Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid The Substance is a body-horror-psychological thriller and French Director Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature film after 2017’s Revenge. It tells of aging celebrity-turned-fitness-host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who is fired from her show by a venomous executive (Dennis Quaid) as she is no longer able …
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FlixChatter Review: La Chimera (2023)–beautifully enigmatic & beguiling… Josh O’Connor delivers a sublime performance
I usually chose a lighter film on the plane but I just couldn’t pass out on La Chimera as I’ve been wanting to see this for some time. It turned out to be a good decision as it allowed me to get lost in a poetic world with a touch of magical realism for two …
AUGUST viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month
Happy August, everyone, and say buh-bye to Summer! We're in the 'ber' month already, which means Summer is pretty much done even though we'll likely still have warm temps for another month or so here in Minnesota. Even today, we have a touch of Fall with temps in the early 60s F. I love it …
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FlixChatter Guest Review: BROKEN BIRD (2024)—a darkly beautiful and atmospheric UK gothic horror
Directed by: Joanne Mitchell Written by: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Tracey Sheals Happy fall, FlixChatter readers! Okay, technically we still have a few weeks until the best season begins, and yes, it's still stupidly warm out, but coffee chains and liquor stores are rolling out their pumpkin-flavored drinks, so I'm comfortable jumping into autumn mode. …
FlixChatter Review: BABES (2024)–A wildly wacky but refreshingly frank comedy about female friendship + motherhood
Whenever I’m on a long flight, I always take advantage of the time by catching up on older films I have missed. So I was delighted that Babes is available on my Delta flight to New England. Babes got glowing reviews out of SXSW, comparing it to [Paul Feig’s] Bridesmaids but with baby-making. The movie …
52 Films By Women 2024 Challenge – 10 Best Female-Directed Movies I saw in the first half of the year
Championing fellow women and female filmmakers has always been the goal of FlixChatter. So every year I participate in the #52FilmsByWomen challenge. Introduced a few years ago by the Women In Film (WIF) organization, the basic rules are simple: watch 52 films directed by women within one year. I also share the films I watch on …
FlixChatter Review: FANCY DANCE (2024)–A nuanced tale of Indigenous women showcasing a standout performance by Lily Gladstone
There is something so intriguing about a missing persons case because the absence of closure can be more haunting than a murder mystery. It’s even more heart-wrenching when the missing person is Native American, as is the case here in Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance. Tremblay is a member of the Seneca-Cayuga nation, and the story …
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