Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is the first chief female conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and, according to her public relations team, the twentieth-century's foremost interpreter of classical music. Her image is as tightly controlled as her orchestra, but, as she prepares to record a career-defining work by Gustav Mahler, her grip on both her professional and personal life begins to slip. Back by popular demand after our Telluride at Dartmouth screening, TÁR teams fastidious writer-director Todd Field with a tour-de-force performance from Cate Blanchett in one of the most compelling, unnerving, sneakily funny films of the year.

D: Todd Field, US, 2022, 2h37m

Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Lead Actress