Noémie Merlant
From pensive and meditative to egotistically powerful, Todd Field’s Tár is a film for the senses.
The film focuses on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female conductor of a major German orchestra.
Though it falls into some psychological thriller tropes, Baby Ruby gets its message across thanks to a phenomenal performance by Noémie Merlant.
It’s hard not to muse over whether any other performer this year can top what Cate Blanchett does in Todd Field’s Tár.
Those who bought tickets to see the woman-meets-ride romance won’t be disappointed but Jumbo has more on its mind.
With Portrait of a Lady on Fire, writer-director Cèline Sciamma has created something extremely precious. Read our coverage from NYFF 2019.
Potrait of a Lady on Fire builds to an awe-inspiring, pulsating crescendo that leaves the audience’s collective heart thudding.
Céline Sciamma’s tender masterpiece paints a portrait of visual poetry, of what happens when art intersects with love for a fragment of time.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is directed by Céline Sciamma – on an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.