Cate Blanchett responds to criticism that new film Tar is ‘antiwoman’

Cate Blanchett attending the premiere of TAR (Yui Mok/PA)

Cate Blanchett has said her new film Tar is a “meditation on power” which she feels is “genderless” after an acclaimed female conductor branded the approach “antiwoman”.

Written and directed by Todd Field, the film follows the complicated genius conductor of a German orchestra, Lydia Tar, at the height of her career as it all begins to unravel as she faces accusations about her behaviour and the darker parts of the life behind her success come to light.