The Substance
Though the star is treated as a microcosm of the larger toxic themes at play, Moore admitted she wouldn't mind being honored this way.
Fargeat, who follows actions made by "Blitz" writer/director Steve McQueen, cited the "misogynistic" and "offensive" statements made by the festival director as reasoning behind this move.
VOD Report
"The Substance" continues to show strength, while 1990s Black indie director Rusty Cundieff returns at Netflix.
Celebrating the French premiere of the film and receiving a career tribute in the process, Moore expressed her desire to keep pushing the envelope when it comes to investigating taboo topics.
VOD Report
‘The Substance’ Does Equal to ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ on PVOD, but ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Is Bigger
Led by "Time Cut," four Netflix originals rank in their top six movies.
Behind the Makeup
Prosthetics makeup designer Pierre-Olivier Persin tells IndieWire about parallels to David Cronenberg's "The Fly" in creating the mutations in Coralie Fargeat's film.
Weekend Box Office
MUBI's "The Substance" oozes $3.1 million in wide release, while A24's "A Different Man" has modest platform opening.
Coralie Fargeat's body horror film won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes and the People's Choice Midnight Madness Award at TIFF.
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Thompson on Hollywood
"I had this huge wave of: 'My life is going to be over. I'm not going to be interesting anymore. No one is going to look at me anymore,'" Fargeat told IndieWire of the origins of her new film, whose star Demi Moore is earning raves.
"You have to walk away feeling that you put it all on the table."
Coralie Fargeat writes and directs the buzzy Cannes breakout film, led by Demi Moore.
