About this episode

T Lo discusses Celine Song's film 'Materialists', exploring its themes of modern romance and class distinctions.

T Lo take a look at director Celine Song's musings on modern romance and class distinctions, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, unpacking where the film was working and when the tonal shifts and character interactions stopped making much sense.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Lorenzo

Topics covered

• modern romance
• class distinctions
• film analysis
• tonal shifts
• character interactions

Keywords

• Materialists
• Celine Song
• Dakota Johnson
• Pedro Pascal
• Chris Evans
• film analysis
• romance
• class

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