'Tár' — The Monster's Side of Paradise
A film for the post-MeToo era that inverts the narrative with an ironic coda, Tár depicts the duality of a sensitive artist capable of great evil and vile manipulation.

Somewhere deep below our nation’s capital lies a secret bomb shelter designed to protect the president in the event of a Russian attack. All of the president’s needs have been anticipated and provided for – from his favorite breakfast cereal to the “syntherotisizer,” a high-tech computer which can be programmed to produce android sex partners of any description. When investigative reporter Barbara Whoozie (Danielle) discovers the secret bunker she inadvertently trips its time lock sealing both her and Major Prod (J. Brooks), the shelter’s guard, for one full year.
A film for the post-MeToo era that inverts the narrative with an ironic coda, Tár depicts the duality of a sensitive artist capable of great evil and vile manipulation.
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
By having two of its most beloved characters go to space in a Pontiac Fiero attached to a rocket, among other antics, F9: The Fast Saga overwhelmingly achieves the task of out-crazy-ing its predecessors.