[ indieWIRE’s weekly reviews are written by critics from Reverse Shot. ] This setup and payoff are, unfortunately, emblematic of a film that unravels with a sitcom sensibility, sacrificing substance ...

I’m going to kick off this review with a bold claim: Alice Wu’s Saving Face (2007) belongs in the S-tier of the New York City romantic comedy canon. Sure, it’s far less known than some of the ...

Alice Wu was born in San Jose, grew up in Silicon Valley, went to Stanford and seemed to be on her way to a successful software career at Microsoft until she became obsessed with making a movie. Wu ...

The writer-director reflects on her first film and how the industry has changed in the nearly two decades since its debut. Yolanda Machado is a Digital Editor at Entertainment Weekly. Her work has ...

This LGBTQ+ History Month, we're asking writers to reflect on a moment in queer pop culture history that has allowed them to experience queer liberation in their own lives. Check out our coverage here ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, let’s revisit the 2004 queer Asian-American rom-com Saving Face. To ...

In the field of psychology, as in life, there are several ways of saving face. Face is the common notion of pride or social status, the technical notion (from Goffman) of being fully qualified to play ...