Filmmaker Celine Song talks about ‘Past Lives’ and how this gem of a movie addresses conflict differently
CHICAGO — “First time in Chicago!” Celine Song says, grinning, in between talking about her superb feature film debut as writer-director, “Past Lives.” We’re having coffee downtown, the morning after her film played the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre.
Also, “first time at the Music Box! That theater is so magical! You can just feel the history. I know Chicago best through ‘The Bear.’ Do Chicagoans love ‘The Bear’?” Some do, some don’t, I say. The geographical-accuracy police hate it most of all, I
