In the last couple of weeks, we watched two exceptional movies.

Tár (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was a symphony of intrigue, ego, genius, patronage, and impropriety, and a masterclass by Cate Blanchett.

We saw Oppenheimer (imdb | rotten tomatoes) in theatre (!) earlier this week, and it was as good as expected. I am, of course, a hopeless devotee of Christopher Nolan, and now Lindsay might be intrigued as well. Exceptional performances all around, a story I felt silly for not knowing (the intrigue around Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, specifically), Nolan’s trademark time-jumping which keeps it fun, and some humanization of a name I know only from the most massive of historical events.