From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

I walk into a room and I'm like, I want to make a film.

It's about my Chinese grandmother.

I want to make it as an American film, American financed, American perspective.

But the entire cast is Chinese, Chinese American.

And this was before Crazy Rich Asians.

Major point, yeah.

Right, exactly.

When filmmaker Lulu Wang set out to make a personal movie, largely set in China, mostly in Mandarin, she had a clear pitch, but buyers weren't biting. She tells us about the circuitous route to making the farewell, which went from public radio to Sundown's success to indie hit of the summer.

Wong also explains why she felt so strongly that her film had to play in theaters

rather than finding a home on a streaming service.

But first on the news banter, leadership training.

Is that bull?

Stay tuned.

It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, the Hobbs to my Shaw or Shaw to my Hobbs.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So the television critics are gathered in Beverly Hills, as they do this time of year, where the networks come and present panels on their shows.

And in the best of times, the people who run the networks come and speak.

And the broadcast networks are now starting their run.

And CBS kicked it off.

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