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THE SUBSTANCE

Coralie Fargeat

  • 140 minutes
  • 2024
  • English
      • Friday October 25
      • 7pm
      • Saturday October 26
      • 7pm
      • Sunday October 27
      • 6pm

      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 is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – 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 Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out. Explosive, provocative and twisted, THE SUBSTANCE marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

A DIFFERENT MAN

Aaron Schimberg

  • 112 minutes
  • 2024
  • English
      • Saturday October 26
      • 4:15pm
      • Sunday October 27
      • 3:15pm

      HELD OVER! Aspiring actor Edward (Sebastian Stan in a stellar performance) undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. Shrewd, fantastic, and something all its own, A DIFFERENT MAN is a Kafkaesque reversal-of-fortune comic bad dream that reminds us to be careful what you wish for.

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