Movie Review: THE WEDDING BANQUET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/18/2025
THE_WEDDING_BANQUET_©_2025_BleeckerStreet

Rating: R Stars: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung, Bobo Lee Writers: Andrew Ahn and James Schamus, based on the screenplay by Ang Lee & Neil Peng and James Schamus Director: Andrew Ahn Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: April 18, 2025 He’s gay. She’s a lesbian. He needs a green card. She needs IVF for her partner. They think they’ll have a small wedding to make it legal – and then his family gets involved. So goes the remake of THE WEDDING BANQUET. The first version, made in 1993, was directed by Ang […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE WEDDING BANQUET (Expanded) soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 05/05/2012
THE WEDDING BANQUET soundtrack | ©2012 Perseverance Records

Taking the kind of THREE’S COMPANY-meets-disapproving parent set-up that had made for so many lowbrow situation comedies, Chinese director Ang Lee put himself on the international film map with this gay charmer, a WEDDING BANQUET which also marked a major step up for NYC indie composer Mader (IN THE SOUP). Creating one of the first mainstream scores to notably blend Asian instruments with a hip Manhattan sensibility, Mader’s culture clash between morally old school mom and dad with their offspring’s vivacious energy deftly uses long, virtuoso passages for the poetically simple sound of ancient winds and strings, as cutely interplayed […]Read On »


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