The Substance (2024)

Friday, February 14, 2025

Browning Cinema GA

The Substance (2024)

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New at the Browning
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
With Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Rated R, 141 minutes, DCP

In case you missed The Substance when it screened in the Browning Cinema near finals last semester, here is a Valentine Day's chance to catch a film many think will net Demi Moore an Oscar for Best Actress. Moore gives a career-defining performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat's sensation at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, The Substance marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

Event Dates

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 9:30 PM

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