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SXSW Award Winner ‘Slanted’ Tackles White Privilege in a Larger-than-Life Way

White privilege is a concept that many people don’t want to talk about since they think it inherently implies that there’s something wrong or unimpressive about being born with a certain skin color. But those who stop to contemplate it even just briefly will realize that, for those who are able to move throughout this…

Freakier Friday | Teaser Trailer | In Theaters August 8

©Courtesy of Disney Disney released the teaser trailer and poster for “Freakier Friday“, the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday” directed by Nisha Ganatra that sees Lindsay Lohan, 38, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, reprise their roles as mother-daughter duo Anna and Tess Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan)…

Film Review – ‘Turning Red’ is Another Positive Cultural Spotlight from Pixar

Tradition is often at war with modernity, and people, particularly teenagers and young adults, sometimes feel a pull towards the latter at the expense of the former. Ancient customs and religious heritage may feel antiquated and counterproductive to societal progress, but there is a reason they have endured for so long and remained the fabric…