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When Celine Song wrote the script for her debut feature film, “Past Lives,” she was inspired by a conversation she had at a New York bar with her husband and her childhood sweetheart, who was visiting from South Korea.

Director-writer Celine Song explores dating’s complexities with a rom-com tale that doesn’t shy away from tackling ugly truths.

Dakota Johnson plays a modern-day matchmaker in Celine Song’s bittersweet meditation on love and commerce. When you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York — well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right?

Celine Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives” is another film that focuses on the nature of love. “Materialists,” our critic observers, poses the question, What kind of life do its people deserve?

The 'Past Lives' writer-director follows her head-turning debut with a contemplative look at dating, love, relationship expectations and the inevitable consideration of money in contemporary New York City.

Celine Song's Materialists puts a fresh spin on some of the most classic hallmarks of the romance movie genre to craft a beautiful tale of love.