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 …

This may be great news or terrible news, depending on how much you can handle searing, red-hot yearning romance while cooped up under isolation. Neon announced that Portrait of a Lady on Fire will hit Hulu tonight, March 26, at midnight PT. (So, technically March 27. You know the deal.) Cinema’s greatest love story, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, debuts tonight at midnight PST, exclusively on @hulu. VOD launches April. pic.twitter.com/rWjKX0zs9j — NEON (@neonrated) March 26, 2020 Director Céline Sciamma's film started racking up acclaim pretty much the moment it hit the screen …

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The acclaimed French film Portrait of a Lady on Fire has been added to Collider’s FYC Screening Series at ArcLight Hollywood. On Wednesday, January 8, there will be a post-screening Q&A with writer-director Celine Sciamma and her leading ladies Noemie Merlant and Adele Haenel. This is a beautiful film about a forbidden romance, and the cinematography by Claire Mathon is absolutely gorgeous, so don't miss this one on the big screen. To buy tickets, click here. Portrait of a Lady on Fire just hit theaters, so word of mouth is still spreading. It won'…

Neon has released the first trailer for its searing love story Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which hails from writer-director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood). The film stars Noémie Merlant as a French artist who falls for the female subject she has been hired to paint, played by Adèle Haenel. Per Neon, the film is set in 18th century France where "a young painter, Marianne, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. Therefore, Marianne must observe her model by day to paint her portrait at night. Day by day, …