As they scout the mines of Carrara to find marble for their gargantuan Pennsylvania monument, Hungarian architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) and his brooding American financier Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) stumble into an isolated corner of a cave — and,
"The Brutalist" is a nearly four-hour historical drama starring Adrien Brody as celebrated architect László Tóth. Here's what's real in the new movie.
The fictional movie, set in the 1950s and '60s, centers around architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian immigrant to the United States and a Jewish Holocaust survivor.
The further “The Brutalist” progresses along its 215-minute track, the more evident it becomes that co-writer/director Brady Corbet sees himself in his protagonist, László Toth (Adrien Brody), the overlooked genius who seeks to reform modern architecture away from its ugly preconceptions and must put himself through the wringer to prove the doubters.
In an interview with Q’s Tom Power, the Oscar-winning actor reflects on his critically acclaimed performance in The Brutalist, and why he says it’s taken him 20 years to find a role of this magnitude.
Brady Corbet’s cold-eyed third film allows the possibilities of the United States while admitting the Faustian costs
The Brutalist”—starring Adrien Brody—finally gets a wide release following 10 Oscar nominations. What do critics have to say about director Brady Corbet’s historical epic?
After 22 years since he won his first Oscar at the age of 29, the youngest actor ever to win in that category, for his role in "The Pianist" in 2002, will Adrien Brody get his second Oscar for his performance as an architect in "The Brutalist?
IT’S always an issue during a very long film – when to get up to go to the loo. What are you going to interrupt while forcing people in your row to stand up and,
To tell his story, Corbet dusted off VistaVision, a cinematic format developed 70 years ago that yields a richer, more luxurious image. It was a technique embraced by filmmakers like the late Stanley Kubrick, but it hasn’t been seen in North American theatres in over 60 years.
PLOT Following the horrors of World War II, a Jewish architect embarks on a troubled career in America. BOTTOM LINE A towering achievement despite its flaws. If you build a masterpiece that eventually falls apart, was it still a masterpiece?
Even before she met The Brutalist director Brady Corbett, production designer Judy Becker secretly hoped she could work with him.