The Film Comment Letter: Bodies of Work 🤸‍♀️

September 20, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Bodies of Work 🤸‍♀️ View in browser   |   filmcomment.com September 20, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers, Following recent missives from Locarno and Venice and several Podcasts from Toronto, our fall festival extravaganza continues this week with one more dispatch from the frozen tundras of TIFF, where we hear walruses and caribou run free in the streets, terrorizing timid New Yorkers. Our trusted Canadian correspondent, José Teodoro, supplements the aforementioned  TIFF Podcasts  with thoughtful reflections on some of his favorite titles from the lineup, including Mike Leigh's Hard Truths , Luca Guadagnino's Queer , and Sofia Bohdanowicz's Measures for a Funeral .  Also screened at TIFF after a raucous Cannes premiere—and now playing in select theaters—is Coralie Fargeat's buzzy, gory The Substance . The film stars Demi Moore as an aging TV celebrity who, through the magic of modern c read