HAPPY CLOTHES: A FILM ABOUT PATRICA FIELD – ★★☆

Some documentaries covering my interest areas aren’t great, and some about topics that aren’t of interest can be great. I’m not particularly interested in fashion, wasn’t a Sex in the City fan, nor have I watched Emily in Paris. So a documentary about the costume designer for these (and other) shows was one that I was hoping would be interesting, despite it not being an area of personal interest. There was nothing wrong with it, but I don’t think it’s a must see, unless the topic is of particular interest to you. Well done to Patricia Field for the great amount of work and support she’s done over many decades, including an obvious tendency to be a mentor to others.

PAST LIVES – ★★★★

Thoroughly enjoyable film about a Korean girl that immigrates to Canada at an early age, leaving behind the boy she liked. Splitting between three times (childhood, 12 years later by which time she’s moved to New York, and then 12 years later again when she is married), it explores connection between people, who never seem to quite align despite the mutual interest. It presented nicely level and honest, where it could have been so easily led into more predictable ways for the sake of drama.