Past Lives

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done, each and every one of us humans live lives filled with “what if”s. What if I’d pursued that dream, what if I’d asked that girl to the prom, what if I’d listened to the old man in the Arabian bazaar and thrown that cursed onyx necklace into the sea? Peering down roads not traveled may bring comfort or doubt, and the older you get the more of those avenues you’ll have to peruse. Such is the heart of Past Lives, a 2023 drama directed by Celine Song. Past Lives has earned itself laudatory reviews, a theatrical re-release, and a couple Oscar noms, not bad at all, but can it earn itself a good review from Magellans at the Movies? That is the question today’s episode will be answering as we dive into all the angst and uncertainty of memory lane. Let’s get our en-yun started by enjoying the episode together and maybe we’ll end up married a few thousand years from now, wouldn’t that be something?