THE SUBSTANCE (MUBI – Sept. 20): It’s quite a feat to take the body horror crown at a film festival that also features a contribution from David Cronenberg, but Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance uses its revolting imagery in a funnier, crazier, and more focused manner than Cronenberg’s The Shrouds. The setting is an only slightly satiric […]
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