I stopped looking at movie reviews on YouTube because the algorithm is biased towards the unhelpful negative “10 Upcoming Movies That Are Already Doomed” Headlines. I know that if it’s an Ethan Coen/Tricia Cooke movie it’s going to skew toward violent/dark comedy with some lesbianism thrown in to scare away the “mainstream” audiences.1 Oh, and the film will feature Margaret Qualley working with a different quirky accent. According to Qualley her previous Cohen/Cook film, Drive Away Dolls, was going for the b-movie vibe, her character in this one speaks with the quick-fire no-nonsense cadence of a film noir detective. The only thing that’s missing is the fedora. Some might not like it, but this story, like any investigation, has numerous dead ends and unresolved questions… Questions like, why would anyone stay in Bakersfield if they didn’t have to? Enjoy. 

[Movie viewed on 2025-08-26 at Cinemark Orleans.]

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FOOTNOTES:
  1. Generally boomers. It seems that even though my generation, the boomers, claimed to bring about the 1960s sexual revolution, I’ve never quite understood when a couple former girlfriends talked about lesbian sex like it was just non-mutual BDSM. Maybe they were confused, but they made it sound like they thought that lesbians had to physically hurt each other to reach orgasm or something…[↩]