Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s explosive Cannes sensation THE SUBSTANCE is a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue. The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. Easy, right?

Fargeat’s (REVENGE) satirical work of body horror has emerged as one of the biggest box-office wins of 2024, and is now the highest-grossing genre film ever directed by a female filmmaker. With Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid.

“For my money, one of the best things you can do this season is to run to see the French director Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’ while it is still playing on the big screen.” (The New Yorker)

Sunday, December 8
Doors 6:30 pm | Movie 7:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Monday, December 9
Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat, 2024 / 142 mins / 18A) A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

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