This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Every once in a while, there is a newcomer who gives such a commanding leading performance that it immediately makes ...
James Le Gros (left) and Lily Collias in writer-director India Donaldson's "Good One." (Courtesy Metrograph Pictures) There’s a moment in writer-director India Donaldson’s fantastic debut feature ...
Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
Spoilers ahead for the plot of Good One. For most of its brisk 89 minutes, Good One is a quiet, keenly observed drama where nothing much happens — a father-daughter spin on Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy.
Exclusive: India Donaldson's feature directorial debut about the ramifications of a father-daughter camping trip is the only film to screen at both Sundance and Cannes this year. Per the official ...
The first thing to be said about Good One, a sensation out of Sundance and Cannes opening this week in limited theaters, is how quiet it is—an indie movie about a father-daughter camping trip in the ...
James Le Gros and Danny McCarthy also star in writer-director India Donaldson's emotional character study of a young queer woman in a transitional moment, unfolding during a weekend camping trip. By ...
Director India Donaldson tells IndieWire how her coming-of-age film stays in its protagonist's perspective. Usually, hikes are all about silences and sound swaps — insects buzz instead of phones, ...
Coming-of-age movies tend to follow the same patterns. Over the course of a school year (or a summer), a young person assesses their relationships. There are breakups, makeups, and a climactic rite of ...
A family camping trip goes from picturesque to tense in the trailer for Good One, writer/director India Donaldson's debut feature about 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) going on a camping trip with her ...