Amy Wang's SXSW winner stars Shirley Chen, McKenna Grace and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in the story of a young woman who ...

If high school is a popularity contest - the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang's ...

Slanted” delicately balances humor and sadness while redefining American identity through the journey of a girl who ...

Playing like a mix of Get Out and The Substance, Slanted is a smart, funny, and surprisingly emotional satire despite its ...

Exclusive: We speak with Mckenna Grace, Shirley Chen, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and the team behind twisted high school story ...

From 'It Ends,' to 'The Surrender,' this year’s genre films at SXSW have a fascinating relationship with mortality.

Amy Wang ‘s Slanted, which the jury called an “unflinching satirical thriller” about identity, won the Narrative Feature ...

Being bullied at school doesn’t help either, as kids are quick to pull at their eyes to mimic Joan’s “slanted” lids or to sniff at the lovingly homemade dishes she brings for lunch.

The narrative feature jury, which included IndieWire’s own Executive Editor Ryan Lattanzio, also gave Annapurna Sriram’s ...

Slanted is blunt, but it could be more biting. The film struggles in a similar manner to many contemporary satires that want to send up and sentimentalize. Even if Slanted doesn’t always succeed ...

Before that, “Slanted” rehashes a lot of the usual stuff: frustration over not being part of the cool clique and futile attempts to fit in. In Joan’s case, it doesn’t help that her mom ...