Andrew Ahn’s thoroughly enjoyable dramedy based on Ang Lee’s 1993 original tests the relationships of two LGBT couples through a marriage ploy. When Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet” was ...

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: Modern Reimagining of Queer Classic Mostly Finds Its Own Way With Funny New Guests Carlos Aguilar Tue, January 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM UTC ...

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 ...

Director Andrew Ahn was just 8 years old when he first watched Ang Lee’s 1993 “The Wedding Banquet,” and the queer romantic comedy about a gay Taiwanese American man who marries a Chinese ...

Back in 1993, filmmaker Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) delivered the first The Wedding Banquet, groundbreaking in its exploration of sexuality and Asian-American identity. It follows a bi Taiwanese ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The filmmaker Andrew Ahn has in the last few years established himself as one of the most prominent chroniclers of queer Asian-American life on film. In 2016, his debut feature Spa Night, a coming ...

Stylistically, “The Wedding Banquet” has the gauzy look and feel of prestige television. During a faux bachelorette party for Angela, the friends gather at a spacious queer dance club so ...