Opening this weekend was the highly anticipated film Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman's indie feature about closted gay sexuality and its outcome.

Nathaniel Rogers of The Film Experience gives it a rave.

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Harris Dickinson, center, is said to make a stellar debut in the controversial Beach Rats. (Movie still via Neon)

Towleroad: Of Beach Rats, this review notes: “All this self-denial and cultural homophobia comes with a heavy price… though it’s never fair who ends up paying it.”

NewNowNext: These trans servicemembers are walking the red carpet at Sunday night's MTV VMAs.

Huff Post: Houston flooding puts city in hell; worse conditions are on the horizon. 

This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/IjpWLey1h8

— NWS (@NWS) August 27, 2017

The Hill: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan breaks with Trump, does not support Arpaio's pardon.

DListed: Taylor Swift's music-video director, who has worked with Beyoncé, denies he/they ripped off Bey in any way.

Carol Burnett in the film version of Annie in 1982(GIF via Columbia)

Deadline: Thomas Meehan, who wrote or co-wrote the books for Annie (1977), The Producers (2001) and Hairspray (2002), died August 21 @ 88. Watch Anne Bancroft perform a short story Meehan wrote: