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.
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 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
Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ Is Both the Grossest and Sexiest Movie of the Year
The body horror nightmare story is sensual, unhinged, grotesque, and will have you howling with laughter. Demi Moore has never been better.
“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,
'The Substance' review: Demi Moore shines in bold, boundary-pushing psycho horror shocker
In her second film, French writer-director Coralie Fargeat (2017's "Revenge") calls on boundary pushers such as Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn and Davids Lynch and Cronenberg in her raging body horror sci-fi nightmare.
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 ...
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The Substance: Why this gross-out body horror about Hollywood beauty standards is 2024's most divisive film
In The Substance, the much-discussed, opulently stylised and lavishly gory gonzo horror from French director, Coralie Fargeat, a disembodied voice playing over a marketing video for a tenebrous ...
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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 ...
"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 ...
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” director doused stars in 36,000 gallons of fake blood for 1 scene in body-horror film
"The movie is about flesh, blood, and bones," director Coralie Fargeat tells EW of the Demi Moore film. "It’s about filming ...
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Review: ‘The Substance’ Focuses on Surfaces – Both Smooth and Wrinkled
You can’t help but sympathize — after the late ’90s, Hollywood essentially dropped Moore like a hot rock, at least as a ...
Review: A Hollywood star wants more time, but ‘The Substance’ doesn’t give her a reason
Demi Moore is boldly exposed as an aging Oscar winner rejected by her producer in a hyperstylized satire that also stars ...
‘The Substance’ Score Gets Vinyl Release From Waxwork Records
Online physical media retailer Waxwork Records is releasing the score to 'The Substance' on vinyl and digital.
‘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 ...