In “Honey Don’t!,” in theaters this weekend, Margaret Qualley makes her second star turn in the Ethan Coen/Tricia Cooke lesbian B-movie trilogy, following last year’s “Drive-Away Dolls,” and proves she makes a pretty good private eye in the vein of Philip Marlowe, following the lineage that goes from Humphrey Bogart to Elliott Gould.

Qualley has had a banner couple of years, especially with last year’s body horror phenomenon, “The Substance,” for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Sue, the younger, hotter version that crawls out of Elisabeth Sparkle’s back and makes her life hell. “The Substance,” directed by Coralie Fargeat and co-starring Demi Moore in a ferocious turn as an aging actress, is streaming on Mubi or available for rent.

The film cemented Qual

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