Wickedly audacious and boldly over-the-top, "The Substance" is a biting, hilarious and stomach-churningly disgusting satire of modern beauty standards and Hollywood's obsession with youth, staged as a ...

We all have our own insecurities, especially when it comes to some aspects of our appearance. Somebody you might perceive to be the most beautiful person on the planet could be looking in the mirror ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Coralie Fargeat and Demi Moore’s horror thriller The Substance scored big with Oscar ...

The Substance is a body horror film following an aging actress navigating sexism and reclaiming her body autonomy. The visual maximalism of the film can be overwhelming, prioritizing style over ...

When writer/director Coralie Fargeat’s debut film “Revenge” came out in 2017, the stylish and subversive thriller revealed a visionary filmmaker willing to push back against female stereotypes. “The ...

Demi Moore stars as an aging Hollywood star named Elisabeth Sparkle in "The Substance." Ousted from her fitness show, she takes a serum to create a younger, "better" version of herself. The satirical ...

“Internalized misogyny” is not a phrase you’ll hear me say very often, but I think it’s weirdly appropriate when it comes to Coralie Fargeat’s critically acclaimed body horror film, The Substance, ...

"Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?" asks The Substance. Repeated like a ritualistic chant, this provocation and promise echoes via the in-universe advertising for a mysterious body ...

One scene reflects the themes — A.I., fake news, transgender lives and Gen X — that make the film a classic. By Alissa Wilkinson Neo, the hero of “The Matrix,” is sure he lives in 1999. He has a green ...