‘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’ review: SXSW-winner is a teen body horror based on ethnicity
Ostensibly, Joan’s desire to be Jo is prompted by her ambition to be named prom queen — a title the teen struggled to win ...
SXSW Grand Jury Winner Slanted Is The Substance for Prom Season
Exclusive: We speak with Mckenna Grace, Shirley Chen, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and the team behind twisted high school story ...
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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 ...
Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace from ‘Slanted’ use the internet for weird animals
Shirley Chen, McKenna Grace, Fang Du, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Amy Wang and Amelie Zilber came by the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to talk about their film, “Slanted.” ...
‘Crazy Rich Asians 2’ writer Amy Wang says the sequel is a ‘slow process,’ but she’s ‘hopeful’
Amy Wang is having a moment. Her debut feature film, Slanted, just premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV ...
‘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: 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 ...
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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 ...