‘TÁR’, an immense display of power by Cate Blanchett to get her third Oscar

Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is used to playing the music she wants to hear with her baton. In every sense. She is an acclaimed conductor and composer, admired and respected by all, and accumulates a prestige that little by little begins to crumble.

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A complex, dark character, full of layers and nuances that serves to present a story about someone who believes he is untouchable in his space, the abuse of power when an important authority is treasured and the manipulation that is exercised over others for his own benefit or that of his caste.

LIBRARY is a psychological thriller that drags the viewer towards the continuous suspicion behind a main character who is an absolute enigma, but also brings other issues to the table, such as the culture of cancellation through the eternal debate on whether it is convenient to separate the work from the author. Directed by Todd Field (In the room, secret games) had only one thing clear when he wrote the script: Blanchett had to be the lead. “If she had turned down the part, the movie wouldn’t have been made,” she says of her first film after a 16-year drought.

Against Ana de Armas in the Oscar race

The actress supports the absolute weight of the film and has all the ballots to win her third Oscar. She just won the Golden Globe and also won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival. She will compete with Ana de Armas (Blonde) y Michelle Yeoh (Everything at once everywhere).

Here are other releases of the week:

‘The Whale’, a round performance on the way to the Oscar

Drama. Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Int.: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink. Three Oscar nominations – including Fraser for best actor – support this production starring a morbidly obese professor who tries to get his teenage daughter back. Meanwhile, he pays for his past traumas with food.

‘Big Bad Wolf’, an obsession to uncover the truth

Thriller. Address: Gustavo Hernandez. Int.: Adriana Ugarte, Juana Acosta, Javier Gutiérrez. A policeman on the edge of the law and a woman seeking revenge are obsessed with discovering the murderer of several girls. They intend to take the law into their own hands, but an exemplary detective will fight to prevent them from making mistakes that would be irreparable.

‘An explosive wedding’ for Jennifer Lopez

Comedy. Direction: Jason Moore. Int.: Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel. Lopez’s typical romantic comedy gets a slight twist when her wedding guests are taken hostage. Darcy and Tom must take up arms to save the lives of their family. It comes to Prime Video and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus).