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It takes some guts to follow in the footsteps of writer James Schamus and director Ang Lee, but Andrew Ahn has achieved something pretty special here with his big-hearted reinterpretation of the ...
Ang Lee’s 1993 queer classic, “The Wedding Banquet,” gets a modern update from director Andrew Ahn and stars Bowen Yang, Lily ...
Andrew Ahn’s thoroughly enjoyable dramedy based on Ang Lee’s 1993 original tests the relationships of two LGBT couples through a sham marriage ploy.
Sundance: The team behind the "reimagining" of the 1993 rom-com spoke with IndieWire at our festival studio, presented by ...
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 ...
Writer/director Ahn co-wrote the 2025 take on “The Wedding Banquet” with original co-screenwriter James Schamus, who co-wrote the 1993 film with Lee. The official synopsis for the feature ...
By David Rooney Chief Film Critic What the second iteration of The Wedding Banquet does specifically for this precarious moment is not just add fresh fizz to the romance and comedy but also ...
We should see what it’s all about,’” Ahn recalled Monday night as he introduced his reimagining of Lee’s film — also called “The Wedding Banquet” — at its Sundance Film Festival ...
But this particular Wedding Banquet 2.0 is about journey more than destination; between the core cast of six, this really is an ensemble piece, and the comedy springs, almost sitcom-like ...
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 ...