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The grossest, goriest, and most gratuitous of the year are set to be feted at the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

The horror magazine has unveiled the nominees for its signature awards, which includes the big categories you'd expect — like Best Wide Release and Best Lead Performance — and some you mind not—like Best Video Game and Best Public Domain Resurrection.

The Chainsaw Awards are also among the first opportunities for this year's potential awards frontrunner, Sinners, to flex its muscles. (Metaphorical muscles. Michael B. Jordan's are currently streaming on HBO Max.) Ryan Coogler's period vampire thriller is in contention for Best Wide Release — where it will compete with 28 Years Later — and boasts a total of ten nominations in all.

With an eligibility window that ran from July 2024 to June 2025, the Chainsaw Awards also include some of last year's awards contenders, including The Substance, which tied Sinners for nominations.

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Fangoria's 2025 Chainsaw Awards nominees have been revealed, and voting is now open! With voting taking place from July 9th - 20th, you'll have plenty of time to vote for your favorite nominees across categories you might expect from an entertainment awards show.... but where else are you going to be able to vote on your favorite creature FX, makeup FX, and public domain resurrection movie? You can vote now or learn more and check out the nominees list below:

[From the Press Release] Fangoria, the iconic horror magazine and genre authority, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Chainsaw Awards, recognizing standout achievements in horror across film, television, and gaming. Voting opens July 9 and runs through July 20 at fangoria.com/vote, putting the power in fans’ hands to crown the best in blood.

Ready to see who made the cut? The full list of the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominees awaits below. Scroll to the bottom...

The Academy Awards may not celebrate the horror genre all that often, but that’s why horror has its own awards celebrations. The biggest and best are the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and the nominees for this year’s ceremony have been announced this morning. As always, the legendary horror magazine is putting the power in Your hands, with voting Open Now!

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2025 will recognize standout achievements in horror across film, television, and gaming, and voting is open now through July 20 at fangoria.com/vote!

Fangoria previews, “Highlights from this year’s nominee slate include genre-defying films like The Substance and Sinners, standout lead performances by Willa Fitzgerald (Strange Darling) and Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo), and some highly anticipated sequels in the video game category like Death Stranding 2 and Silent Hill 2 Remake.

“Nominees were selected by a nominating body of over 150 industry tastemakers, creators, and professionals, drawing from the...

“Sinners” and “The Substance” lead the nominations for Fangoria’s 2025 Chainsaw Awards, which recognizes standout achievements in horror across film, television and gaming.

“This year we continue the new tradition of pitting the second half of last year with the first half of this year in a cage match of cinematic carnage,” Phil Nobile Jr., Fangoria Eic, said in a statement. “Like the Grammys, but gorier. It’s made for a rather chaotic list of nominees, and we expect the voting to be vicious and voluminous.”

“Sinners” and “The Substance” each earned 10 nominations, competing in the same categories for best wide release, best cinematography, best score, best director, best screenplay, best costume design, and best lead and supporting performances. Nominations also include “Strange Darling,” Cuckoo,” “The Ugly Stepsister,” 28 Years Later” and “Longlegs.” Other categories include best streaming premiere, best kill and best creature FX.

Nominees were chosen by a...

A long time ago, while watching a trailer for a movie called Breaking the Girls, I had lamented about the state of crime thrillers featuring lesbian characters. Yes, it was true that when I made that comment, I hadn’t watched The Wachowskis’ Bound. When I corrected that mistake, my brain was rewired, and I loved the filmmaking duo even more. After that, I came across Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, which simply had me hooked from the first scene to the last. 2024 was a significant year for lesbians taking on gangsters and drug lords, as we got Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls and Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, both of which come highly recommended from my end. Now, since Echo Valley, which stars Julianne Moore, adding yet another queer character to her already illustrious filmography, and Fiona Shaw, a prolific actress who identifies as lesbian and whose character in the film is also lesbian,...

Pair stars like Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney, add BAFTA-winning director Michael Pearce and a top screenwriter of, among others, the Emmy-winning Mare of Easttown in Brad Ingelsby and major producers including Ridley Scott and it is not a surprise that they have collectively cooked up one barnburner of a thriller. And the “barnburner” part you can take literally.

It is called Echo Valley and will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on June 13, but this could do well in theaters (it supposedly will play in a select few). Nevertheless, it is gripping stuff no matter how you find it.

Moore, in fine form, plays Kate, divorced and now estranged from her ex-husband Richard and grieving the loss of her wife, also has to deal with an on-and-off relationship with volatile daughter Claire (Sydney Sweeney), who is running with the wrong crowd and hopelessly addicted to drugs.

Exclusive: Protagonist Pictures is launching sales ahead of the Cannes market on Hera Pictures thriller The Return of Stanley Atwell, which is set to star Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) and Marisa Abela (Industry).

Written and directed by Brian Welsh (Black Mirror), the film is based on a story by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, who also serves as executive producer.

The synopsis reads: “Stanley Atwell (Galitzine), the presumed dead son and heir to Lord Atwell’s title and fortune, unexpectedly returns to the family estate having escaped a decade of mysterious captivity. Atwell’s shocking reappearance causes chaos as he finds his sister Beatrice fighting to claim his inheritance, whilst close friend Pamela (Abela) manipulates his puzzling return, and a dark family secret, in a bid to seize control of the Atwell fortune. Sex, passion, backstabbing and betrayal wreak havoc across the estate as the lies and deception the...

The hit horror movie The Substance took audiences by storm and recently earned lead actress Demi Moore her first Golden Globe at the 2025 Awards. A dark satirical critique of Hollywood’s misogyny toward aging, the film follows a 50-year-old TV star who gets fired for being ‘too old‘. Desperate, she turns to a black-market drug, The Substance, which temporarily transforms her into a younger version of herself – until the cure becomes a nightmare.

An arsenal of cameras and lenses was used to craft the movie’s eerie visuals and distinct vibe, complemented by heavy use of VFX. In this interview, Dit Baptiste Marnière takes us behind the scenes and shares exclusive insights into his workflow.

Joining the crew

Based in Paris, Baptiste is an experienced Dit who primarily works on feature films and TV shows. He joined The Substance at the request of Dp Benjamin Kračun, who decided after the...

“Deep Dive” is an in-depth podcast and video essay series featuring interviews with the stars and creative team behind an exceptional piece of filmmaking. For this edition, IndieWire partnered with Mubi to take a closer look at “The Substance” with writer/director Coralie Fargeat, special makeup effects designer Pierre Olivier-Persin, production designer Stanislas Reydellet, cinematographer Benjamin Kracun, and actor Demi Moore to examine the transformation of Elizabeth Sparkle (Moore) through through story, performance, makeup, set design, and cinematic presentation.

When we first meet Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), it is at the exact moment her storied Hollywood career appears to be coming to an end. A sad reality made more painful by returning to her home, which serves as a monument to her stardom and with a majestic view looking down on the town she once ruled.

“This view is what has been and what is going away,” said Fargeat of Elisabeth’s glass home.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” won best film, director, screenwriter and actress at the 37th European Film Awards, which were held Saturday in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The best film nominees included narrative features “The Room Next Door,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “The Substance” and “Vermiglio,” as well as documentaries “Bye Bye Tiberias,” “Dahomey,” “In Limbo,” “No Other Land” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” and animated films “Flow,” “Living Large,” “Savages,” “Sultana’s Dream” and “They Shot the Piano Player.”

The statuette for actress was won by Karla Sofía Gascón for “Emilia Pérez.” The other nominees were Renate Reinsve in “Armand,” Trine Dyrholm in “The Girl With the Needle,” Vic Carmen Sonne in “The Girl With the Needle” and Tilda Swinton in “The Room Next Door.”

The director award went to Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” who beat Andrea Arnold for “Bird,” Pedro Almodóvar for “The Room Next Door,” Mohammad Rasoulof...

Jacques Audiard’s latest Emilia Pérez dominated the European Film Awards this evening in Lucerne, Switzerland, taking Best Film and Best Director. Check out the full winners list below.

The Netflix crime drama won all four of it’s nominations. Audiard’s pic came into this evening’s tied with Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door for the most noms. The film’s haul included Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón and Best Screenplay.

Other big winners this evening in Switzerland included filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis who won Best Animated feature for his buzzy pic Flow and the Palestinian-Israeli film No Other Land took the Best Documentary prize.

Tonight’s dominant display hands Audiard and his Emilia Pérez collaborators a significant vote of confidence as they head into the heat of awards seasons. The European Film Awards, which are voted on by the Berlin-based European Film Academy’s some 5,000 members based across Europe,...

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” won Best Film at the 37th European Film Awards on Saturday, December 7, claiming the most overall awards as well with five wins.

Going into the evening, Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” led with nominations, having received recognition in multiple categories, including European Film and European Screenwriter, as well as will multiple technical awards including European Cinematography and European Visual Effects.

Held in Lucerne, Switzerland, the European Film Awards kicked off with a celebration of the vibrant diversity present throughout the room, with host Fernando Tiberini commencing the ceremony in all the languages spoken in Switzerland and encouraging all winners to say a few words in their native tongue upon accepting.

The first winner of the night was French filmmaker Audiard, who was presented the award for European Director by “The Apprentice” star Maria Bakalova in honor of his work for “Emilia Pérez.” The film is...

The European Film Awards is taking place in the Swiss city of Lucerne tonight (December 7) and Screen is revealing the winners live from the ceremony, which kicked off at 20.00 Cet.

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To read the winners as they are announced, you can refresh the page and scroll down to the full list below.

The ceremony is also being live-streamed below.

Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door are the front-runners for this year’s awards with four nominations apiece.

Fifteen features compete for the best European film prize, up from five last year. This follows a recent rule...

It is business as usual at EnergaCamerimage, the international cinematography festival that opened in Poland on Saturday (November 16). The packed-out opening ceremony did not directly address the ongoing industry backlash to remarks made by the festival director on the eve of the event about female cinematographers.

The festival is now heading in to a week of screenings, masterclasses and a buzzy equipment market.

But it had been a difficult build-up to the 32nd edition of the festival following the publication of an op-ed inCinematography World, by event founder and director and CEO Marek Żydowicz, which the British Society of Cinematographers,...

Coralie Fargeat has withdrawn her film “The Substance” from the Camerimage Film Festival after the festival director made comments about female cinematographers. Coralie shared a post on X explaining what happened:

After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend).

‘The Substance’ is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will help create a much needed change.

We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will help create a much needed change.

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— Coralie Fargeat (@coraliefargeat) November 15, 2024

In a column for Cinematography World magazine, festival director Marek Żydowicz seemed to...

The Camerimage Film Festival is in a lot of trouble now that director Coralie Fargeat pulled her movie “The Substance” because of what she called “highly misogynistic” comments made by festival CEO Marek Żydowicz about the role of women in movies.

The argument started when Łydowicz wrote an opinion piece in Cinematography World asking if more women in movies might make art less important. His words were directed at a change.org petition from Women in Cinematography that wanted female cinematographers to get more credit.

“Can we sacrifice works and artists with outstanding achievements solely to make room for mediocre film production?” Żydowicz wrote, which was quickly criticized by professionals in the field all over the world.

Because of this, Fargeat pulled “The Substance,” a movie with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, from the festival. Benjamin Kračun, who shot the movie, will also not be there. “The Substance is about...

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat announced that she’s pulling the film from Camerimage Film Festival in Poland over controversial comments the festival’s CEO had made about female cinematographers last week.

“After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull The Substance from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend),” Fargeat wrote on X Friday. “The Substance is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore.

Coralie Fargeat has pulled her Cannes sensation The Substance from Camerimage in response to recent remarks by festival director MarekŻydowicz about representation of female filmmakers.

The Polish cinematography festival kicks off on Saturday and Fargeat’s film had been scheduled to screen on Sunday afternoon with cinematographer Benjamin Kračun in attendance. Kračun will now not attend, just as Steve McQueen said earlier this week he will stay away from the opening night presentation of his film Blitz, which will go ahead,

On Friday Fargeat and Kračun issued a statement to Screen that read: “After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive...

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, from the 2024 Camerimage Film Festival in response to what she called “highly misogynistic and offensive” comments from festival CEO Marek Zydowicz.

Fargeat announced the decision in a statement on X, in which she noted that The Substance cinematographer Benjamin Kracun has also decided not to attend this year’s Camerimage event kicking off Saturday in Poland.

“The Substance is about the impact of exactly those types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will create a much needed change,” Fargeat and Kracun added in their joint statement.

Festival founder and CEO Marek Zydowicz sparked controversy with his remarks in an editorial last week about the festival’s lack of female cinematographers in selections for past editions. In his column,...

French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has pulled her latest feature The Substance from Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival following the fallout of a controversial op-ed written by the festival’s founder and head Marek Żydowicz.

Fargeat posted a short statement on her X account Friday morning announcing the move. The filmmaker also said the film’s director of photography Benjamin Kračun would not be traveling to the cinematography-focused festival. Kračun had been scheduled to take part in Q&a sessions at the festival.

“After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend),” Fargeat wrote.

“‘The Substance’ is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and...

The 2024 Camerimage Film Festival continues to be embroiled in controversy as “The Substance” writer/director Coralie Fargeat now joins the growing list of filmmakers pulling their entries from being screened.

In a statement shared over her social media pages, including Instagram, she and Dp Benjamin Kračun wrote, “After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend). ‘The Substance’ is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will help create a much needed change.”

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The issues currently facing Camerimage stem from an op-ed written by festival director Marek Żydowicz...

“The Substance” director Coralie Fargeat is the latest filmmaker to bow out of the upcoming Camerimage Film Festival over festival director Marek Żydowicz’s comments calling into question the quality of work from female cinematographers.

“After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend),” Fargeat said in a statement posted on X.

She continued, “‘The Substance’ is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will help create a much needed change.”

Fargeat follows “Blitz” filmmaker Steve McQueen, who dropped out of the festival earlier this week. The backlash comes after Żydowicz, the CEO and founder of the cinematography-focused Camerimage, published...

Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film “The Substance” from Camerimage Film Festival following comments the festival director made about female cinematographers.

“After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend),” Fargeat wrote in a statement posted to her X account. “‘The Substance’ is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviors on our world. We shouldn’t tolerate them anymore. We send our support to all involved in the festival and hope this decision will help create a much needed change.”

In a column published in Cinematography World magazine, festival director Marek Żydowicz appeared to suggest that having greater representation of women DPs and directors in the event’s selection could lead to the inclusion of “mediocre film productions.”

“Should we reject what is...

Citing a "highly misogynistic" essay that exemplifies the "behaviors" her film is designed to condemn, director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her horror satire The Substance from Poland's Camerimage Film Festival. Fargeat, who also mentioned that the film's director of photography, Benjamin Kračun, would similarly be ditching the cinematography-focused fest, is...

Coralie Fargeat’s body horror movie The Substance, Jacques Audiard’s Mexican crime musical Emilia Pérez and Magnus von Horn’s Danish period drama The Girl With the Needle are among the first winners of the 2024 European Film Awards, picking up Efa Excellence Awards in the technical categories.

Benjamin Kračun won best cinematography for his lensing of The Substance, a campy feminist fable starring Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging celebrity who takes a dangerous drug that promises to restore her youth. The Efa jury praised Kračun’s use of “highly stylized lens distortions and manipulations” to explore Sparkle’s physical and psychological demise. “It is loud and glossy, but also manages to eke out an unexpected intimacy and vulnerability. The audience is transported through to an unbearably painful, and hilariously raucous ending.”

The Substance also took the Efa for best visual effects for the team of Bryan Jones,...

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez are among the winners of the European Film Academy’s 2024 Excellence Awards, celebrating arts and crafts achievements in eight categories.

The winners, which are decided by a specialist eight-member jury, will receive their trophies at the European Film Awards ceremony in the Swiss city of Lucerne on December 7.

The UK’s Benjamin Kračun won best European Cinematography for his work on The Substance with the jury praising the way he captured the demise of protagonist Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore).

“He playfully explores her physical and psychological demise with highly stylised lens distortions and manipulations. It is loud and glossy, but also manages to eke out an unexpected intimacy and vulnerability,” read the jury comments.

|The audience is transported through to an unbearably painful, and hilariously raucous ending, achieved only through collaboration with all departments and is undoubtably a celebration of cinematography and cinema.

Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance and Magnus von Horn’s crime drama The Girl With The Needle have both won two craft prizes each at the European Film Awards.

They are among eight winners of the Excellence Awards for the arts and craft of filmmaking which will be presented at the European Film Awards on December 7 in Lucerne.

For The Substance, Benjamin Kračun won the prize for best European Cinematography. The film also won the best European visual effect award for Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi and Guillaume Le Gouez.

The Girl With The Needle won the...

[Update: Nov 15] Camerimage’s guest of honor Steve McQueen has pulled out of attending the annual festival due to the festival director Marek Żydowicz’s comments. McQueen’s “Blitz” is the opening night film, and he was set to receive the Outstanding Director award at the festival.

Director Coralie Fargeat has followed suit by pulling her film “The Substance” from screening at Camerimage, and said that the film’s cinematographer Benjamin Kračun would no longer be attending the festival.

The 2024 Camerimage jurists, led by President Cate Blanchett, has issued a statement that they “welcome debate regarding representation in cinematography,” but that they “will be focused on the task” of being jurists, watching and celebrating the work of the cinematographers at this year’s festival.

For his part, Zydowicz has issued a second statement that includes an apology, “It was never my intention to undermine the achievements of any filmmakers, whose work I deeply appreciate and respect.

Spoiler Space offers thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot points we can’t disclose in our official review. Fair warning: This article features plot details of The Substance.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

It's a question posed again and again by The Substance,...

Upon a second screening of Coralie Fargeat’s incredible opus “The Substance,” there is one thing that stands out. It’s not Stanislas Reydellet’s stellar production design or the exquisite cinematography from Benjamin Kracun that half a dozen young filmmakers and commercial directors will rip off over the next 18 months. Nor is it Emmanuelle Youchnovski’s runway-friendly costume design that will have everyone hunting for a bold yellow long coat for the Winter.

Continue reading Coralie Fargeat Illuminates The “Risk” Demi Moore Took With ‘The Substance’ at The Playlist.

Desire, audacity, and revulsion dominate Coralie Fargeat's The Substance. No fuss, it's a primetime body-horror banger. Shades of Paul Verhoeven, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Frank Henenlotter blend into a monstrously chic showbusiness roast session. Fargeat's weaponization of the male gaze becomes a biting commentary that sizzles, smolders, and shimmers with magnificent ickiness. The Substance punches exponentially harder than you're ready for, as Fargeat charges guns-blazing into territories contemporary horror seems hesitant to embrace (or return to).

Demi Moore throws herself into the agonizing existential demise of Elisabeth Sparkle, a celebrity aerobics icon aging out of the spotlight on her 50th birthday. Station bigwig Harvey (Dennis Quaid) demands a younger, hotter host — he fires Elisabeth on her birthday. Distraught, the discarded pop-culture figure finds herself watching a promotional video advertising an underground serum called "The Substance." If Elisabeth enrolls in the confidential program and injects herself with the "Re-Animator Green" concoction,...

Who needs subtly when you've got "The Substance," Coralie Fargeat's delightfully bonkers body horror masterpiece? To quote "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace," "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards, every one of them." With "The Substance," Fargeat, who helmed the excellent, brutal, bubble-gum-colored thrillride that was "Revenge," has crafted a overstuffed, bonkers, blood-soaked saga about women and the hell they're put through all in the name of modern beauty standards. Fargeat's script is about as unsubtle as they come — every scene is loaded with unmistakable, obvious, impossible-to-miss meaning. And yet, this isn't a hindrance to the film. If anything, it just makes the movie all the more endearing. It's equal parts horrific and hilarious.

Demi Moore turns in a fearless performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, an Oscar-winner turned TV fitness star. I'm not an awards prognosticator, but I would love it if Moore scooped up some awards season love for this,...

Demi Moore is making waves with her return to the big screen in Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, a provocative new film that captivated audiences at the Cannes Film Festival and earned an impressive 13-minute standing ovation. The film, which tackles themes of body horror, societal pressures, and the desire for self-perfection, will be released in UK cinemas on 20th September.

Directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, known for her 2018 revenge thriller Revenge, The Substance centres on a revolutionary product that promises to create a younger, “perfected” version of oneself. However, the catch is both versions must share equal time, raising eerie questions about identity, vanity, and what it means to truly exist in a society obsessed with perfection. Moore takes on the lead role of Elizabeth Sparkle, a once-iconic TV aerobics host who has been sidelined due to her age. Desperate to reclaim her former glory, she turns to The Substance,...

Margaret Qualley is still keeping it weird: While she appeared in “Poor Things” as a science experiment gone wrong, Qualley is now literally shedding her skin for the co-lead role in the body horror film “The Substance.” It’s already the most talked about thriller of the year.

Qualley stars as the younger version of Demi Moore’s aging actress in the buzzy feature from writer/director Coralie Fargeat. “The Substance” debuted at Cannes 2024, where IndieWire’s David Ehrlich deemed it an “instant classic” and first reactions applauded its feminist message. The film, which won Best Screenplay at Cannes, will have its North American premiere at TIFF 2024, opening the Midnight Madness section.

The official synopsis for “The Substance” reads: “Demi Moore gives a career-best 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...

Demi Moore wants to turn back the clock with a little liquid intervention.

Moore leads buzzy Cannes debut “The Substance,” which is titled for a mysterious serum that transforms users into the ideal, younger versions of themselves. For Moore’s aging actress character Elisabeth Sparkle, that version (named Sue) is played by Margaret Qualley. However, Sue and Elisabeth cannot exist in the same space and have to share their conscious hours: One has to alternate being in the world every other week as the other goes into a coma.

Coralie Fargeat writes and directs “The Substance,” which was acquired by Mubi. The French director helms her sophomore film following her debut “Revenge,” which premiered at TIFF in 2017.

The official synopsis for “The Substance” reads: “Moore’s Elisabeth Sparkle is a former A-lister past her prime who is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid...

Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore are teased as playing the same character for feminist body-horror thriller “The Substance.”

The Cannes feature, which premieres in competition at the festival, has already been picked up by Mubi for worldwide distribution. French director Coralie Fargeat helms her sophomore film, following her debut “Revenge” which premiered at TIFF in 2017.

“The Substance” is titled for a mysterious serum that transforms users into the ideal versions of themselves. The elusive official synopsis reads: “It generates another you. A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect you. And there’s only one rule: You share time. One week for you. One week for the new you. Seven days each. A perfect balance. Easy. Right? If you respect the balance…what could possibly go wrong?”

The teaser shows Moore intently watching an ad for the substance injection and contemplating undergoing its cellular division. Could Qualley be who Moore transforms into?...

Just as a new look is unveiled of body horror maestro David Cronenberg’s new movie, The Shrouds, another movie that treads in his specialty has broken a bit of news. International director Coralie Fargeat will be releasing a body horror film of her own with some big names attached. The Substance is an English-language film from the French native and will be starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. The movie is set to make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and Deadline has revealed that the company Mubi has acquired all rights in North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where they will be releasing theatrically sometime this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for markets in Turkey and India.

Additionally, it is also reported that The Match Factory will be handling sales for the movie in all the other territories.

Mubi has kicked off its 2024 Cannes Film Festival early and in style, acquiring worldwide rights to one of the buzziest films set to premiere in competition.

The arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has landed Coralie Fargeat’s body horror “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Denis Quaid, picking up all rights for North America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where it will release theatrically this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India. The Match Factory, owned by Mubi, is handling sales for all other territories.

Written and directed by Fargeat, who made a noise with her debut, 2017’s action-thriller “Revenge,” “The Substance” goes into Cannes with a significant amount of intrigue, having been produced by Working Title, the Brit banner best known for rom-coms and prestige dramas.

“Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself?” reads the...

The first major pre-sale out of the Cannes competition has happened, with director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” now acquired by Mubi.

The global film distributor, production company, and streaming service has acquired worldwide rights for “Revenge” director Fargeat’s upcoming feature, a Working Title Films production, that premieres in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The festival runs May 14-25.

Mubi will retain all rights in North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, and Benelux, where they will release the film theatrically this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India. The Match Factory is handling sales for all other territories.

Here’s the elusive “synopsis” from the Cannes Film Festival official site: “Have You Ever Dreamt Of A Better Version Of Yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. It Changed My Life.

Mubi has acquired worldwide rights for French director Coralie Fargeat’s English-language body horror movie The Substance ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

The global film distributor, production company and streaming service will retain all rights in North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where they will release theatrically this year. MubI has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India.

The Match Factory is handling sales for all other territories.

The Working Title Films production is written and directed by Fargeat and stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.

Plot details have been kept largely under wraps but as per Deadline’s announcement of the film in 2022, we understand it is a feminist take on body horror.

The feature follows Fargeat’s buzzy breakout debut feature Revenge, which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in...

Although his breakthrough work was showcased in the Platform section at TIFF, the tension-filled whodunit Beast starring Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn actually managed to secure a place in the Sundance Spotlight section during the 2018 edition. Michael Pearce could return to Park City — a title we feel could fall somewhere in the autumn festival circuit. Production on his third feature film Echo Valley took place around the month of May in Pennsylvania with topliner trio of Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney and Domhnall Gleeson. A thriller genre type film based on a screenplay by Brad Ingelsby (The Way Back), Pearce re-teams with cinematographer Benjamin Kracun for a third time.…...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expanding its membership.

According to a press release, the organization that hands out Oscars each year at the Academy Awards has extended invitations to join the Academy to 398 artists and executives who have made notable contributions to the motion picture industry.

“The Academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership. They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang in a joint statement.

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There are some big names and familiar faces among the invitees, including musicians Taylor Swift and David Byrne, and numerous actors, ranging from Selma Blair to Keke Palmer to “Elvis” Oscar nominee Austin Butler.

Those who accept will be only additions to Academy’s membership in 2023.

Vicky Krieps, Paul Mescal, Warner Bros Discovery head David Zaslav, Aftersun writer-director Charlotte Wells, She Said director Maria Schrader, and Kerry Condon are among 398 who have been invited to join the Academy.

Some 40% of the 2023 class identify as women, 34% belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 52% are from 50 countries and territories outside the United States. There are 76 Oscar nominees including 22 winners among the invitees.

Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership. Should they all accept, the total number of members...

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Oscar winners Ke Huy Quan, Daniel Kwan, and Daniel Scheinert, recent acting nominees Austin Butler, Paul Mescal, and Stephanie Hsu, and bold-face names for the extremely online like Taylor Swift, Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd), and Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav were among the 398 people announced as new members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday.

“The academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership. They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide,” said academy CEO Bill Kramer and academy president Janet Yang in a joint statement.

This year’s class of new members is heavy on 2022 breakouts, like the aforementioned Kwan and Scheinert – invitees in both the directors’ brand and the producers’ branch. In keeping with academy practice,...

Singer-songwriters Taylor Swift and David Byrne, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria, Everything Everywhere All at Once filmmakers Daniels (Kwan and Scheinert), Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro, former SXSW chief Janet Pierson, WME co-chairs Christian Muirhead and Richard Weitz, and actors including Selma Blair, Austin Butler, Bill Hader, Paul Mescal, Nicholas Hoult, Keke Palmer, Ke Huy Quan and Rrr stars Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. are among the 398 artists and executives from around the world who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, the Oscar-dispensing organization announced Wednesday.

“The Academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a statement. “They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion...

It’s that time of year again — the break between Cannes and the fall festivals, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences makes its membership invitations. The Oscars group said today that it has extended offers to 398 artists and execs — one more than last year — who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures.

The list includes actors, directors, writers, producers, musicians, executives, artist reps, publicists and below-the-liners such as casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, production designers and sound pros.

“The Academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement. “They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide.”

As usual, the invitees include newly minted Oscar winners,...

Michael Pearce wanted to direct a very specific kind of story as a follow-up to “Beast,” his acclaimed first feature. The writer-director found the script for “Encounter” by Joe Barton, which tells the story of a war veteran who takes his two sons on a trip to protect them from an alien threat, and realized it was exactly what he was looking for. “I was trying to find something that was part character portrait and part elevated genre film,” says Pearce in an exclusive new interview for Gold Derby. “It had all the fun genre stuff but it was really a connection to the characters that drew me in.” Watch the full interview above.

There were a number of influences running through Pearce’s mind while developing “Encounter,” from the paranoia sci-fi elements of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” to the grounded family story of “Paris, Texas.” He and cinematographer...

The new Amazon Studios film, Encounter, is a taut and thought-provoking drama, directed by Michael Pearce that stars Oscar-nominated actor Riz Ahmed. The movie also features young actors Lucian-River Chauhan and Aditya Geddada, as well as Octavia Spencer and Rory Cochrane in smaller, yet pivotal roles.

Encounter is a gripping story of decorated Marine Malik Kahn’s mission to save Jay and Bobby’s two young sons from a mysterious threat. On their perilous journey, … well, I don’t want to spoil the film; the movie Has to be experienced on screen!

Encounter combines elements of different genres, including a full-on science fiction take, a psychological thriller, and a moving family drama that is also full of action and scary mysteries. It is amazing how the director seamlessly brought all these different modes of filmmaking together to create a riveting, edge-of-your-seat-omg-what-happens-next-will-Malik-Jay-and-Bobby-be-ok, heart-pounding, compelling film-watching experience.

There are moments when you...

The first sign that things are about to go radically wrong is Michael Pearce’s “Encounter” is a rattle. A small thrumming, really, the kind that an ordinary man in an ordinary motel might not notice. But Riz Ahmed’s Malik Khan isn’t an ordinary man — the intense actor has built his career on grand scale alarmists, aspirants, and losers, the kind of weary-eyed guys who lie awake in bed waiting for their morning alarm — so the former Marine not only hears the buzz, he leaps into action. With military precision, he seizes a Bible from the nightstand and — splat! — squashes a wasp.

One insect down. Ten quintillion to go.

No one else at the motel is on alert for an unusually aggressive infestation. Malik’s as-yet-unknown intel is that some time not too long ago, a small meteorite pinged onto the earth. This went ignored by everyone but a few barking dogs.

Encounter Trailer — Michael Pearce‘s Encounter (2021) teaser trailer has been released by Amazon Prime Video. The Encounter trailer stars Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada, Janina Gavankar, and Antonio Jaramillo. Crew Joe Barton and Michael Pearce wrote the screenplay for Encounter. Benjamin Kracun created the cinematography for the film. [...]

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