On the day the Oscar nominations were announced, Coralie Fargeat, the director of “The Substance,” sat with her laptop in her tiny one-bedroom flat in Paris’ bohemian 20th arrondissement, watching as this year’s contenders were revealed. It was afternoon in France when her name was called among the best director nominees (she was the only woman among them), and an overjoyed Fargeat leaped in the air before collapsing back onto her red vintage couch. A few minutes later, she watched as “The Substance” became the first body-horror film ever to be nominated for best picture. It landed five nominations in all, an astonishing feat for any independent movie, let
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