“Tár” Review

There’s one exchange in Tár that perfectly encapsulates what the movie is all about and it’s an early one. The famed composer Lydia Tár has just finished lecturing a student on separating art from the artist. Not pleased with the response, the student leaves, calling Lydia a fucking bitch. Lydia’s calm retort is to calm him a robot, unable to feel and be human. Yes, it’s about cancel culture but more to that nuance than just the outrage and the fall from grace.

The film gives us a vicious po...