“Tár,” the film that wraps around its mesmerizing antiheroine like a fawn-colored cashmere wrap, is less a movie than a seductive deep dive into an unraveling psyche of a woman who’s ...

Sort of like making a movie. Even taking all that into account, though, the truth remains that underlying its veneer of authenticity, “Tár” happens to be a mean-spirited horror film with a ...

The hot topic or mostly joke, on “Film Twitter” (don’t ask) this past week, has been over whether the Todd Field movie Tár ... of Lydia Tár’s descent into… obscurity?

About fifteen minutes into the movie “Tar,” starring Cate Blanchett and the recipient of numerous Academy Award nominations, you realize something. The movie is about Lydia Tar, a brilliant ...

Cate Blanchett stars as a world-famous conductor heading for a fall in Todd Field’s chilly, timely backstage drama. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

It’s an auspicious Jewish opening for a movie that gives no indication that ... to peek at her musical notations), but the two do get into a further discussion about klezmer music.

She grants plum gigs to her crushes and turns up her nose at fresh sounds as she elevates the standards: The movie centers on her ... that women would fall into the traps laid by traditional ...

“Tár,” the film that wraps around its mesmerizing antiheroine like a fawn-colored cashmere wrap, is less a movie than a seductive deep dive into an unraveling psyche of a woman who’s ...