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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 ...
‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s ...
SXSW Highs and Lows: Matthew McConaughey Singing, Nicole Kidman’s ‘Holland’ Fizzling Out, Time-Traveling Pranksters and More
What rose to the top and what failed to take flight at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival, including movies with Matthew ...
SXSW Independent TV Pilot Program Showcases New Creative Voices; ‘F*ckups Anonymous’ & ‘Denim’ Take Home Jury Prizes
Amid the classic, flashy film and television premieres this week at SXSW, the festival also offered a forum for burgeoning ...
‘The Makings of Curtis Mayfield’ Review: H.E.R.’s Debut Doc Nails the Music, but Neglects the Man
In her SXSW-bowing film, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer invites a range of artists — from Maxwell to Mary J. Blige — to ...
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick
It’s clear for her, beauty and acceptance are intimately tied with whiteness. There are other clever moments Wang interlopes ...
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Australian filmmakers win big at SXSW 2025 with ‘Slanted’, ‘I’m The Most Racist Person I Know’
Australian filmmakers triumphed at SXSW 2025 with daring films 'Slanted' & 'I'm The Most Racist Person I Know'.
‘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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Success for ‘Slanted’, ‘I’m The Most Racist Person I Know’ at SXSW Awards
LA-based Chinese-Australian filmmaker Amy Wang and South Australia's Leela Varghese have triumphed in Texas overnight, with ...
‘Idiotka’ Review: Reality TV Satire and Heartwarming Family Dramedy Collide in a Messy but Winning Directorial Debut
Premiering at SXSW, writer-director Nastasya Popov's film stars Anna Baryshnikov as an aspiring fashion designer who gets ...
SXSW 2025 Film and TV Festival Award Winners include ‘Slanted,' Amanda Peet
SXSW Film and TV Festival announced its annual award winners on Wednesday night, with Slanted from Amy Wang (From Scratch, ...
Entertainment Squad Boards LGBTQ+ Rom-Com ‘Play It Again’ for PrideFlix (Exclusive)
"Original and unpredictable rom-coms have found a strong and engaged audience," say producers Kate Forrest and Myrthin Stagg ...