Spoiler Warning: This article contains light spoilers for "Materialists," playing in theaters now. "Materialists," Celine Song's follow-up to "Past Lives," offers a candid look at how money and financial status influence modern dating. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a matchmaker whose clients often have strict income expectations for their hypothetical partners, as does Lucy herself. She wants the stability of wealth, and she knows it. It's what everyone striving toward the rarefied world of upper-class New Yorkers wants. The film's depiction...
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The South Korea-born, Canada-raised director announced her arrival as a writer and helmer with her 2023 feature “Past Lives.” The A24 film that follows the life developments of two friends over a 24-year period nabbed an Oscar nomination for best picture. Song got her start as a playwright, distinguishing herself with 2019’s “Endlings.” During the New York Theatre Company’s COVID-disrupted 2020 season, she presented a live play o Twitch, “The Seagull on the Sims 4.” Next up for Song is “Materialists,” starring Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans, also for A24.