The Substance

The Substance

The Substance

Today's sessions
Eastend Today: Not screening today
Prospect Today: 15:20
Scroll down for more sessions

Demi Moore delivers the comeback performance of the year in Coralie Fargeat’s skin-crawling body-horror that satirises Hollywood ageism. It was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it won Best Screenplay.

WINNER
Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay, Coralie Fargeat
Toronto International Film Festival - People's Choice Midnight Madness Award
Golden Globe Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Demi Moore
British Academy Film Awards - Best Make up & Hair

NOMINEE
Academy Awards - Best Picture
Academy Awards - Best Actress, Demi Moore
Academy Awards - Best Director, Coralie Fargeat
Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay
Academy Awards - Best Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy Film Awards - Best Director, Coralie Fargeat
British Academy Film Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role, Demi Moore
British Academy Film Awards - Best Original Screenplay
British Academy Film Awards - Best Make Up & Hair
British Academy Film Awards - Best Sound

A faded fiftysomething star (Moore) who’s just been fired from her TV workout show by a sleazy executive decides to use a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself (Margaret Qualley – Kinds of Kindness).

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time – one week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each... Easy right? If you respect the balance... What could possibly go wrong?

“The ultimate takedown of impossible beauty standards … While dissecting the world’s ridiculous beauty ideals, Coralie Fargeat directs her sensational feat with fearless humor.” – Screen Rant

Rating: R18+
Runtime: 140 mins
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Margaret Qualley, Demi Moore

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
No sessions running at Eastend this week
Prospect Cinemas
Sat, Feb 22:
15:20

Mon, Feb 24:
18:00

Wed, Feb 26:
12:30

Now Showing

PG The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during
M Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's best-selling memoir in which his mother is forced into activism when her husband was captured by a military regime in Brazil, 1964.
MA15 Bailey lives with his brother Hunter and his father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them.
M Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with a fierce, compassionate, and humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Starring acclaimed actress Marianne J
M Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants is an action-packed fantasy drama adapted from Jin Yong's classic martial arts novel, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes”.
E David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in Shakespeare’s extraordinary psychological drama filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
M The film follows Shelly, a seasoned showgirl who must plan for her future when her show closes abruptly after a 30-year run.
MA15 When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on.
M At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation.
M Two-time Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and
M After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his MCU debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident.
MA15 New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you “The Notebook”—and the unhinged creators of “Barbarian” cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…
PG Conclave is set in the secretive Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope.
M Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy.
M After the catastrophe, although the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved, their bodies would soon be shattered. Taiyi Zhenren planned to use the seven-colored lotus to re
M A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.
MA15 When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are c
M The story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.
G Beckett is a pampered and selfish cat who totally takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt. All that is about to change.
MA15 Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
MA15 Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tension rise
M In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband.
MA15 Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is
MA15 A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
PG Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s
MA15 Better Man is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
MA15 A historical drama based on the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
MA15 In 1900's San Francisco, a white woman is murdered in Chinatown and the suspect is a Chinese man.
MA15 Mexico, today. Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer. She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever
MA15 From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome.
MA15 For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples.
MA15 A young man is transferred from juvenile to adult prison, where he is taken under the wing of both Australia’s most despised criminal, and a soon-to-be-a-paroled inmate.
M Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some
G Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book MAGIC BEACH is brought to life with extraordinary animated stories that take you to a dreamy seaside world where anything is possi
M Follows the life story of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris.
PG After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure.
MA15 This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers.
PG Follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru, but a mystery sends them to the Amazon rainforest and up Peruvian mountains.
MA15 A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs
MA15 In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community.
M During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
MA15 Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.
PG THE LAST JOURNEY follows Filip Hammar’s father Lars, who is retiring after 40 years as a beloved French teacher in Koping, Sweden.
M Martha's strained relationship with her mother fractures completely when a misunderstanding drives them apart. Their mutual friend Ingrid sees both sides of the rift.
M Modern and traditional values clash in this daring family drama.
R18+ Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. It changed my life.
M Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that brings them together, in this decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
PG The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West; feature film based on the Broadway musical.