey Don’t! is a neo-noir with a droll comedic sensibility set in the blazing sun of Bakersfield, California. Margaret Qualley stars as Honey, the beautiful lesbian gumshoe with a witty deadpan attitude that belies her sharp intelligence and hidden empathetic and romantic nature.  Here’s the synopsis: Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. Are the deaths merely tra…