Did the L.A. Film Critics go overboard with their ‘Tár’ love? Inside this year’s vote
LA Times“Tár,” Todd Field’s drama about a world-renowned, scandal-plagued classical music conductor, dominated the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn.’s awards voting on Sunday, winning prizes for Field’s script and direction, and for Cate Blanchett’s lead performance. But the movie ultimately shared the best picture prize with Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s action-fantasy “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which also was recognized for Ke Huy Quan’s supporting performance. Aside from our best picture winners, “EO” was the only movie to win more than one award on Sunday; it also was recognized for Michal Dymek’s cinematography. This group’s wide-ranging appreciation for world cinema has long been one of the best things about it, which is why I know a lot of prognosticators were expecting “RRR” to fare even better with us than it ultimately did, and why I share your disappointment, Glenn, that Park Chan-wook narrowly missed a director placement for “Decision to Leave.” It deserved more from us — but then, in a year of so many brilliant overlooked movies, it’s in excellent company.
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