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,
Demi Moore and a vivid color scheme shine in The Substance
It's true, Demi Moore is a reborn as a horror movie icon in The Substance, which also features truly unforgettable production and costume design.
Pretty hurts: Demi Moore returns to her horror-genre roots in ‘The Substance’
What is The Substance? It's a drug that will create a younger version of you from your own DNA. That new you will graphically fall out of your back, complete with squishy sound effects.
"The Substance" review: Demi Moore slays the age monster with Oscar-worthy performance
With "The Substance," writer-director Coralie Fargeat summarily burns that door to the ground and kicks the ashes around with a gleeful laugh. The independent horror movie builds on themes from classic literature to TikTok influencers to take an unflinching and desperate look at the damage that hating one's body can do,
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 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.
‘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 film review — Demi Moore turns on herself in lurid Hollywood satire
Coralie Fargeat’s sci-fi shocker follows the downward spiral of a 50-year-old movie star who resorts to drastic measures
“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,
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 ...
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 ...
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The Substance: full-throttle feminism, excess and violence
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in one of the year’s most provocative films, taking the body horror genre to even more ...
‘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 ...
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The Monster You Become: Coralie Fargeat on The Substance
Even for the most callous horror-heads, Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature, Revenge (2017), stunned with its gruesome ...
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 ...
Margaret Qualley Has The Perfect Description For Her Gore- And Nudity-Filled Movie ‘The Substance’
Coralie creates totally unique worlds that are parallel to our own world.” Qualley had a more succinct (and, if you’ll forgive the pun, titillating) answer: “Fargeatian would be that it’s bloody. And ...
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