The Substance (2024, Coralie Fargeat) Not quite sure what to make of it. Maximalist body horror. Goopy & bloody effects that make me wince. The satirical framing leans towards mean-spiritedness, rather than sincerity. Eventually, it turns into campy self-parody.

Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley are both incredible in depicting self-hatred that comes from impossible beauty standards. Dennis Quaid is straight-up hilariously demonic in fish-eye close ups.