Ang Lee’s 1994 dramedy The Wedding Banquet is a timeless, and deceptively simple, story of a queer Taiwanese-American man reconciling his seemingly conflicting identities. Andrew Ahn’s remake ...

The Wedding Banquet is a warmer, sillier take on Ang Lee’s Nineties romcom - 4/5 Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang and Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran lead this spirited remake that plays a bit more ...

To Kelly Marie Tran, acting in “The Wedding Banquet” felt like “free therapy.” In the new film, a remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy, Tran plays Angela, an American lesbian whose ...

Ang Lee's 1993 queer classic, "The Wedding Banquet," gets a modern update from director Andrew Ahn and stars Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran.

Ahn tells IndieWire the 1993 Ang Lee hit was the first gay film he ever saw, but that his version of "The Wedding Banquet" owes more to Lee’s 1994 follow-up, “Eat Drink Man Woman.” Chris ...

Ahn tells IndieWire the 1993 Ang Lee hit was the first gay film he ever saw, but that his version of "The Wedding Banquet" owes more to Lee’s 1994 follow-up, “Eat Drink Man Woman.” ...

When Ahn was 8, his mom rented the VHS for Ang Lee's “The Wedding Banquet.” “She was like, ‘It’s this Asian movie that white people are talking about,’” Ahn remembers. “She rented ...

In this week’s column, in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we’re revisiting Ang Lee’s 1993 rom-com The Wedding Banquet. Family is a ...

Lee’s film is carried on the backs of dreams: its central couple, Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) and Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein), can’t legally wed, so the marriage that does take place, between Wai-Tung ...

Ang Lee’s 1993 queer classic, “The Wedding Banquet,” gets a modern update from director Andrew Ahn and stars Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran.

When Ahn was 8, his mom rented the VHS for Ang Lee's “The Wedding Banquet. Jake Coyle, The Associated Press Apr 16, 2025 9:30 AM Apr 16, 2025 9:50 AM. Share by Email. Share on Facebook.

The Wedding Banquet is a rare kind of remake. In revisiting Ang Lee’s queer 1993 dramedy of the same name, writer-director Andrew Ahn enlisted one of its original screenwriters, James Schamus ...