In early scenes, there is an earnest yet still playful tone to the ... performers to ever grace the screen. It caps off “The Wedding Banquet” perfectly, landing a greater punch just when the film ...
Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone star in Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet remake, a comedy that centers around a fake marriage.
Filmmaker Andrew Ahn started in indie cinema before moving into studio comedies with Fire Island and now a remake of the ...
Sundance: Andrew Ahn's update on the 1993 classic of the same name follows two gay couples in crisis, but it's the matriarchs who shine.
Youn’s character in “The Wedding Banquet” differs from the grandmother in “Minari” in that this new role requires layers of distrust and regret. But she remains a scene-stealer.
Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan, Bowen Yang appear in The Wedding Banquet by Andrew Ahn, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo ...
One of the best experiences at a film festival is walking in to see a film not expecting to care much about it, and walking ...
There are some amusing comedic scenes where Americanized Angela and Min try to accommodate Asian traditions. The drama of The Wedding Banquet is both poignant and heartwarming. Failed fertility ...
By David Rooney Chief Film Critic What the second iteration of The Wedding Banquet does specifically ... But the veterans steal every scene they are in. It’s a pleasure to see Chen (so good ...
Schamus, who later joined Ahn to co-write the “Wedding Banquet” script ... The filmmakers are in on the joke, particularly in a scene in which Tran, Gladstone and Yang run around hiding ...
When Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet” was released back in 1993, the AIDS epidemic was still taking lives, marriage equality in the U.S. was decades away and queer representation in media remained ...