India, Jan. 26 -- Valentine's Day is usually meant to be a simple affair. Besides selfies, flowers, dinner reservations, and perhaps an outing, there is also a reassuring knowledge that you are both in agreement as to the nature of your relationship. However, it all feels like an unsolicited pop quiz if you are in a situationship. Do we give gifts? Are we making any plans? Do we send out "Happy Valentine's" texts? Or are we engaging in the traditional modern-romance tactic of acting like it's just another day? Thats where these situationship movies come in. They help make sense of the thing and reassure us that other couples deal with it too, at least in stories.

Does that sound familiar? Past Lives gets it. This beautiful movie (directe...