The new film Past Lives follows Nora (Greta Lee), a writer who lives in New York with her husband, and meets up again with a man she knew long ago as a girl in South Korea. Written and directed by ...
Is it possible to have multiple soulmates? To ever truly move on from the past? To accept one’s life choices without wondering “what-if?” In one poignant scene toward the beginning of the film, Nora ...
In her filmmaking debut, "Past Lives," Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song draws from her own experience of reuniting with a childhood friend after decades apart. The love triangle - it's the ...
Laura is a born and raised Dominican with an unhealthy obsession with Studio Ghibli and a deep love for animation in general. Armed with a Marketing degree and five years of experience in social media ...
The word “romantic” doesn’t have much place in cinema these days, serving mostly as a modifier for “comedy.” The term “women’s picture” has also passed out of favor since its ’40s heyday, regardless ...
Inyeon is mentioned throughout “Past Lives,” but another valid descriptor that runs throughout the film’s core is "melancholy." There’s also the fact that Nora is married to Arthur (John Magaro), a ...
Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...
This article contains spoilers for Past Lives. In love, timing is pivotal. For the playwright turned first-time filmmaker Celine Song, the same holds true in the telling of a love story. Song’s ...
Several years ago at Please Don’t Tell, a speakeasy-style bar in New York’s East Village, filmmaker Celine Song found herself sitting between her white American husband and her Korean childhood ...
“I didn’t know I knew how to make a movie until I was doing it,” says THR's Young Filmmaker of the Year, whose contemplative love story broke through the Sundance noise and a crowded film calendar to ...