To put it lightly, it is a very strange time in the world right now. With many of us working from home and (hopefully) implementing social distancing, it’s left us antsy without a lot of our usual stress relief balms at the ready – things such as going to the movies. With so many of the upcoming theatrical releases moving their release dates and theaters shuttered for the foreseeable future, it’s a good time (if you’re given the time to do so) to explore options you may not have previously explored.

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Breakups are tough. Sometimes, they can actually feel soul-shattering. But do you know the best way to get over a breakup? Get involved in a complicated love triangle with two of the most handsome men on the planet. What could go wrong? Well, in “Endings, Beginnings,” we see how that seemingly great rebound scenario might not go so well.

In the trailer for Drake Doremus’ new film, we meet a young woman that is coming off a terrible breakup with her ex.

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When Daphne (Shailene Woodley) breaks up with her boyfriend, quits her job, and takes over her sister’s pool house, she decides to heed her friends’ advice and go six months without men or alcohol. “Six solo months,” she proclaims, “just me and my vibrator.” Her resolution lasts maybe a week; within a month or so, she has not one but two beautiful men pining for her. Oh, what to do!

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That’s the set up for “Endings, Beginnings,” the meandering new drama from director Drake Doremus, the story of three impossibly pretty people being kind of horrible to each other to an indie rock soundtrack.

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You’ve heard the refrain from us a lot lately. The fall film festival season is upon us and life is nuts. The Telluride Film Festival just ended on Monday. The Venice Film Festival is still going strong, though near the end. And now it’s time for the largest festival in North America, arguably the world: the Toronto International Film Festival. Now TIFF can be seen, in some ways, as pretty broad, McDonald’s-like, featuring many, many stars and red-carpet glamor, all the things that make film festivals feel superficial from the outside.

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While films starring Scarlett Johansson (two of them, in fact), Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, and other major stars seem to dominate the headlines coming out of this morning’s 2019 TIFF lineup announcement, there are plenty of under-the-radar films from acclaimed directors that are screening at the fest that are worthy of your attention.

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One of the most anticipated films comes from indie director Drake Doremus, called “Endings, Beginnings.” The film, which stars Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan, and Jamie Dornan, tells the story of a love triangle between an idealistic woman, a bad boy, and a scholar.

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