Demi Moore looked effortlessly stylish in an all-black minimalist look as she exited a screening of her new film The Substance on Monday.
The 61-year-old actress dropped by New York City‘s IFC Center for a Q&A session to accompany the accompany the critically acclaimed horror film.
She met up with her 29-year-old costar Margaret Qualley — who rocked a cardigan and skirt that perfectly complemented Demi’s look — that but she also had an additional special guest: her adorable Chihuahua Pilaf.
The model-turned-actress carried the tiny pooch in harm as she departed the screening.
Demi favored a classy Thom Browne ensemble featuring a sleek black sweater, which she layered with a nearly identical black cardigan that had a red, white and black stripe running under the row of buttons.
Demi contrasted the fuzzy sweater with a shiny black midi skirt with wide pleats that reached down past her knee.
She complemented her outfit with a set of eye-catching black derby brogue shoes with textured Scotch grain finish, and she appeared to go sock-free in the dress shoes.
The ex-wife of Bruce Willis also carried a black handbag and wore a fashion-forward pair of black-frame aviator sunglasses that matched her long, raven tresses, which cascaded delicately down her shoulders.
Demi’s costar Margaret Qualley mirrored her style with a reserved navy cardigan that she wore fully buttoned atop a navy dress covered in tiny polka dots.
The Poor Things actress wore her dark hair tied back in a messy bun, and she covered up with black stockings while completing her look with black loafers.
Demi and Margaret were on hand to chat about their critically acclaimed new horror satire The Substance.
Demi stars in the film — which is directed, written and produced by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat — as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former Oscar winner who has settled in TV with a popular aerobics program that she hosts.
But when she turns 50, she in unceremoniously fired from her show as the network — led by an over-the-top Dennis Quaid — seeks a younger host, even though the show seems to be getting solid ratings.
When Elisabeth learns of a mysterious drug called The Substance that can help her stay young, she jumps at the opportunity.
The shadowy substance causes her to grow a second, younger body (played by Margaret), which she can inhabit for seven days at time, though she must return to her body for a full week off before alternating again.
Her younger self turns out to be a hit with the network and nabs her old show, but Elisabeth realizes that her younger self has trouble only using her body for seven days at a time, and their delayed transfers begin to have significant, stomach-churning impacts on Elisabeth’s body.
The film has been applauded by film fans for being a return to the body horror sub-genre pioneered by filmmakers including David Cronenberg (The Fly, Videodrome), Brian Yuzna (Society) and Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond).
Demi, who undergoes multiple shocking physical transformations in The Substance, has received some of the best reviews of her career, while Margaret has capped off a string of acclaimed performances with auteur filmmakers.
The film features an impressive amount of gore for an international co-production that played at the Cannes Film Festival and won its Best Screenplay award earlier this year.
While that has made a film a hit with horror lovers, it has also left some unprepared audiences ‘traumatized’ due to its buckets of blood and mangled limbs.’
Demi’s visit to the IFC center in Manhattan follows her appearance on Sunday at the 2024 Hamptons Film Festival.
She was on hand to receive this year’s Career Achievement in Acting Award.
During her acceptance speech, Demi updated her fans on the condition of her ex-husband Bruce Willis.
The action star was forced to retire as he battles frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia, which has reportedly left him unable to speak, in recent months.
‘You know, I’ve said this before. The disease is what the disease is. And I think you have to be in real deep acceptance of what that is,’ Moore told the audience during a live discussion moderated by Alina Cho, as reported by People.‘But for where he’s at, he is stable.’
