OUR CHOICE FOR THE FILM TO WIN THE OSCAR® FOR BEST PICTURE!

The charisma and emotional precision of Cate Blanchett are put to astounding use in this deft showcase for the actor’s musical artistry, a stinging portrait of a world-famous orchestra conductor whose life is unraveling with brute force.  

A transcendent Cate Blanchett brilliantly portrays Lydia Tár, one of the greatest composer-conductors who is the first ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. We see her navigate a life, both public and private, centered in the international world of classical music.  Gifted at orchestrating music but perhaps even more talented at orchestrating people around her, Tár is at the very peak of her career when she is threatened with a surprising fall from grace. Writer-director Todd Field has created a profound and inventive character study, exploring power and fame, passion and paranoia with a cunning sensibility. Blanchett’s spectacular performance takes us deep into the life that underscores this complicated, fascinating character, her phenomenal talent, her relationships, her manipulativeness, in a role that was written specifically for her, as well as being Todd Field’s first film in 16 years. It is no wonder that she is an Oscar frontrunner, in a film that has been named best film by the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the National Society of Film Critics, becoming the seventh film in history to win top honors from the critics’ trifecta. With Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant.  

WHY ITS OUR PICK

We believe that Tár should win the Academy Award® for Best Picture, as agreeing with filmmaker Martin Scorsese who lauded Todd Field’s drama as “a real high wire act” and said the film lifted the clouds on the “dark days” that cinema is currently facing. It is a film that provides hope to those filmgoers who have been concerned about the future of cinema as art form, especially for younger generations. Here is your encore opportunity to see this milestone of cinema and many have stated that filmmaker Todd Field has created a masterpiece with a detailed evocative plot which was enhanced manifold by Blanchett’s commanding performance.