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Tár
Tár | 158mins |
Yes, we know, multi-plex, streaming, October. But we're counting on the Capri audience to have not cared, ignored or forgotten. And by the time it gets here, we're expecting Cate Blanchett to be carrying an Best Actress nomination.
Set in the international world of Western classical music, Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra. Says critic Glenn Kenny: "TÁR is that rarest of items: a prestige awards contender that's also a genuine art film. The narrative unspools in an insinuating, sometimes enigmatic way; Field is quite a distance from the bluntness of his last feature, 2006's "Little Children." But the formal virtuosity on display here is in a quieter register than in many other such films. That's true for the note-perfect acting as well." So skip the streaming and hold out for what we think deserves the big screen treatment.
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