Ang Lee’s 1993 queer classic, “The Wedding Banquet,” gets a modern update from director Andrew Ahn and stars Bowen Yang, Lily ...
When Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" was released back in 1993, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was still taking lives, marriage equality in the U.S. was decades away, and queer representation in media ...
The cast of "The Wedding Banquet" had a blast filming the remake of the 1993, all except for Joan Chen and writer-director Andrew Ahn.
Don’t call it a remake, it’s a reimagining. In the case of Andrew Ahn’s take on Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy “The Wedding Banquet,” that couldn’t be more true. For the “Driveways” filmmaker’s latest ...
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 ...
It caps off “The Wedding Banquet” perfectly, landing a greater punch just when the film needed it most, ensuring after all the many humorous blows it landed to your gut, it lands one more to ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...