Past Lives Is a Note-Perfect Directorial Debut

It is a very tough thing indeed to make a film that is at once restrained and brimming with feeling, a movie that could be fairly described as both big and small. It’s a wonder, then, that a first-time filmmaker, one whose main work is in the theater, could manage that feat so impressively. That’s what Celine Song has done with Past Lives, a dreamy and gently heartbreaking film that premiered here at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Introducing the film before the premiere, Song told the audience that Past Lives is a very personal story. Like Song, the… Read Full Article