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“My father and I are melancholic,” Jonathan said.

Written and directed by playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song, “Materialists” is the follow-up to the wistfully melancholic “Past Lives,” her 2023 feature debut that was nominated for best picture and original screenplay Oscars.

Sounds sad, but the show blends high and low comedy with weighty themes and melancholic moments.

It was like watching a teenager talk about their first love: sweet, but with the melancholic knowledge that it will almost certainly crash and burn.

Performing “Lejos De Ti,” a melancholic Spanish ballad, the four-piece band brought a storm of faux snow to the desert to match the winter mood.