"The Substance" is a dark modern fable that starts out blaming men for reducing women to sex objects and then cuts deeper. Fargeat saves a special rage for women who conspire in their own diminishment, trading their soul in a pulse beat for a few more shining hours as a goddess.

The ending of The Substance sees a shocking body-horror-fueled fight to stardom between Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

There’s a self-referential note to the ’90s superstar’s role in Coralie Fargeat’s fable about ageism, making it doubly compelling.

You don’t have to be a fading Hollywood star or an ageing LA party girl to appreciate the bonkers gross-out body horror The Substance, which positions itself unsubtly and gloriously as a takedown of beauty and anti-ageing culture in our brutally superficial world.

Demi Moore walked the red carpet with her three daughters Monday. The actress, 61, attended the Los Angeles premiere of her film The Substance with Tallulah, 30, Scout, 33, and Rumer Willis, 36, her children with her ex-husband Bruce Willis.

It's long been a fact of Hollywood - ageing actresses have a tough time getting roles and many do whatever they can to appear younger. One of those, whose fame has somewhat faded but wants to return to her youthful appearance,

For her Oscar-tipped role in Coralie Fargeat’s satirical body-horror thriller, the actor confronts stardom, ageing and graphic nudity. Adam White talks to her, along with Fargeat and her co-star Marga