The 2023 Oscar nominations have been announced and Cate Blanchett has another to her name, this time for her performance in TÁR.

The film, in which Blanchett plays an orchestra conductor mired in scandal, has also secured nominations for director Todd Field, cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister and editor Monika Willi.

TÁR also competes in the Best Picture category against alongside Top Gun: Maverick, The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Women Talking, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Triangle of Sadness, All Quiet on the Western Front and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.

Field is also nominated in the Best Screenplay category.

Cate Blanchett as conductor Lydia Tár in the film TÁR. Photo © Focus Features

The Academy Award nomination for TÁR is Blanchett’s eighth. With it she joins an elite group of octo-nominees that includes Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Judi Dench, Geraldine Page, Peter O’Toole and Glenn Close.

Blanchett’s performance as Lydia Tár has already earned her a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award – wins that will undoubtedly smooth the path to another statuette. She already has two: a Best Actress Oscar for Blue Jasmine, and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Aviator.

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