In her nuanced feature film debut, director India Donaldson tackles the intricate relationship between two long-time male friends through the eyes of one of their teenage daughters. Selected in both Sundance and Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, “Good One” follows 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) as she goes on a camping trip with her father, Chris (James Le Gross), and his friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy).

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Camping is a lot of fun. It offers a chance for families to have an adventure in the woods. But as seen in “Good One,” it’s not always a great time.

The trailer for “Good One” begins by showing the happy moments as a father and daughter embark on a backpacking trip with a good family friend. Things begin to deteriorate a little, testing the bonds of family, and showing that camping isn’t always awesome.

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The 55th edition of the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel section of the main Cannes Film Festival, has announced its 2024 line-up. Running from May 15 to 23, the Fortnight, or the Quinzaine Des Cinéastes, in French, will debut 21 feature films and ten short films.

This year’s selection is the second line-up curated by delegate General Julien Rejl, who assumed his role in 2023.

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Men can be overbearing. Some of us know this firsthand because, with a bit of self-awareness, we can recognize we have, at least at some point, been the pompous bloviating jackass while more introverted people, sometimes women, silently sit and tolerate our blowhard monologues. Maybe some of us aren’t that bad, but we haven’t always provided space for others, either. India Donaldson’s insightful, intimate girlhood drama, “Good One,” takes the soft but observant perspective of the quiet, internalized teen forced to endure haughty men, namely self-centered fathers, and turns it into a masterful look at discomfort, alienation, and the put-upon fatiguing role of people pleaser.

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Alright, it’s January. There is no rest for the wicked, and it’s that time of year again. The Sundance Film Festival approaches imminently later this week, and as usual, it’s an essential time for indie films to kick off the year. Sundance has no shortage of talent or movies to choose from. As is typically the case, there’s a diverse array of indie dramas, comedies, documentaries, horror movies, thrillers, political movies, social docs, experimental films, lo-fi NEXT titles, and so much more.

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