{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew-books-in-popular-culture.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftar-NULc3c7z","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Tár","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ed06d509-6abb-441a-a0d4-5ba7f416a632/79b89412-0fd2-4deb-9dba-96117a229664/a7c526979a3cd3b810fc704c151df227.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Tod Field’s Tár (2022) is one of the best ghost stories we’ve discussed on the show. The story of a troiubled genius, the film is also a wonderfully ambiguous portrat of a person persued by her past in the form of an unseen and vengerful force. Lydia Tár is by turns charismatic, repulsive, fascinating, and frightening. She’s a real person and demands a compicated response, just like the film as a whole. Part Amadeus and part Lolita, Tár is a high-water mark for anyone intrested in a portrat of the artist.\n\nBumper music: Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 - Trauermarsch by Jason Weinberger & WCF Symphony. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\n\nIf, like Lydia Tár, you’re fascinated by Mahler, check out Stephen Downes’ 2025 biography.\n\nPlease subscribe to the show and consider leaving us a rating or review. You can find over three hundred episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Letterboxd and email us any time at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com with requests and recommendations. Check out Dan Moran’s substack, Pages and Frames, where he writes about books and movies, as well as his many film-related author interviews on The New Books Network. Mike Takla is on substack at The Grumbler’s Almanac.\n\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture"}