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Cosmo.ph Sep 01 25
Cosmopolitan Philippines : The five-minute conversation I had with #PastLives and #Materialists creator #CelineSong made sense of how dating can feel so high-stakes when it shouldn't be ❤️‍🩹 See ... Show more
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 Aug 19 25
No, Celine Song's ‘Materialists’ Isn’t “Broke Boy Propaganda”
No, Celine Song's ‘Materialists’ Isn’t “Broke Boy Propaganda”: Filmmaker Celine Song finds the concept of "broke boy propaganda" conceptually ...
collider.com/materialists-isnt-broke-boy-propaganda-celine-song/
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 Aug 17 25
Materialists director Celine Song: ‘How are we supposed to find love when ...
Materialists director Celine Song: ‘How are we supposed to find love when dating is reduced to a numbers game?’
irishtimes.com/culture/film/2025/08/16/how-are-we-supposed-to-find-love-when-dating-is-reduced-to-a-numbers-game/
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newsinfo.inquirer.net Aug 14 25
Celine Song's 'Materialists' asks the age-old question: Does ...
Celine Song's 'Materialists' asks the age-old question: Does love come with a price?
lifestyle.inquirer.net/547466/celine-songs-materialists-does-love-come-with-a-price/
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 Aug 03 25
‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the ...
‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the brutal dating scene and her realistic new romcom
theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/03/celine-song-interview-materialists-past-lives-dakota-johnson-pedro-pascal-chris-evans
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 Jul 02 25
‘Materialists’: Modern Dating, With a Lot of Talking
‘Materialists’: Modern Dating, With a Lot of Talking: Materialists has much less to say about romance than it thinks it does.
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/06/materialists-movie-review/683243/
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 Jul 02 25
“Materialists” Is a Thoughtful Romantic Drama That Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Opinion“Materialists” Is a Thoughtful Romantic Drama That Doesn’t Quite Add Up: Justin Chang reviews Celine Song’s “Materialists” (her follow-up to “Past Lives”) ...
newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/materialists-movie-review
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Vulture
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 Jun 25 25
Review: Materialists’s Inert Misreading of Modern Romance
Review: Materialists’s Inert Misreading of Modern Romance: ‘Materialists,’ Celine Song’s latest romantic film, seeks to be both a frothy fantasy and a treatise ...
vulture.com/article/review-materialistss-inert-misreading-of-modern-romance.html
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 Jun 22 25
Materialists: A 'star director is born' | Review by Simon Morris ...
Materialists: A 'star director is born' | Review by Simon Morris in Screens
rnz.co.nz/life/screens/movies/materialists-a-star-director-is-born
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thefilmstage.com Jun 17 25
“The Film is a Mirror:” Celine Song on Materialists, Divine Love ...
“The Film is a Mirror:” Celine Song on Materialists, Divine Love, and Self-Worth: Love is a commodity in Materialists, the second feature from Past Lives ...
thefilmstage.com/the-film-is-a-mirror-celine-song-on-materialists-divine-love-and-self-worth/
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 Jun 13 25
'Materialists' Ending, Explained: Who Does Lucy End Up With?
'Materialists' Ending, Explained: Who Does Lucy End Up With?: In Celine Song's deconstruction of rom-com tropes, the love triangle gets a ...
movieweb.com/materialists-ending-explained/
Key FactsLove Versus Money in a Contemporary Romance
Jun 9, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ew.com
  • Lucy, a professional matchmaker, initially treats relationships as a calculation of tangible assets.

  • She is torn between her struggling actor ex, John, and Harry, a financially stable businessman.

  • Director Celine Song uses the romantic plot to examine deeper issues like marriage, love, and gender politics.

  • Ultimately, Lucy realizes that genuine love arises from truly knowing a person, beyond any numerical criteria.
    • I’m not asking for a miracle,” says Lucy’s client Sophie (Zoe Winters). “I just want to love someone. Someone who can’t help but love me back.— Sophie, a client of Lucy, speaks about the desire for unconditional love.
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 Jun 13 25
The math in Celine Song's 'Materialists' doesn't add up
The math in Celine Song's 'Materialists' doesn't add up: The characters in the romantic comedy Materialists, Celine Song's follow-up to Past Lives ...
npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5407413/materialists-movie-review
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 Jun 11 25
'The Materialists': Dakota Johnson and Celine Song
'The Materialists': Dakota Johnson and Celine Song: Oscar-nominated “Past Lives” filmmaker Celine Song's new film “Materialists” was inspired by the brief time ...
apnews.com/article/materialists-dakota-johnson-celine-song-interview-5189add042f4908d780b2e72ae653be6
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