‘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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Slanted: Shirley Chen, McKenna Grace, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Amelie Zilber, Amy Wang, & Fang Du Go off The Rails
Can you go off the rails if you were never on one in the first place? In her favorite kind of interview with passionate, fun ...
‘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 ...
But Why Tho? on MSN21h
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 ...
IF Magazine2d
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 ...
White Privilege Satire ‘Slanted’ and Addiction Industry Exposé ‘Shuffle’ Take Top Awards at SXSW
White Privilege Satire ‘Slanted’ and Addiction Industry Exposé ‘Shuffle’ Take Top Awards at SXSW Film & TV Festival.
The Austin Chronicle6d
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 ...
‘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 ...
Roger Ebert2d
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 ...