In “Dìdi,” writer/director Sean Wang returns to his suburban Northern California hometown of Fremont to tell a semi-autobiographical story of life as a 13-year-old Taiwanese American growing up there ...

This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Ah, adolescence. That awkward time in life where you're trying desperately to fit in while also trying to stand out ...

One of the most plaintive refrains of the Y2K era was sung by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182: “Well, I guess this is growing up.” Their song was released in 1997 and precedes Sean Wang’s narrative feature ...

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Sometimes I think the best “coming of age” stories are the ones that open old wounds. The older we get, the harder it is to remember exactly what it was like to be young and inexperienced, stepping ...

Izaac Wang in writer-director Sean Wang's "Dìdi." (Courtesy Focus Features/Talking Fish Pictures, LLC) The thing about being a teenage boy is that it’s terrible. You’re all hopped up on hormones and ...

Coming of age films are nothing new. We’ve seen the awkwardness, the raucous, lewd humor and the emotional complexity that accompanies teen years on screen before, but films that balance those three ...

For Joan Chen playing a doting but slightly disregarded Taiwanese immigrant mother in Sean Wang‘s Dìdi was a healing experience. Not only could she connect with the struggles that her character ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with Dìdi (弟弟) ...

The boys are back, and they’re in the same universe. Yes, this week marks the sole Marvel release of the summer with Deadpool & Wolverine. Will this be the MCU’s salvation or just another example of ...