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‘I was trying to explode the idea of beauty’: Coralie Fargeat on The Substance, women and Hollywood

Her gruesome horror has won her an Oscar nomination – and given its star Demi Moore’s career new life. But did taking down the patriarchy have to be so gory?

Coralie Fargeat is based in Paris, but is …

3 months ago

Companion review – empty sci-fi thriller short-circuits too quickly

This brash debut with Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher is slickly made but it’s not as clever or original as it thinks it is

Imagine, if you will, a skewed sci-fi reality that envisions a Black Mirror e…

Grafted review – Face/Off-style skin-graft horror has layers of punky attitude

A Chinese student arrives in New Zealand and continues her father’s experimental research in Sasha Rainbow’s cosmetic chiller

Fans of The Substance will probably appreciate this low-budget Kiwi body h…

Oscar buzz and genre snubs: will the Academy finally give sci-fi, fantasy and horror their due?

Genre films typically only get the technical gongs, but critical smashes such as Dune: Part Two, Wicked and The Substance could make ‘prestige’ category wins a reality this year

Ah, the Oscars. That p…

Conclave blessed with 12 Bafta nominations as Nicole Kidman and Denzel Washington shut out

Acting shortlists are dominated by newcomers to the exclusion of industry veterans, but The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat is the only female director in shortlist of six
The full list of Bafta nominat…

4 months ago

What is the Beatles’ most streamed song? The Saturday quiz

From John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to The History Boys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 The Miser’s Warning was the subtitle of an 1844 adaptation of what story?
2 What term for a trends…

Anora and The Brutalist lead London film critics’ award nominations

Sean Baker’s and Brady Corbet’s films received seven nominations each from the London Critics’ Circle, while feminist body horror The Substance and Ralph Fiennes’ papal drama Conclave have six

The Pal…

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