Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She’s played by Awkwafina, who up until now has been known …
Shuzhen Zhao and Awkwafina in "The Farewell." Warner Bros. Pictures In some ways, “The Farewell” achieves what “Crazy Rich Asians” — another Awkwafina movie, albeit one with a much higher budget — couldn’t. “Crazy Rich Asians” set out to criticize the snobbery that New York professor Rachel Chu faces from her fiancé’s ludicrously wealthy family, but it wound up romanticizing …
“Based on an actual lie”: Awkwafina, left, stars in “The Farewell,” inspired by director Lulu Wang’s own experience, about an American woman who joins a family trip to China to visit her dying grandmother. We should all call our grandmas more.” Review: Lulu Wang’s delightful ‘The Farewell,’ starring Awkwafina, shows us a family divided » Awkwafina — the stage name …
The trailer of The Farewell, which was hailed as one of Sundance Film Fesitval 2019’s best films, was released on 7 May. Crazy Rich Asians actor Awkwafina plays Billi, a young Chinese-American woman whose beloved grandmother Nai Nai has cancer. Billie is not convinced that concealing something so big is right but her parents constantly reassure her that it is …
Awkwafina discusses her personal connection to the drama ”The Farewell” at the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main. “‘Maybe the film will never get made!’” Awkwafina, left, and director-writer Lulu Wang teamed up on Sundance darling “The Farewell,” inspired by Wang’s own family. “When will I ever get an opportunity like this?” Awkwafina on ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and …