Cate Blanchett luminously shines at the center of Todd Field’s third feature, TÁR. With striking subtlety, a character-driven focus, and an intellectual edge, the film quietly examines power, providing an unflinching and absorbing look at cancel culture through a famous conductor’s fall from grace.
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Writer/director Todd Phillips brings a rich and complex character study to the comic book film with Joker, a gritty and grounded standalone origin story about Batman’s most iconic villain. Equal parts despicable and human and adorned with a phenomenal career-defining performance from Joaquin Phoenix, Joker causes us to see aspects of ourselves and our world in the tragic flaws of its protagonist, which makes his tumble down the rabbit hole of madness that much more real.
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