Youn Yuh-jung – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THE WEDDING BANQUET – Review by Lynn Venhaus

April 15, 2025April 21, 2025 Lynn Venhaus andrew ahn, ang lee, Bowen Yang, Han-Gi Chan, James Schamus, joan chen, Kelly Marie Tran, lgbtq, Lily Gladstone, The Wedding Banquet, Youn Yuh-jung

A modern re-imagining of Ang Lee’s first 1993 breakthrough film, The Wedding Banquet is a funny, charming queer family romantic comedy about personal growth, making a home, and your chosen family becoming your real family. Hoping to stay in the country, a gay man Min (Han-Gi Chan) proposes a green card marriage to a female friend Angela (Kelly Marie Tran), hoping to stay in the country, and in exchange, will pay for her partner’s IVF treatment. However, things soon get complicated when his grandmother surprises them with a visit. She wants an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the lead – Brandy McDonnel reports

May 27, 2021May 30, 2021 Brandy McDonnell asian, asian american, awkwafina, Dwayne Johnson, minari, pacific islanders, the week in women, twiw, Youn Yuh-jung

Despite promising signs of improved representation, the movie business clearly has plenty of work to do on behalf of Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. With the exception of blockbusters starring Dwayne Johnson, a new study found that Hollywood’s most popular movies have rarely featured Asians or Pacific Islanders in leading roles.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Youn Yuh-jung makes SAG history – Brandy McDonald reports

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021 Brandy McDonnell minari, sag awards, screen actors guild, twiw, week in women, Youn Yuh-jung

Minari star Youn Yuh-jung made history when she won this year’s Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, April 5, 2021. Youn becomes the first Asian winner and first Asian woman winner in any individual SAG movie category.