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3 Oscar voters share their super-secret ballots

LOS ANGELES — Oscar voting begins Thursday and, as all the responsible citizens reading this know, you’re not always entirely prepared when you come face to face with that ballot. Film academy members, including the three sharing their picks here, sometimes end up making their choices on a whim and…

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Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

Evening Standard

Tár’s gender-balanced profession is a utopian fantasy. In the real world, conducting has a gender problem

The Bafta-winning film has helped increase visibility of women in conducting, but I long for the day when my presence on the podium won’t be remarked on

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Nicholas Goldberg: What do the Oscar best picture choices tell us about the world we live in?

Just what do the Academy Awards tell us about the world we live in?

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Cate Blanchett: ‘I’ve never encountered a character like Tár. She inhabited my dreams’

The actor’s role as an abusive maestro is her most powerful yet. The Oscar favourite discusses fame, missing Australia and the strong reactions Tár has provoked

The Guardian - UK

Classic Blanchett

Tár is set in the contemporary world of Western classical music and centres on Lydia Tár, one of the world's most prolific composer-conductors and first ever female music director of a major German orchestra. While the film has the look and feel of a biopic, Lydia Tár is a fictional…

Bangkok Post

New movies out this week: Feb 8-14

New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.

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Why we are fascinated by the Oscar-nominated 'Tár,' a story of rare female power in classical music

Musicians and music scholars are excited to see Tár earn Oscar nominations in 2023. The psychological thriller is set in the rarefied world of classical music, starring Cate Blanchett as a brilliant, ruthless conductor of the real and renowned Berlin Philharmonic.

The Conversation

Tár isn't just about gender, sexuality and power – it is also a story of class in the elite world of classical music

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The Conversation

Oscars 2023: Where and how to watch the nominees

Get your popcorn ready for some of the best films to land on the big and small screen in 2022.

Inverse

The Fabelmans will never be fought over like Tár, but it has far more to say about the joy of art

Dark obsession dominates in films about music. By contrast Spielberg captures the playfulness of cinema and storytelling, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Tár: busting the myths the film perpetuates of the all-powerful maestro

Tár follows a fictional all-powerful female orchestra conductor and her fall from the height of her career. Lydia Tár is portrayed as one of the top conductors in the world and the first female conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

The Conversation

Commentary: Oscar nominee ‘Tár’ brought conducting into the spotlight. That’s not good for classical music

Director Todd Field has gone through great pains, including on a podcast for the Los Angeles Times, to explain his great effort to get the world of classical music right in “Tár.”

Los Angeles Times

Oscars 2023 tip sheet: Who should win, who will win

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Tár might win Cate Blanchett her third Academy Award, but few have seen the psychological drama about a conductor coming undone

Tár just picked up six Academy Award nominations, yet hardly anyone has seen it. Luckily, we have; here's everything you need to know about this Oscar contender.

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett’s Tár is an abusive boss, but her story has much to tell us about feminism too

Beyond the superficial row, there is a debate to be had about progress, pitfalls, and a character who seems emblematic of her generation, says psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach

ABC News

Tár is a wilfully enigmatic psychodrama starring Cate Blanchett as a celebrity conductor accused of sexual abuse

This psychodrama about a brilliant conductor facing #MeToo allegations and her own mental unravelling is willfully enigmatic — but also funnier than you might think.

The Independent UK

How (and where) to watch the AP Top 25 Movies online

Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list

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Piano forte: Cate Blanchett strikes a chord with power chic fashion in Tár

Blanchett’s portrayal of a conductor in crisis has divided critics but all agree her cool and calculated luxury outfits excel

The Guardian - UK

Absolute power, misconduct and decline: the classical music pieces that unlock Tár

In his controversial film, Todd Field foregrounds melancholic works by Mahler and Elgar. Are they a requiem for Cate Blanchett’s supremely powerful conductor?

The Guardian - UK

Thank you, Cate Blanchett, for taking up the baton for female conductors

I’ve been trying to get more women on the podium for years. The actor’s star turn in her new film Tár is a huge help

The Guardian - UK

Monstrous maestro: why is Cate Blanchett’s cancel culture film Tár angering so many people?

Despite glowing reviews, Todd Field’s drama about a predatory conductor has struggled at the box office. Is this because its protagonist is an unlikeable woman?

The Guardian - UK

Power behind the baton: the conductor who prepared Cate Blanchett for Tár

The Oscar-winning actor turned to Natalie Murray Beale to learn the conducting skills that underpin her latest film role

The Guardian - UK

Tár review – Cate Blanchett dazzles as monstrous maestro

Todd Field’s film echoes the slippery genius of its protagonist, a brilliant conductor-composer who toys with her admirers

The Guardian - UK

From M3gan to Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Fancy a neat little shocker about a very annoyed android, or an exhibition dedicated to the Doctor? Whatever you’re in the mood for, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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