MUBI FEST CHICAGO: THE SUBSTANCE: Activate Your Senses

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WATCH GREAT CINEMA.MUBI FEST 2026 is here. Cinema and culture, curated.A world-wide celebration of cinema. Watch great cinema with us. Join discussions with leading cultural voices. Eat, drink and engage with good company. All with other film lovers, like you. A weekend of unrepeatable experiences.MUBI FEST CHICAGOBETTER TOGETHER: A series of cinematic pairings that reflect and refract one another, exploring relationships as a shifting bond shaped by loyalty, desire, intimacy and power. Each film might echo or complicate the other, but theyre always better together.THE SUBSTANCE ACTIVATE YOUR SENSESFor one screening only, experience THE SUBSTANCE like never before... in the spirit of cult classics like John Waters Polyester, activate your senses with an exclusive scratch-and-sniff version of the film. With sharp wit and cathartic intensity, Coralie Fargeat turns toxic beauty culture inside out in her Oscar-winning latest feature. Powered by a career-best performance from Demi Moore, The Substance fearlessly bulldozes its way into the midnight-movie pantheon and the feminist canon.