The Straits Times

Dear You controversy: Is it time to make space for dialects in Singapore?

The Chinese film Dear You, shot almost entirely in Teochew, is not only a box office hit - it has ignited intense debate among Chinese Singaporeans. From film-makers to politicians, many people have ...
Deadline.com

Chinese Breakout Hit ‘Dear You’ To Close New York Asian Film Festival; Well Go USA To Release In North America

EXCLUSIVE: This year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will close with the North American premiere of Chinese breakout smash hit Dear You, directed by Lan Hongchun. Well Go USA will co-present ...
scmp.com

For many outside China, Dear You reflects family history, not politics

When a modest Chaoshan-dialect film about an indebted grandson, a missing grandfather and a bundle of yellowing remittance letters opened quietly in China in late April, few expected it to become one ...
The Guardian

Dear You review – enjoyable Chinese romdram crosses generations as it tracks down a missing husband

Director Lan Hongchun’s family saga feels like a good old-fashioned novel as it goes in search of a man who has disappeared in Thailand With a story that ranges from the 1940s to the present and, ...
Den Of Geek

How Dear Evan Hansen Changes the Musical’s Ending

This article contains Dear Evan Hansen spoilers, both for the movie and the stage show. No matter how you come to the story of Dear Evan Hansen, and regardless of the medium, things always have to end ...
The Straits Times

Dear You free screenings for SPH Media’s Chinese Media Group readers, listeners from July 2 to 5

SINGAPORE – Moviegoers who are keen to watch the popular Chinese film Dear You in its original Teochew dialect may now be able to watch it for free. SPH Media’s Chinese Media Group (CMG) will host ...
Publishers Weekly

Dear Debbie

Bestseller McFadden (The Intruder) returns with a nasty dive inside the mind of the brilliant, psychopathic advice columnist Debbie Mullen. Thirty years ago, Debbie was an MIT computer science major ...
scmp.com

Dear You gets 8 extra Teochew shows in Singapore after ‘overwhelming’ demand

Theatre chain Golden Village (GV) and film distributor Clover Films have added eight more screenings of Dear You in its original Teochew language in Singapore. The additional screenings will take ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Commentary: Why Dear You hit us so hard – and what it says about our feelings toward ‘dialects’

SINGAPORE: Why did a film from China, shot almost entirely in Teochew language on a modest budget with mostly non-professional actors, create such a storm in Singapore? Tickets for the initial eight ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Singapore approves additional 50 screenings of Dear You in Teochew

SINGAPORE: An additional 50 screenings of the film Dear You in Teochew have been approved, as authorities respond to strong audience demand and interest in dialect content. In a joint media reply on ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby

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National Catholic Reporter

John Dear

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," I speak with writer and theologian Oblate Fr. Ronald Rolheiser about letting things go in our wisdom years. On this week's episode of "The ...