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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Substance (2024), a feminist body horror starrig Demi Moore as a fading Holywood star who decides to use a strange new drug that induces shapeshifting, to create a younger version of herself. What could possibly go wrong? Comparisons to The Thing (1982) and The Fly (1986) are common. Director is Coralie Fargeat, who is otherwise best-known for the similarly-themed Revenge (2017), which we have not watched; this is her best-regarded film to date, and has already been receiving some awards buzz. An excellent camrip is already available, so we’ll check it out.

After that is Drifting Clouds (1996), a romantic dramedy from Aki Kourismaki, the most renowned filmmaker from the bleak, icy wasteland known as Finland. A married couple find themselves both out of work when a recession hits Helsinki; they must both do whatever they can to earn money. Darkly humorous antics follow, in typically Nordic deadpan style. God damn capitalism. This is the highest-rated Finnish film on Letterboxd, and will be the first Finnish film ever shown on Hextube.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Subtance: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-substance/
• Drifting Clouds: https://letterboxd.com/film/drifting-clouds-1996/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Substance: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/861732
• Drifting Clouds: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116752/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for The Substance:

• Stalking.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Slapping of woman.
• Bullying.
• Beatings.
• Hand trauma.
• Dislocations.
• Decapitation.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Finger mutilation.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Eating disorder.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Drifting Clouds:

• Stabbing.
• Fistfighting.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• The Substance: https://tankie.tube/w/hjk8t4rYoDsGSNGh7ffp5U
• Drifting Clouds: https://tankie.tube/w/qBowNAEbgAzGVwVCoschft