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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