Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries!

Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Felix Salmon and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe revisit three films at the intersection of culture and finance. On this episode, we're discussing Celine Song's not-quite-rom, not-quite-com 2025 film Materialists.

The film stars Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker who has to pick between love (Chris Evans) and money (Pedro Pascal) but... not really? You'll see.

Coming up on Money On Film: the animated masterpiece Spirited Away from 2001. See you next time!

Video production by Michelle Gold and Micah Phillips