EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Pride cometh before a fall
Despite the film’s length, MARIA DUARTE is impressed by Cate Blanchett’s portrayal of a groundbreaking conductor at the height of her powers
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tar in Todd Field's film TAR
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
TAR (15)
Directed by Todd Field
SCOOPING a Golden Globe for her five-star performance in Todd Field’s TAR, Cate Blanchett is extraordinary as Lydia Tar, a groundbreaking conductor of a major German orchestra, at the top of her game at the start of this intricate and complex drama.
At the height of her career, she is preparing for a book launch and a long-anticipated live recording of Mahler’s Symphony No 5 before everything slowly begins to go south.
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