Following Lydia from New York back home to Berlin, Field strews omens and red herrings in her path, slowly and deliberately fostering a mood of dread and paranoia. She receives an anonymous gift ...

One of the most frequently asked questions about “ Tár ” is why the film begins, rather than ends, with a lengthy credit sequence. Writer-director Todd Field finally cleared the air in a ...

‘Tár’ Isn’t the Frontrunner, But Can It Win More Than One Oscar? Todd Field's drama has swept the major critics' awards, so are pundits underestimating its Oscar chances outside Cate Blanchett?

Oscar nominee ‘Tár’ brought conducting into the spotlight. That’s not good for classical music Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár in director Todd Field’s “Tar.” ...

This review originally ran Sept. 1, 2022, for the film’s Venice Film Festival premiere. If for nothing else, Todd Field’s “Tár” – a razor-sharp, post-post-MeToo character study that ...

Behold Lydia Tár: lithe and silkily glamorous as a Saluki, an intricately coiled helix of genius, nervous tics, elegant taste and steely nerve. Watching Cate Blanchett inhabit the most indelible ...

Cate Blanchett is a force of nature as the conductor Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s intense and relentless film about a genius haunted by past misdeeds.

Variety Confidential is a new true crime podcast that dives into Variety’s historic archives to explore stories of sex, money and murder in the entertainment industry. Season one, titled “The ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Todd Field about his new film "Tar", which tracks the fictional unraveling of one of the world's great orchestra conductors, played by Cate Blanchett.

WWF, the environmental NGO that lodged the complaint with the ASA, dislikes the tar sands (or oil sands, as Shell prefers to call them) because turning them into fuel consumes much more energy ...