2019 was a wonderful year for film, and The Farewell stood near the front of the pack. Written and directed by Lulu Wang, the film stars Awkwafina in a Golden Globe-winning performance as a Chinese-American woman who joins her family in planning one final party for their dying grandmother (Zhao Shu-zhen) — without, y'know, telling her that she's dying. It's a deft, remarkable, tone-blending feature that instantly had me excited for Wang's filmic future — and now we know what that will be. Per Variety, Wang will be directing the family drama Like Father, …

Earlier this year, I interviewed writer-director Lulu Wang about her new movie The Farewell. The film, which is based on a true story, follows a family of Chinese-Americans who learn that their beloved matriarch has a terminal illness. However, they believe that if she knows, she’ll only spend her last months in grief, so they choose to lie about the illness and visit her in China under the guise of attending a relative’s wedding. I caught the movie at Sundance in January and really enjoyed it, so I leaped at the opportunity to talk to Wang …

If there is one summer movie that I bet you'll love if you just give it a chance, it's The Farewell, from writer-director Lulu Wang. It stars Awkwafina as a young Chinese-American woman who travels to China to say goodbye to her beloved grandmother who has recently been diagnosed with late-stage cancer, though her family hasn't told her yet. It's a wonderful film and its themes of familiar love, duty and acceptance are universal. I think it's going to be a legitimate contender this awards season, and like The Rider writer-director …