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There's a lot of talk about how 2022 was a 'flop' year for film. The quality of the movies was constantly called into question without considering that many of these films were shot during the height of the pandemic where money, space, and resources were limited. Regardless of what anyone thinks, this…

In Todd Field's Tár, we meet Lydia Tár, a revered composer-conductor heading up the Berlin Philharmonic, played by Cate Blanchett. Nina Hoss, as Lydia's wife Sharon, is concertmaster and first chair violin, and together they navigate the politics of their musical life while parenting their daughter Petra…

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards split the difference on its Best Picture award, naming “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Tár” in a tie. Although surprising, the tie was not shocking. This is the fourth Best Pic tie in LAFC history: 1975, its inaugural year, with “Dog Day…

The Fabelmans grossed an estimated $160k this weekend at four theaters in NY and LA. That’s a $40K per screen average, on par with recent strong (for post-Covid) specialty openings like The Banshees Of Inisherin (at $45k PSA) and Tár (also $40k), both on four screens too, reflecting a definite pickup in…

I had just arrived at a small dinner party several years ago when a surprise guest, Johnny Carson, seated himself across from me and promptly invoked the dreaded "L" word. "We haven't met before, so I should explain that I'm not a very ‘likable' dinner companion," he advised. "I'm paid to be entertaining…

On the heels of National Cinema Day, a smaller event that debuted last year, called National Cinema Week, has set Oct. 7-13 for its second annual push to celebrate moviegoing in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Over 1,200 theaters repping 12,00+ screens are participating and more may join. The dates are one week…

Film premieres and headlines spilling from a trio of festivals either in full swing (Venice), just starting (Telluride) or queued up (Toronto) have indie exhibitors and distributors the most hopeful since Covid hit that a stream of new films could fire up the arthouse market. Todd Field’s Cate Blanchett-starrer…

Todd Field's Tár clearly struck a chord with the world premiere audience inside the Venice Film Festival's Sala Grande tonight. The movie was given a standing ovation of more than six minutes, which was only halted when the film team filtered out. Cate Blanchett, who was in the house, stars in a buzzed about…

It's hard to say that something has been worth the wait when that wait has been 16 years, which is how long it's been since Todd Field's previous feature, Little Children. All the same, it's very good to have this fine filmmaker back on the scene with Venice Film Festival competition entry Tár, a weighty new drama…

Tár, Todd Field's return to filmmaking after a 16-year stretch, and starring a buzzed about Cate Blanchett, has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this evening. The Focus Features drama follows Blanchett's titular conductor, the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra who is at the height…

The Venice film festival hasn't been short of dramatic performances on screen, but also offscreen on the red carpet. Stars like Ana De Armas, Cate Blanchette, Timothée Chalamet, Tessa Thompson, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Mia Goth all showcased bold designs throughout the fest’s 10-day run at the premiers for Tár; Don't Wo…

“Time is the thing,” asserts Cate Blanchett’s Type A personality conductor Lydia Tár in the new teaser for Todd Field’s Tár which is world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. “Time is the essential piece of interpretation. You cannot start without me. I start the clock,” she continues. “However, unlike a clock…