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, ...
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 Bloodiest, Most Deranged Sci-Fi Movie Ending of the Year, Explained
The Substance is a movie of escalating violence. It was born from director Coralie Fargeat’s beliefs about aging in a society that only values women for their youth and beauty. Its eponymous ...
‘The Substance’ Is One of the Best Food Movies in Years
In this satirical body horror film starring Demi Moore, each meal — along with the very act of cooking — becomes an ...
How ‘The Substance’ Pulled Off That Bloody, Gloriously Disgusting Ending With Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley
Due to time constraints, Persin subcontracted the build of Monstro Eliasue’s suit to a U.K.-based company. “We had two full ...
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‘The Substance’ successfully pulls off grotesque satire
French writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” tells an uncomplicated story of an older woman using a substance to ...
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The Substance and Why Female Led Body Horror is Here to Stay
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 FEATURE! Sunset Boulevard by way of Cronenbergian bodily distortion — director ...
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The Substance's 8 Biggest Unanswered Questions
The Substance has an explosively ambitious ending, but there are some questions that the film leaves surprisingly open-ended ...
The Substance review: 'thrillingly sick and twisted' satire
For much of the 1990s, Demi Moore was one of "the biggest female box-office draws in Hollywood", said Alistair Harkness in ...
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CALLERI: ‘The Substance’ adds bold new dimensions to horror movies
With some exceptions regarding movies for children, the hottest genre at the box office this year has been horror. Many ...
‘The Substance’ Doesn’t Need Awards To Be A Masterpiece
Writer/director Coralie Fargeat’s body horror film is too bold to be forgotten and too shocking to win an Oscar ...
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The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor
Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge (2017) thrilled audiences with its never-ending finale chase sequence through hallways lubricated in Shining-level quantities of blood. The French filmmaker’s follow-up, The ...