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With the release of the new version of The Wedding Banquet —a remake of Ang Lee ’s wonderful 1993 comedy—I got to thinking about remakes. Specifically, the rare remake that not only justifies its existence, but actually improves  on the original. It doesn’t happen often. In fact, it’s a pretty short list. But when it does happen, it’s worth celebrating. So, I decided to put together a list of 15 remakes that, in my opinion, are actually better than the original movies they we

Mike White is one of the most fascinating, unique, and uncompromising voices working in film and television today. As a writer, director, and actor, he has carved out a space in the entertainment world that is deeply personal, often deeply uncomfortable, and always brimming with intelligence, insight, and humanity. I am an unapologetically huge Mike White fan. Always have been. Always will be. From the very first time I saw him in Chuck & Buck , that wild and deeply unsettli