#893: TÁR / Amsterdam
10/14/22 • 76 min
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Director Todd Field ("In The Bedroom," "Little Children") returns after a sixteen-year hiatus with TÁR, the most acclaimed film of his career and possibly of the year. Cate Blanchett stars as an accomplished composer and conductor who faces a personal crisis that could derail her career. Gender politics, identity politics, the "Me Too" movement, cancel culture: the movie circles around these issues without necessarily being about any of them. In their review, Adam and Josh praise the film's complexity and intelligence along with what may be the definitive Blanchett performance. Plus, a review of David O. Russell's latest, AMSTERDAM, a film that is "very wobbly right from the start, regains its balance but is still teetering, and then? Things absolutely collapse." Plus, Blanchett v Swinton and the battle of the seasonably appropriate stop-motion features.
1:20 - Review: "TÁR"
42:03 - Next Week / Notes / Angela Lansbury
48:31 - Polls
57:07 - Review: “Amsterdam"
1:09:19 - Outro
- With ‘Tár,’ Todd Field Returns to Directing. Where Has He Been?
- Sam smartly points out that TÁR is also an anagram for ART.
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Director Todd Field ("In The Bedroom," "Little Children") returns after a sixteen-year hiatus with TÁR, the most acclaimed film of his career and possibly of the year. Cate Blanchett stars as an accomplished composer and conductor who faces a personal crisis that could derail her career. Gender politics, identity politics, the "Me Too" movement, cancel culture: the movie circles around these issues without necessarily being about any of them. In their review, Adam and Josh praise the film's complexity and intelligence along with what may be the definitive Blanchett performance. Plus, a review of David O. Russell's latest, AMSTERDAM, a film that is "very wobbly right from the start, regains its balance but is still teetering, and then? Things absolutely collapse." Plus, Blanchett v Swinton and the battle of the seasonably appropriate stop-motion features.
1:20 - Review: "TÁR"
42:03 - Next Week / Notes / Angela Lansbury
48:31 - Polls
57:07 - Review: “Amsterdam"
1:09:19 - Outro
- With ‘Tár,’ Todd Field Returns to Directing. Where Has He Been?
- Sam smartly points out that TÁR is also an anagram for ART.
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32:12 - Next Week / Notes
39:58 - Massacre Theatre
44:35 - Review: "Decision to Leave"
58:23 - Top 5, cont.
1:16:17 - Outro
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