Cate Blanchett
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Cate Blanchett attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

“You want to dance the math, you must service the composer” – Lydia Tár, TÁR

Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has just arrived on the 95th Academy Awards’ champagne carpet in Los Angeles. The 53-year-old Australian acteur, in a custom, archival, never-before-seen gown by Louis Vuitton, flirted with the sea of suited photographers before her, her wit and charm proving her status as an awards season darling. Her gown this evening is made entirely of sustainable silk.

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Blanchett is up for the Best Actress gong this evening, and if she takes it home, this will be her third golden statue win of a total of eight nominations. It will also mean she will have one Oscar for the respective mantles of her three houses in Los Angeles, Sydney, and that historic English manor in rural Sussex.

Cate Blanchett
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Cate Blanchett attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Cate Blanchett
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Cate Blanchett attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images )

Blanchett received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Katherine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese’s 2004 The Aviator, and the Best Actress award for playing a rich Manhattan socialite in 2013’s Blue Jasmine.

Cate Blanchett
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Cate Blanchett attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Cate Blanchett
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Cate Blanchett attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

TÁR tells the story of the incredibly layered, world-renowned conductor Lydia Tár. A maestro of orchestral assortments, we meet Lydia via long, drawn-out scenes mere weeks before she is to record the symphony that will elevate her already illustrious career.

But it’s the happenings in the conductor’s periphery that sees Lydia unravel into a dramatically unchecked individual; her wandering eye which puts pressure on her relationship with her wife, her stepdaughter who is being bullied, and her ex-assistant accusing her of misconduct. While Lydia’s comeuppance remains unclear, Blanchett’s performance, particularly in the last scenes of the film, is pure power.

“It’s a film that has a conductor at its centre but it’s not a film about the classical music world,” Blanchett told the audience at an advanced screening in Sydney in December. “You don’t need to know any terminology at all – just allow that to wash over you. Don’t try and make sense of it!”

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TÁR is out in Australian cinemas now. And you simply must see it.