For cinephiles, every Cate Blanchett film is a major event simply because of her participation, but "TÁR" represents the turning of a new page for the actress. The film is both aware of and informed by Blanchett's stature and prowess. It's the most overt sign to date that her commanding screen presence is too big to deny. Her brilliance is now just a commonly held truth.
At this point, declaring that Cate Blanchett is the best actress of her generation should hardly qualify as a controversial statement. She's Gen X's answer to Meryl Streep, both in the consistent quality of her work and her undeniable commitment to the craft of acting. While we've come to expect certain elements from a Blanchett performance — resolute strength, undeniable intelligence, and a flair for the theatrical — each is its own distinct and special experience. And with her interest in producing only just beginning to...
At this point, declaring that Cate Blanchett is the best actress of her generation should hardly qualify as a controversial statement. She's Gen X's answer to Meryl Streep, both in the consistent quality of her work and her undeniable commitment to the craft of acting. While we've come to expect certain elements from a Blanchett performance — resolute strength, undeniable intelligence, and a flair for the theatrical — each is its own distinct and special experience. And with her interest in producing only just beginning to...
- 11/9/2022
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slash Film
This article contains The Lovebirds spoilers.
It’s one of the funniest sequences in the movie. After a joyful singalong in the Lyft ride to the third act, where Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) and Leilani (Issa Rae) hit Katy Perry’s “Fireworks” high notes, it’s suddenly as if they’re in a different movie. And maybe they are. Adorned in Venetian masks and fancy evening wear, the pair find themselves among a seeming cult of one percenters who’ve gathered in a New Orleans theater to watch masked strangers do the nasty.
“This is some Illuminati bullshit,” Rae snarks in one of her many zingers in the moment. But more accurately, it’s Stanley Kubrick’s kind of “bullshit” to a tee. For in a sequence that homages, beat for beat, Eyes Wide Shut’s centerpiece vision of sexcapades gone conspiratorial, The Lovebirds is providing more than just a wink...
It’s one of the funniest sequences in the movie. After a joyful singalong in the Lyft ride to the third act, where Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) and Leilani (Issa Rae) hit Katy Perry’s “Fireworks” high notes, it’s suddenly as if they’re in a different movie. And maybe they are. Adorned in Venetian masks and fancy evening wear, the pair find themselves among a seeming cult of one percenters who’ve gathered in a New Orleans theater to watch masked strangers do the nasty.
“This is some Illuminati bullshit,” Rae snarks in one of her many zingers in the moment. But more accurately, it’s Stanley Kubrick’s kind of “bullshit” to a tee. For in a sequence that homages, beat for beat, Eyes Wide Shut’s centerpiece vision of sexcapades gone conspiratorial, The Lovebirds is providing more than just a wink...
- 5/22/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“Eyes Wide Shut” is one of Stanley Kubrick’s most divisive movies, but it does contain one of his most iconic sequences: The orgy scene. Vulture critic and writer Bilge Ebiri has published an oral history on the sequence in which assistant director Brian Cook, choreographer Yolande Snaith, composer Jocelyn Pook, and more weigh in on its months-long making. One of the biggest revelations in the oral history comes from Leon Vitali, Kubrick’s assistant who gained fame in front of the camera as Lord Bullingdon in “Barry Lyndon.” According to Vitali, Cate Blanchett had a never-revealed cameo in the famous orgy scene as the voice of the mysterious masked woman, played on set by Abigail Good.
“It was Cate Blanchett!” Vitali said of the voice. “We wanted something warm and sensual but that at the same time could be a part of a ritual. Stanley had talked about finding...
“It was Cate Blanchett!” Vitali said of the voice. “We wanted something warm and sensual but that at the same time could be a part of a ritual. Stanley had talked about finding...
- 6/27/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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