The Brutalist (2024)

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Directed by Brady Corbet
With Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce
Rated R, 204 minutes, DCP

Winner of Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, Golden Globe Winner for Best Picture (Drama), and now with a host of Oscar nominations under its belt, The Brutalist appears not to be a little engine that could — especially given its runtime and scope — but in a year where passion projects about building great futures are common (e.g., Megalopolis) it has stood out from the pack. Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognizes his talent for building, but power and legacy come at a heavy cost.