How French Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat Delivered Feminist Body Horror Breakout ‘The Substance’
Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire about the feelings of insecurity, of passing age 40, that led to her new film 'The Substance,' starring Demi Moore
‘The Substance’ reviews: Demi Moore is ‘astonishing,’ but can body horror break through on awards stage?
The provocative new film “The Substance,” about an aging celebrity (Demi Moore) who takes an illicit drug to be young again, opened on September 20 following its May premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival,
The Subtance Cast - Who Joins Demi Moore in the Body Horror Flick?
We break down who joins Demi Moore in the acclaimed body horror movie, The Substance, including Margaret Qualley.
‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore Suffers Some Side Effects
The actress stars alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid in Coralie Fargeat’s gleefully grotesque movie about an aging celebrity who takes an experimental drug that gives her a younger self.
Demi Moore dives into bizarre body horror in buzzy new movie 'The Substance'
Demi Moore plays a middle-aged fitness celebrity who takes a black-market drug that spawns her younger self (Margaret Qualley) in "The Substance."
Review: Demi Moore brilliantly seizes the role of her lifetime in 'The Substance'
It's not long before Demi and her doppelganger are at each other's throats. Complications ensue when Sue is hired by Elisabeth's old boss (Quaid is scarily hilarious as Harvey) to star in a new workout show called "Pump It Up.
‘The Substance’ review: Demi Moore is a Hollywood veteran who risks everything on a new body of work
The Substance” blowtorches a single idea for two hours and 20 minutes, and narratively it turns to ashes by minute 40. It’s easier for a movie to become a talking point that way. Film festival buzz, which “The Substance” enjoyed at its Cannes world premiere,
“The Substance ”Review: Demi Moore Makes a Scarily Good Horror Comeback
The Substance, a corrosively vicious horror satire with a career-resuscitating turn by Demi Moore, begins with an inspired if not very kind joke: You’re looking down the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a fresh,
Review: Demi Moore delivers Oscar-worthy performance in 'The Substance'
Demi Moore’s new film “The Substance” recently received a 13-minute standing ovation at Cannes, proving her worth as one of the most decorated actresses in Hollywood. Moore was also mentioned by Variety and People magazine as a sure nominee for the Oscars 2025.
This is how gross it is, this is how extreme it is’: Director Coralie Fargeat on the pursuit of female beauty
French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the grotesque violence society and women inflict on ...
How Coralie Fargeat Made 'The Substance,' a Bloody, Campy Commentary on Aging
Ever since she turned 40, French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has been grappling with these chaotic thoughts that will be ...
How Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley Were Connected Before Playing Versions of Same Character in The Substance (Exclusive)
Demi Moore tells PEOPLE she hadn't met Margaret Qualley before becoming her costar in Coralie Fargeat’s new horror movie 'The ...
"The Substance" explores the dark side of society's beauty obsession
"Old age ain’t no place for sissies,” Bette Davis once famously quipped, and neither is “The Substance,” writer/director ...
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The Screening Room | Pointed message trumps flawed ending in 'The Substance'
With “The Substance,” director Coralie Fargeat does something genre classicists John Carpenter and David Cronenberg would ...
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What would you say to your younger self? Two films explore this question
In a funny fluke of the release calendar, Megan Park's "My Old Ass" and Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance" open simultaneously ...
Review: ‘Substance’ is disgusting, depraved and brilliant
If there’s a critique to be made about the film, it’s that the satire and caricatures are a bit heavy-handed, with most of ...
‘The Movie Is Fundamentally About the Violence of Control’: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat Talks The Substance
Fargeat wrote the prizewinning script after turning 40, as she grappled with feelings of obsolescence and inadequacy. “I had these massive thoughts that I had reached the age where I wasn’t going to ...
A decade of ‘The Babadook,’ plus the week’s best movies
Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, 'Rhythm Thief' restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill ...