7 Ways to Resist This Week

In Beach Rats, a 19-year-old Brooklyn native, Frankie, is grappling with his sexuality -- but also with many other issues. His father is dying of cancer. He has a dependence on prescription drugs. His "friends" -- the beach rats in question -- know nothing of his attraction to men, which Frankie pursues through a hookup site and consummates nightly on the shore where he spends his days. Directed by Eliza Hittman, Beach Rats is a mesmerizing coming-of-age story that is unafraid to show an unhappiness. And a star is born with the actor portraying Frankie, Harris Dickinson, whose beauty and complexity give this film its soul. Watch it in select theaters this weekend.