"The Substance" is a dark modern fable that starts out blaming men for reducing women to sex objects and then cuts deeper.
Consequently, The Substance goes off the rails long before Fargeat spins the spigot and drenches the audience in a climactic ...
Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle – an Oscar-winning actress and TV personality who is instantly deemed over-the-hill on her 50th ...
When it comes to upcoming horror movies, one of this year’s best may be hitting theaters this weekend, with Demi Moore ’s ...
Our world does not often offer a safe space for female rage. But French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has carved out a place to ...
In its first two hours, “The Substance” is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences ...
Coralie Fargeat’s bloody-as-hell satire lets the star flip the bird to showbiz’s youth obsessions and beauty double standards ...
That’s what you’re in for with The Substance, a body horror thriller from MUBI. The film stars Demi Moore as Elisabeth ...
Directed and written by Coralie Fargeat, the film follows the story of TV star and aerobics instructor Elisabeth Sparkle ...
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity,” says the Good Book, and “The Substance” hastens to add a few more ingredients to the ...
Some might criticize the film as shock for shock value's sake, but that ethos is exactly what makes “The Substance” shine so ...