The Substance – now available to watch on Mubi – is a wild, gory ride, but it's the movie's least splashy scene that really resonates. Directed by Coralie Fargeat, the story follows Elisabeth Sparkle ...

The most grounded and emotionally realistic scene in The Substance also serves a dramatic purpose as a subtle microcosm of the entire movie. From the twisted mind of writer-director Coralie Fargeat, ...

In the brawl between Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s characters, the images that loom over them prove the most telling. Credit...Mubi Supported by By Alissa Wilkinson Three-quarters of the way into ...

Revenge director Coralie Fargeat’s new body horror satire, The Substance, screened at the Cannes Film Festival back in May to highly positive - and more than a little shocked - first reactions (see ...