Almost the entirety of this movie is very explicitly set in Australia. There's a lot of other stuff that's crazy about it but that's the one thing I can't get over. I doubt there's another American studio film where Sydney is seen and mentioned this much. The very first shot is a flyover of the Opera House. The climax hinges on the villain trying to take Thandie Newton to the Central Business District because she's carrying a deadly engineered virus…
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TÁR 2022
Something I'd been mulling since my first viewing: is Tár actually any good? The person, not the movie. From what we see, she doesn't seem to be a particularly gifted composer, despite her EGOT status. She's regarded as a great conductor, but what does that really mean? When asked to explain why she's more than just a human metronome who's only there to mark time, her answer is basically, "Well, that IS why I'm there, but it's a very important…