Celine Song, writer-director of 'Past Lives' and 'Materialists,' is developing an HBO drama series set in the world of e-sports.

Materialists follows a matchmaker named Lucy (Dakota Johnson) as she meets Harry (Pedro Pascal), a rich man who is working to woo her, and runs into John (Chris Evans), a very important person from her past. What follows is a deep and romantic tale about the materialistic things we desire and how they compete with our romantic and human instincts.

Por JOCELYN NOVECKEl problema con muchas comedias románticas es cuán a menudo se nos pide que convenientemente ignoremos nuestro conocimiento de las realidades de la vida.

Celine Song has found her next project, “Damage,” a series she’s currently developing for HBO set in the world of competitive E-Sports.

Celine Song's Materialists is a wry, thoughtful exploration of love, ambition, and the commodification of connection in modern relationships.

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?