A mysterious brunette, with a bob hairdo and a snazzy leopard-print outfit, stands at the top of a cliff somewhere in the desert. She approaches the scene of a deadly car crash below. The vehicle is overturned; the driver's body, lifeless and bloodied, upside-down. The woman (Lera Abova) examines the dead body and slides a ring, emblazoned with some bizarre insignia, from its finger, ensuring that first responders don't find it. Mission complete, she hops back on her motorbike and goes skinny-dipping in a nearby lake.
It's a provocative opening sequence, disturbing and sexy and intriguing all at once. It's a shame that the rest of Honey Don't! — the latest movie from the still Joel-less Ethan Coen — never lives up to the promise of its audacious start.
The Desperado LGBTQ+ Film Festival, a 16-year-old annual event hosted at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, has been canceled in "direct response" to President Donald Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at federally funded schools.
The festival, held each January at the college's Center for the Performing Arts, showcased films reflecting LGBTQ experiences and most recently featured seven feature films and seven shorts.
Trump's order requires colleges to end all DEI programs or risk losing federal funding. Organizers said Paradise Valley Community College could not afford to jeopardize its funding.
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