The Substance18
Television star and fitness icon Elisabeth Sparkle was once a beloved Hollywood pin-up. But when network executives try to replace her with a younger star, she turns to a black-market drug that temporarily transforms her into a younger version of herself. Demi Moore delivers a career-defining performance in Coralie Fargeat’s award-winning satirical body horror, which confronts harsh realities about ageism and misogyny, while exposing the dark side of toxic beauty culture.
🏆 Nominated for 5 Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Lead Actress) and 5 BAFTA Film Awards (including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay).
Reviews
‘Some will run screaming, but if it’s your jam, this could just be your new favourite horror movie.’
★★★★★
Philip De Semlyen, Time Out
‘It’s the casting of Moore, though, and her willingness to denude herself at 61 –emotionally, as well as physically– that gives The Substance a startling connection with its themes. Not for 30 years has she owned a film with anything like this certitude.’
★★★★★
Tim Robey, The Telegraph
Book tickets
| Saturday 8 March | 8.30pm | Book tickets |
| Monday 10 March | 8.30pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Today (Saturday 8th February)
15:45
A Real Pain 15
1h 30m
18:00
Babygirl 18
1h 55m
20:30
A Complete Unknown 15
2h 20mTomorrow (Sunday 9th February)
12:30
Where the Wild Things Are PG
15:00
Inside Llewyn Davis 15
1h 45m17:30
A Complete Unknown 15
2h 20m20:30
A Real Pain 15
1h 30mPlan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!