Cold War (2018), by Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, follows the tumultuous relationship of Wiktor and Zula from 1949 through 1964. I can’t think of a more powerful ending to a film that I’ve seen in recent years.
As a closeted teenager, I found expression for how I felt in Éponine’s unrequited love song “On My Own.” Decades later, I still hear that ache in the voices of Linda Ronstadt and Selena Gomez—singers with more than a little in common.