The movie tells the story of a 50-year-old actress ... serum that promises a younger version of herself, known as The Substance. Going through with it, the initial injection results in her ...

It's rare for a movie like "The Substance" to break into the Oscars race. Written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, the film is an intense, satirical and violent body horror ...

Fargeat's and Moore’s efforts in "The Substance" turn the film into a palpably sincere, raw representation of the inner thoughts of women working in the industry. The greatest takeaway from the film ...

Critics all think The Substance will win big at this year's Oscars, and one film fan has shared online how to movie changed their perception on things and gave them a 'reality check' ...

“The Substance,” Fargeat’s daring sophomore ... there’s the critic in me and the popcorn movie fan in me. Much like the characters, I struggled balancing my two selves — one appreciating ...

To be fair, laughing at a movie doesn’t automatically make you a bad or insensitive person or something. And it’s perfectly ...

Coralie Fargeat appears to be a Stanley Kubrick fan as she borrowed some elements from the legendary filmmaker's movies for ...

These men ultimately punish her for it, similar to how Moore’s character in The Substance is punished by ... was not “visually important” to the movie. “I wanted to deal with the ...

At one level, the movie is indeed about punishing beauty standards and the gnawing loneliness of fading stardom. However, the treatment is so in-your-face that you remember only the ghastliness.

it’s probably because another movie in that remarkably targeted genre just found major success on the awards show circuit: The Substance. “It was totally on purpose,” Wang jokes of timing ...