Danny McCarthy

Tree trunks deliver privacy, and brooks fill water bottles: The mountains provide in India Donaldson’s keenly observed debut. Lily Collias gives a poignant performance as a graciously overburdened daughter, balking at the tribalism and dated gender dynamics that rear their ugly heads in the woods.

Ranging from absurd to profound, these Western vignettes from the Coen brothers follow the adventures of outlaws and settlers on the American frontier.

After her mentally ill mathematician father dies, a young woman is haunted by his accomplishments and she herself exhibiting the same behaviors.