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So how well does Cate Blanchett handle a baton? A couple of critics hash out the personalities and classical music in ‘Tár’

CHICAGO — The new Cate Blanchett film “Tár” is no issue movie. It has, however, brought a lot of rarified and/or unfashionable issues back into the spotlight: symphony orchestra politics; the cost of obsessive artistic ambition and devotion to a calling; and, for writer-director Todd Field, the challenge and allure…

Chicago Tribune

Movie review: Cate Blanchett's blistering performance drives powerful 'Tár'

If you drew the story arc of "Tár," it would be a long horizontal line that ends with an angled, nearly vertical one. In other words, nothing happens for quite a while and then a whole lot happens at once.

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Neal Justin: Seth Meyers and his famous friends find time to keep making 'Documentary Now!'

"Documentary Now!," the series that specializes in highbrow parodies, returns with another impressive list of celebrity guests, including Cate Blanchett, Alexander Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce and singer Tom Jones.

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Upcoming sci-fi movies for 2026: Project Hail Mary, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Supergirl, & more

It’s a busy time in sci-fi cinema. Here are the upcoming sci-fi and space movies to look forward to in 2026.

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‘TÁR’: Cate Blanchett fascinates as a brilliant but toxic conductor

Star seems to be an Oscar front-runner for her performance as a genius who makes beautiful music but leads an ugly life.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: In ‘Tár,’ Cate Blanchett wields a mean baton in one of the best movies of the year

An icy-hot paradox of a film, and one of the year’s peak achievements, writer-director Todd Field’s “Tár” casts a gimlet eye on a fictional American orchestra conductor and composer, Lydia Tár, at the summit of her global fame. The view is glorious. It’s also more treacherous than she realizes.

Chicago Tribune

Movie review: Todd Field conducts Cate Blanchett in towering character study 'Tár'

Until recently, Todd Field, whose feature directorial debut is the acclaimed 2001 drama "In the Bedroom," hadn't made a film since its 2006 follow-up, the well-regarded "Little Children."

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Why classical conductor 'Tár' was the most terrifying role of Cate Blanchett's iconic career

Cate Blanchett has played her share of formidable characters, rulers who could bring mere mortals to their knees with a single icy stare: Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth," Galadriel in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the goddess Hela in "Thor: Ragnarok."

Los Angeles Times

‘Amsterdam’ and ‘Lyle Lyle’ Struggle, Letting ‘Smile’ Repeat

David O. Russell's star-studded 1930s mystery “Amsterdam" flopped and the children's book adaptation “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” debuted softly, allowing the horror thriller “Smile” to repeat atop the box office in US and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Neither new release caught fire with moviegoers but the disappointment was…

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'Amsterdam' and 'Lyle Lyle' struggle, letting 'Smile' repeat

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The Independent UK

Blanchett and Field grapple with power, process in 'Tár'

Cate Blanchett isn't just playing a classical music conductor in the new film “Tár," she is actually conducting a live orchestra of professional musicians

The Independent UK

Review: Cate Blanchett is at the peak of her powers in 'Tár,' a magnificent cinematic symphony

It's not until an hour into "Tár" that we see the title character — a classical conductor known the world over as Lydia Tár and played by an unimprovable Cate Blanchett — do what she was born to do. It's an astonishing performance nestled inside another: In one shot, Lydia…

Los Angeles Times

And the Oscars go to... why Steven Spielberg and Cate Blanchett are among the frontrunners for awards in 2023

As awards season starts, our expert reveals what the recent film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto tell us about the front runners for next year’s big film prizes in Los Angeles

Evening Standard

From The Whale to The Fabelmans: where does this year’s Oscar race stand?

With fall festivals coming to a close and with most of the big films having premiered, this year’s potential winners and losers are starting to take shape

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'The Fabelmans' looks like this year's Oscar front-runner, but here's why that's complicated

Steven Spielberg was onstage at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre, talking about the End or, more precisely, how his new movie memory piece, "The Fabelmans," isn't quite the End or a signal that he's retiring, but simply an acknowledgment that the clock is ticking.

Los Angeles Times

Pedro Almodovar steps away from his first English-language feature film

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar is going to wait a while longer before tackling a feature film in English.

The Independent UK

Almodóvar pulls out of first English-language feature film

Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is withdrawing from his first English-language feature, "A Manual for Cleaning Women” produced by and starring Cate Blanchett

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Poitras Documentary Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden…

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Daily Mirror

Cate Blanchett among stars wearing all-black in tribute to Queen at Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore and Jessica Brown Findlay wore all-black outfits as they attended the closing ceremony of Venice Film Festival to show their respect to the Queen

Los Angeles Times

The winners and losers of a muted Telluride Film Festival

TELLURIDE, Colo. — The Telluride Film Festival has long cherished its image as an oasis for movie lovers, tucked away in a remote Colorado box canyon, free from the cares of the world.

Los Angeles Times

Cate Blanchett delivers a Telluride 'Tar' de force, but Olivia Colman can't save 'Empire of Light'

TELLURIDE, Colo. — When Cate Blanchett took the stage Saturday evening for her Telluride Film Festival tribute, right after a screening of her astonishing new movie, "Tar," the audience must have enjoyed a bit of a chuckle. Most audiences that get a post-screening Q&A with Blanchett — and there will…

The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet, Simone Ashley, Sadie Sink: The best looks from the 2022 Venice Film Festival

The annual film bash has witnessed some spectacular looks on the red carpet

Chicago Tribune

Report from 2022 Venice Film Festival: Cate Blanchett excels in 'Tar,' while ‘White Noise’ and ‘Bardo’ struggle as much as their characters

VENICE, Italy — When we meet the imperious, exacting maestro played with thrilling command by Cate Blanchett in Todd Field’s film “Tar,” Lydia Tar has climbed every mountain to conquer her own personal summit of fame.

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival 2022 opening roundup – a promisingly juicy start

Call Me By Your name director Luca Guadagnino serves up some fine young cannibals, Cate Blanchett dazzles in a musical tour de force, and Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy is full of surprises

Evening Standard

Cate Blanchett’s Tár receives standing ovation – here are Venice Film Festival’s other big moments

As director Todd Field tackles cancel-culture, we look at the other big moments in Venice’s recent history

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