The Substance (2024) with Kt from MovieRuntime and Movie Night Extravaganza

Kt Baldassaro from MovieRuntime and Movie Night Extravaganza is back on the Whatcha Watchin pod to chat with Alexis about The Substance, the new body horror cult classic from director Coralie Fargeat and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid. How can a movie so viscerally disgusting also be beautiful, meaningful, and darkly hilarious? What does this movie say about the male gaze, commercialism, and how women tend to be valued based on desirability? How did they achieve that amazing sound design?  We discuss the larger themes of The Substance, life as aging millennials, the decline of media literacy…and we confuse Randy and Dennis Quaid a bunch of times. Follow Kt TikTok: movieruntime Instagram: littledeadlycreature Letterboxd: movieruntime Youtube: MovieRuntime Check out Movie Night Extravaganza movienightextravaganza.com Youtube: MovieNightExtravaganza Instagram: movienightextravaganza Threads: movienightextravaganza TikTok: movienightextravaganza Listen to the What If I Don’t Like It? Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-if-i-dont-like-it-with-kt-baldassaro/id1719394737 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2iyYtsB5zeuoCJZ3D3fKJt  Follow Alexis Letterboxd: trashwire  TikTok: trashwire Instagram: AlexisGentry and trashwire Threads: AlexisGentry and trashwire Bluesky: trashwire Facebook: trashwire Skip to a section 0:00 Intro 2:28 Spoiler warning 5:35 Performances 12:19 Horror, humor, heartbreak 39:09 Sound design 43:43 Media literacy 53:57 Wrap-up