Film Review: “Tár”

Blanchett delivers award-worthy performance in imperfect classical music drama

Cate Blanchett as world famous conductor Lydia Tár.

Cate Blanchett can play icy cool confidence like nobody’s business (see Carol and Nightmare Alley), but she won an Oscar for having an emotional breakdown in Blue Jasmine. That skill at playing a woman on the edge of madness just may yield her another trophy for her stellar work in writer/director Todd Field’s problematic new film Tár.

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