‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
An immigrant high school student hastily tries an experimental race-changing procedure that allows her to experience life as ...
‘Slanted’ Review: If ‘Mean Girls’ Wasn’t So Funny and ‘The Substance’ Was Way More Blunt
Amy Wang's take on body horror transplants the genre into the hellscape of high school, with grim results that feel more sad ...
‘Slanted’ Review: Satirical Body Horror About Assimilation and Beauty Engages, but Never Gets Under the Skin
Amy Wang's SXSW winner stars Shirley Chen, McKenna Grace and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in the story of a young woman who ...
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SXSW: ‘Slanted’ Hones In On The Pressure To Assimilate
Amy Wang's directorial debut, Slanted (2025) uses genre storytelling to capture a lived experience that resonates deeply. The ...
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick
It’s clear to her that beauty and acceptance are intimately tied with whiteness. There are other clever moments Wang interlopes to indicate Joan’s shame about her culture, such as her insistence on ...
Why Amy Wang Chose A Vulnerable, Searing Body Horror Film For Her Directorial Debut With ‘Slanted’ — SXSW Studio
Amy Wang and the cast of her directorial debut Slanted stopped by the Deadline studio at SXSW to discuss the film ...
SXSW: Amy Wang's 'Slanted' Wins Narrative Jury Award
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Amy Wang’s dystopian teen film is a thought-provoking debut
Slanted, written and directed by Amy Wang, is a dystopian teen drama where any person of color can have a painless and quick ...
SXSW 2025: Amy Wang’s ‘Slanted’ & Benjamin Flaherty’s ‘Shuffle’ Win Narrative & Documentary Feature Awards
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals tonight announced its 2025 Jury and Special Award winners. Amy Wang’s Slanted ...
SXSW 2025 Awards: Amy Wang’s ‘Slanted’ Wins Narrative Feature Award
The narrative feature jury, which included IndieWire’s own Executive Editor Ryan Lattanzio, also gave Annapurna Sriram’s ...