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We interview Freaks stars Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew, and Lexy Kolker about what drew them to the project and the role poker plays in the film.

Generational tensions are high at the moment and you don't have to dig too deep into that anger to land on horror. But that's exactly what Excision and Trash Fire director RIchard Bates Jr. does with Tone-Deaf, which pits a brash and entitled millennial against a conservative, embittered psychopath with an ideological grudge to settle. The film takes a look at our "bizarre cultural and political climate" through the story of Olive (Amanda Crew), a millennial coming off of a lost job and failed relationship who leaves the city behind for the weekend in search of a …