How ‘Dìdi' Director Sean Wang Created a Love Letter to the MySpace and AIM Era With His Deeply Personal Coming-of-Age Story Story by Brent Lang • 10mo Back in 2008, MySpace was cool, ...

I don’t know what 25-year-olds are doing on the internet,” he continues. Actor Izaac Wang and writer-director Sean Wang on the set of ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’ Dìdi, which premiered at this year ...

It’s tough being a teen. On the heels of his Oscar-nominated short film “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó,” director Sean Wang’s new film “Dìdi” explores the growing pains of adolescence through the lens of Chris, a ...

He wants to avoid the notion that he’s the same as Chris, his on-screen counterpart in the film Dìdi, written and directed by Sean Wang (no relation). “I’m very cool.” the actor says.

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 ...

Their song was released in 1997 and precedes Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut “Dìdi,” set in 2008, by a decade, but the poignant pop-punk sentiment hangs over this emo-era coming-of-age ...

“Boyhood is messy,” says Sean Wang, the film’s 29-year-old writer and director, looking barely out of boyhood himself as he chats on Zoom from his living room. “And the experience of ...