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 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,

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.

Visionary filmmaker Coralie Fargeat's 'The Substance' is the most brutal, astounding, and essential horror movie of the year. Our review:

The Substance overflows with brilliant, disgusting, and hilarious body horror. The Substance is an awesome accomplishment of design, from the clinical-yet-do-it-yourself instructions of the titular procedure,

"The Substance" is a dark modern fable that starts out blaming men for reducing women to sex objects and then cuts deeper. Fargeat saves a special rage for women who conspire in their own diminishment, trading their soul in a pulse beat for a few more shining hours as a goddess.

At last, Cannes embraces body-horror schlock in Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance," but the film is more metaphorical than meaningful. Review.

Margaret Qualley costars in this gory — like, really gory! — satire about beauty and aging 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,

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.