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The Wedding Banquet | Seeking Mavis Beacon | The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Published 09 May 2025

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On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss The Wedding Banquet, a filmmaker goes on a quest to meet a touch typing icon in Seeking Mavis Beacon, Rógan Graham is here to talk to us about her BFI season The Black Debutantes and finally, for film club, we revisit Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet (1993).

Joining host Leila Latif are Cheyenne Bart-Stewart and Laura Venning.

Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across important industry news, and reassessing great films from days gone by with the Truth & Movies Film Club.

Email: truthandmovies@​tcolondon.​com

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