Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

One of two foreign language films on this list, Portrait of a Lady on Fire transcends the language barrier to deliver a thoroughly authentic tapestry of love, gender and unbridled passion. Celine Sciamma’s direction is effortlessly stunning, put... Read the full review »

Céline Sciamma, writer and director of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” calls her period film a “manifesto on the male gaze.” This is the most accurate, elegant description of her story of a romance between two French women in the late 1700s... Read the full review »

Portrait of a Lady on Fire paints a sumptuous masterpiece of scorching zealous romance. Eurydice and Orpheus. Fateful love bounded by tragedy. Her solemn death inflicting immeasurable amounts of sorrowful melancholia upon Orpheus, harnessing melod... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Céline Sciamma's 'Portait of a Lady on Fire,' is one of the most deeply cinematic films I've ever seen. In saying that, I'm not talking about the breathtaking, sweeping, portrait-like beauty of each perfectly-lit frame; nor am I ref... Read the full review »