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Criterion has added a stunning and powerful recent release to its hallowed collection: Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Sciamma's fourth feature stars Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel as two young women, one an artist and the other the subject of her latest commission, who find themselves slowly but surely drawn into the depths of a passionate, brief love affair which will stay with them for the rest of their lives. There is much to take in and contemplate with Portrait of a Lady on Fire, chiefly the powerful final scene which essentially …

From co-writer/director Drake Doremus, the relationship drama Endings, Beginnings follows Daphne (Shailene Woodley), a 30-something woman navigating love and heartbreak while also exploring what she wants out of life. After finding herself attracted to best friends Jack (Jamie Dornan) and Frank (Sebastian Stan), for very different reasons, she ends up on a journey that will teach her more about herself than she ever could have expected. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, filmmaker Drake Doremus talked about why he finds endless content possibilities in the exploration of relationships, what he wanted to explore with …