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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
