Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Giving them the finger
Movie critics loved Tár and The Banshees of Inisherin, but Guy Noble begs to differ, and offers his own suggestions for the awards they should have won.
April 24, 2023
Cate Blanchett takes home a BAFTA for TÁR
The Australian actor's journey toward another Oscar statuette for her playing of a disgraced conductor in Todd Field’s TÁR seems unstoppable.
February 20, 2023
TÁR: class and the classical music industry
Todd Field’s TÁR shines an uncomfortable light on some of the social and political dynamics of the world in which it is set, argues Peter Tregear.
February 4, 2023
Natalie Murray Beale: Talking TÁR
Conductor Natalie Murray Beale talks to Limelight about teaching Cate Blanchett to wield the baton in TÁR and the film's potential to provoke.
January 25, 2023
A Maestro’s Reckoning
In TÁR, Cate Blanchett plays a formidable conductor at the pinnacle of her profession. She tells us how she worked intensively to prepare herself for the role.
December 23, 2022
Review: TÁR (Todd Field)
Cate Blanchett excels as a great conductor with all-too-human flaws.
December 23, 2022
Cate Blanchett stuns in classical music psycho-thriller
Playing an authoritarian orchestral conductor in Todd Field's new film Tár, Blanchett studied the mannerisms of the legendary Leonard Bernstein, and received rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival.
September 5, 2022