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“The Brutalist” is the Oscar-winning live-action ‘historical drama’, directed by Brady Corbet, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola, now playing in theaters:

‘…’László Tóth’, a Hungarian-born architect survives World War II and emigrates to the United States…

“…where he struggles to achieve the ‘American Dream’, until a wealthy client changes his life…”

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Adrien Brody has won the Best Actor Oscar for his turn in A24’s The Brutalist, clinching the statuette two decades after his first win for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist.

“I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression and of antisemitism and racism and othering,” Brody said in a lengthy acceptance speech Sunday at the Dolby Theater. “I pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world. And I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked. I love you and I appreciate you all. Let’s fight for what’s right.”

Brody began his speech by thanking God “for this blessed life,” and for “the tremendous outpouring of love” that he’s felt from so many. He went on to speak to the “fragile” profession that acting is,...

The winner for Best Actor has just been announced at the Academy Awards. The Oscar has gone to Adrian Brody for his role in the acclaimed A24 film The Brutalist.

At the Oscars on Sunday, Brody won his second Oscar for Best Actor based on his performance in The Brutalist. He previously won in 2003 for The Pianist, which set the record as the youngest-ever winner of that award; Brody was 29 at the time. For his second Oscar win on Sunday, Brody wanted to be sure he got to thank everyone he wanted to, and that meant refusing to wrap up when music started to play during his speech, which typically serves as the cue for an Oscar winner to conclude with the speech.

Adrien Brody calls out antisemitism and racism while accepting his best actor #Oscar for #TheBrutalistpic.twitter.com/dJvR5gxg0O— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 3, 2025

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“The Brutalist” tells the story of Holocaust survivor and Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth, played by Adrien Brody. The movie, which is directed by Brady Corbet and produced by Corbet and Mona Fastvold, is not based on a true story.

“The Brutalist” was shot in 35mm and scanned at a resolution equivalent to 70mm (and exhibited in 70mm) — and clocks in at over three hours long, an enormous feat.

In TheWrap’s positive review out of Venice, critic Ben Croll wrote, “Taken as a whole, ‘The Brutalist’ both mourns and celebrates American ambition – the ambitions of an immigrant class trying for a new life with no guarantee of success, and the ambitions of a filmmaker filling a canvas with a lifetime of obsessions.”

The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, where Corbet won the Silver Lion. It was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and...

Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Directed by Brady Corbet

Dark screens are broken by the reading of a letter, and a scramble of people across the screen, all of them fighting to see their new world of freedom. The land of dreams: America. The crashing brass of an overture fills the room, and you sit up, realising this is something very different. When movies were in their golden age and films felt like an event, an overture would often ring out before any images were seen, or over the opening titles. Think of films such as Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ben Hur, Gone with the Wind, and many more. Grand films that feel made for the big screen, that seem to invoke the very voice of cinema. If...

Revered French auteur Claire Denis is in advanced talks to direct cannibalistic crime drama “The Soap Maker.”

The project, being shopped around at Berlin’s EFM, is an updated remake of Italian director Mauro Bolognini’s 1977 cult movie “Gran Bollito,” which starred Shelley Winters as a serial killer who cooked the bodies of her victims into soap, cake and cookies.

The English-language film is inspired by the true story of Italy’s Leonarda Cianciulli, who in the late 1930s and early ’40s murdered three local women in the central Italian town of Correggio and disposed of their bodies with chemicals — using what was left to make soaps, candles, cookies and cakes that she shared with people in her community.

“The Soap Maker,” which is lead-produced by the Los Angeles- and New York-based Gerry Pass via his Chrome Entertainment shingle, is being packaged by CAA and has been pitched to prospective buyers at the EFM.

"The way that I work is to bring in extraordinary artists... and create situations where they can be free." A24 has debuted a new "making of" featurette for Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, focusing on the score and composer Daniel Blumberg. This exceptional score is nominated for an Academy Award this year and this video is being released during voting, in hopes of convincing more people to vote for it. The film already opened last year but considering it's one of the best films of the decade (including this score), happy to feature this video for an inside look at what went into making it. When visionary architect László Toth & his wife Erzsébet flee Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by an extremely wealthy benefactor - a man named Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Made by director Brady Corbet,...

A24’s highly anticipated drama The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet, is set to make its digital debut next month. With a stellar cast led by Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, and Felicity Jones, the film has already garnered immense critical acclaim, earning 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. If you’re wondering when and where you can stream The Brutalist online, here’s everything you need to know.

What is The Brutalist About?

Set in the aftermath of World War II, The Brutalist follows visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) as he seeks to rebuild his life in America alongside his wife, Erzsébet (Felicity Jones). Forced apart during wartime, the couple faces new struggles in a foreign land, where László’s talent catches the attention of wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce). However, as ambition clashes with morality, the cost of power and legacy becomes devastatingly clear.

With...

Exclusive: Goodfellas has unveiled one of its biggest European Film Market slates ever featuring upcoming films by Cristian Mungiu, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Saeed Roustaee, Claire Denis, Mario Martone and Raoul Peck.

The company is also handling a trio of Berlin Film Festival titles: Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Golden Bear contender The Ice Tower with Marion Cotillard; Burhan Qurbani’s No Beast. So Fierce. in Berlinale Special; and a fresh acquisition, Bálint Dániel Sós’ Growing Down.

The latter film, which premieres in the new competitive Perspectives section aimed at first films, revolves around a widowed father of two who is tested by fate when he becomes the only witness of a serious accident involving his stepdaughter caused by his youngest son.

Goodfellas will begin pre-sales on Romanian director Mungiu’s first English-language picture Fjord, with Oscar nominee Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World...

The Brutalist North America Box Office: 7th Friday Update (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet and featuring Adrian Brody in the lead role, has been in the news for multiple reasons, especially after the Oscar 2025 nominations were out. The movie has now crossed a significant milestone at the domestic box office. Keep scrolling for the deets.

Corbet’s movie premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival last year, and he was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction. The American Film Institute has named it one of the top ten films of 2024. The movie features Brody as a Hungarian-born Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the US. The supporting cast includes Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola.

The Brutalist was released in the United States by A24 on Friday, and it was expanded from 1,118 to 1,618 theatres.

Jonathan Pryce and Nick Mohammed are set to lead the cast of Mat Whitecross’ comedy murder mystery Sleeping Lionsfor Mister Smith Entertainment, which is launching sales at the European Film Market.

Developed and to be distributed by Sky in the UK and Ireland, the film will shoot in the UK later this year.

Written by James Roblin, Sleeping Lionsis a contemporary adaptation of Cyril Hare’s 1951 novelAn English Murder.

Pryce will play the dying Earl of Warbeck who summons his nearest and dearest for a final Christmas at Warbeck Hall. When a snowstorm hits, the guests are cut off from...

Paris-based Be For Films has acquired international sales rights to Marie-Helene Roux’s completed drama Muganga, starring Isaach De Bankolé and Vincent Macaigne, ahead of the European Film Market.

De Bankolé stars as the real-life Congolese doctor, pastor and Nobel prize laureate Denis Mukwege who joins forces with Belgian surgeon and atheist Guy Cadière to treat thousands of women and combat sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Muganga is inspired by Mukwege’s Panzi Hospital which provides survivors with medical treatment, holistic care and legal support.

Manon Bresch, Babetida Sadjo and Déborah Lukumuena also star.

Shot in Gabon and Belgium,...

Quick Links The Initial 'Brutalist' Controversy and Filmmakers Respond to Claim Voting for Nominations Is Already Done... But the Award Season Is About to Begin AI: Is There a Conversation to Be Had?

The Brutalist has gone from critical darling and potential frontrunner for the Academy Awards to now a widely controversial pick following the revelation that the movie used AI tools to enhance a scene for the actors' voices and possibly used generative AI in the film's final moments. While director Brady Corbet has denied the use of generative AI and explained the specific audio tool, The Brutalist is the latest in a long line of movies in 2024 that were caught using AI, from Late Night with the Devil to Civil War to fellow Oscar contender Emilia Pérez.

With The Brutalist conversation now likely to be dominated by discussion of the use or not use of AI and the ethical implications,...

Tom Blyth (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”) will star in Claire Denis’ “The Cry of the Guards.” Blyth joins the cast of the four-hander, which also stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Matt Dillon and Isaach De Bankolé.

The film, adapted from Bernard-Marie Koltes’ play “Black Battles With Dogs,” was written by Denis, Suzanne Lindon and Andrew Litvack. The story unfolds over the course of one night near a construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man seeking justice for his brother’s death at the site.

The film is being produced by Curiosa Films and Vixens alongside Goodfellas and Saint Laurent Productions, with Senegal’s Astou Production and backing from Arte France Cinema.

Blyth recently finished filming as the male lead in Netflix, Sony 3000 and Temple Hill’s “People We Meet on Vacation,” based on the #1 New York Times bestselling novel written by Emily Henry.

Tom Blyth, star of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, has landed a role alongside Mia McKenna-Bruce, Matt Dillon, and Isaach De Bankolé in The Cry of the Guards, the forthcoming four-hander drama from renowned French filmmaker Claire Denis (Stars at Noon).

Character details are under wraps. Based on Bernard-Marie Koltes’ play Black Battles with Dogs, the story unfolds over the course of one night near a construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man seeking justice for his brother’s death at the site.

Script was adapted by Denis, Suzanne Lindon and Andrew Litvack. Curiosa Films and Vixens are producing alongside Goodfellas and Saint Laurent Productions, with Senegal’s Astou Production and backing from Arte France Cinema.

Breaking out with his lead role as a young Coriolanus Snow in Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,...

"Tell me – why is an accomplish foreign architect shoveling coal here in Philadelphia?" A24 has unveiled one more official trailer for the monumental The Brutalist, the third feature from acclaimed filmmaker / actor Brady Corbet. After already opening in theaters last year, it's getting a full IMAX run this weekend for anyone who needs to see it. When visionary architect László Toth & his wife Erzsébet flee Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by an extremely wealthy benefactor - a man named Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Made by director Brady Corbet, written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, it stars Adrien Brody as László, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, with Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. Shot on film and projected on film (in 35mm & 70mm). I'm one of many who have already been calling this a masterpiece,...

Mia McKenna-Bruce has joined the cast of 'The Cry of the Guard'.The 27-year-old actress – who won the BAFTA Rising Star Award last year – has replaced Riley Keough as one of the leads in the film from French director Claire Denis.The story is set over one night near a vast construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man whose brother was killed on the premises in a work-related incident.Mia will appear alongside Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankole in the movie – which is adapted from Bernard-Marie Koltes' play 'Black Battles With Dogs' and has been written by Denis, Suzanne Lindon and Andrew Litvack.The star earned the BAFTA award for her performance in Molly Manning Walker's coming-of-age drama 'How to Have Sex' but she revealed that she was close to giving up on acting before landing the part.She...

Mia McKenna-Bruce, the face of Molly Manning Walker’s Un Certain Regard section winning How to Have Sex will take over some big shoes in Riley Keough for the new Claire Denis project set to film in Senegal. With supporting players Matt Dillon and Denis muse Isaach de Bankolé, Le Cri Des Gardes is lining up for production start date soon and will be among our most anticipated for 2026 if it bypasses Venice this year. I’m getting J’ai pas sommeil (1994) vibes.

Written by actress Spring Blossom filmmaker Suzanne Lindon, High Life and Stars at Noon Andrew Litvack and Denis, based on the play Combat de nègre et de chiens by Bernard-Marie Koltès (1980), the story spans one night near a vast construction site in Senegal.…...

Mia McKenna-Bruce, the breakout star of the 2023 hit ‘How to Have Sex’ and the winner of this year’s BAFTA Rising Star Award, has landed a leading role in her next major film project.

The British actress will star in ‘The Cry of the Guard’ (Le Cri Des Gardes), the upcoming feature film directed by renowned French filmmaker Claire Denis. McKenna-Bruce will take over from Riley Keough in the lead role and will act alongside Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankolé.

The film is based on Bernard-Marie Koltes’ play ‘Black Battles With Dogs’ and is being produced by French production companies Curiosa Films and Vixens, along with Senegal’s Astou Production and support from Arte France Cinema.

Written by Claire Denis, Suzanne Lindon, and Andrew Litvack, the movie takes place over the course of one night near a large construction site in Senegal. The story revolves around a group of...

It’s nice when promises are kept, nicer yet when those promises are a new Claire Denis movie shooting in a matter of months. Following September’s report that she’d roll cameras on Le Cri des Gardes (The Cry of the Guards) in January, Deadline informs us the previously involved Riley Keough has been swapped for Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) as the project rolls cameras as soon as next week. She’ll be playing Leoné, mentioned in this plot description from autumn:

“As project supervisor Horn is welcoming his young partner Léone into the hut he shares with young and impetuous engineer Cal, a black man called Alboury appears outside the railings surrounding their quarters. Inflexible, hovering like a ghost in the darkness, he is determined to stay there until they return the body of his brother to him, who was killed on the site.”

Matt Dillon...

Mia McKenna-Bruce, the breakout star of 2023 hit “How to Have Sex” and 2024’s BAFTA Rising Star winner, has been cast in her next major project.

The Brit will star alongside Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankolé in “The Cry of the Guard” (“Le Cri Des Gardes”), the next feature from French auteur director Claire Denis, taking over from Riley Keough in a lead role.

The film — being produced by French production outfits Curiosa Films and Vixens alongside Goodfellas and Saint Laurent Productions, with Senegal’s Astou Production and backing from Arte France Cinema — is adapted from Bernard-Marie Koltes’ play “Black Battles With Dogs,” and was written by Denis, Suzanne Lindon and Andrew Litvack.

The story spans one night near a vast construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man whose brother was killed on the premises in a work-related incident. The film marks the...

Exclusive: Mia McKenna-Bruce, recipient of last year’s BAFTA Rising Star laureate and star of Molly Manning Walker’s breakthrough hit How to Have Sex, has joined Claire Denis’ new film The Cry of the Guards. She replaces the previously announced Riley Keough.

The fast-rising British actress travels to the Republic of Senegal in West Africa next week for principal photography on the Denis movie with longtime attached actors Matt Dillon and Isaach De Bankolé, who starred in Denis’ 1990 masterwork No Fear, No Die and her films Chocolat and White Material, and more recently in The Brutalist and Black Panther.

Denis returns to the continent that defined her childhood to make The Cry of the Guards, which during development was also known as The Fence — and there’s chatter about it reverting back to that title — to film the intense drama focusing...

“The Brutalist” is the award-winning live-action ‘historical drama’, directed by Brady Corbet starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola, now playing in theaters:

‘…’László Tóth’, a Hungarian-born architect survives World War II and emigrates to the United States…

“…where he struggles to achieve the ‘American Dream’, until a wealthy client changes his life…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

The Brutalist is making its rounds as one of the best films of 2024, rising to the top of most film critics' end-of-year lists, and winning three categories at the Golden Globes. The film is a serious contender for many awards at the Oscars, including Best Picture. The Brutalist has had an interesting rise to popularity and awards contention. The film runs for three and a half hours, going so long that it needs an intermission. The Brutalist's focus on architecture isn't as attention-grabbing as most other films in theaters, either.

However, The Brutalist has plenty of positives that have made the film such a strong awards contender. The film's stars, Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce, deliver career-defining performances. The Brutalist is also masterfully crafted, with an entirely original story that sheds light on issues that still affect life today, such as the struggles immigrants have and how stories about...

Quick Links Brady Corbet Fought for Years to Make 'The Brutalist' Brady Corbet Made a Well-Deserved Plea to the Studios

Awards season is officially in full swing. Last Sunday kicked off the film industry’s most anticipated time of the year with the Golden Globes, which gave much-needed boosts to contenders like Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldaña, and Adrien Brody as Oscar nomination voting wraps up. The Brutalist and Emilia Perez won the respective Best Picture awards for Drama and Comedy/Musical, confirming their status as the frontrunners. Demi Moore, in an already iconic speech, brought the house down with her win for Best Actress, fully cementing her comeback. And Nikki Glaser successfully washed out the bad aftertaste of Jo Koy’s disastrous hosting last year.

But maybe no moment hit harder than one of the ceremony’s final moments when The Brutalist won Best Picture. Director Brady Corbet, who’d...

Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) with László Tóth (Adrien Brody) and Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé) Brady Corbett's The Brutalist has been named Best Film in the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) annual Eda awards.

Coralie Fargeat won Best Director and Best Screenplay for The Substance. She also tied for Best Femal Director and Best Female Screenwriter in the Female Focus categories alongside Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine As Light. Conclave captured three awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini and Best Ensemble Cast/Casting Director.

AWFJ President Jennifer Merin said: “2024 was an exceptional year with so many women playing major creative roles in high profile projects. AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we are delighted that this year’s AWFJ Eda Awards honor women creatives in six of our ten non-gendered Best Of categories,...

Brady Corbet, whose post-World War II epic The Brutalist has been racking up wins on the awards circuit since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, won Best Director on Sunday at the Golden Globes.

Corbet, who won the same honor at Venice, beat out a stacked nominees list tonight that included Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) and Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light).

The film would go on to win two more Globes tonight: Best Actor in a Drama for Adrien Brody and Best Picture – Drama, a victory that solidified is at an Oscar front-running as the awards season gets fully underway.

In his Best Director acceptance speech, Corbet thanked the Globes for the win that gives his film additional visibility, which “is extraordinarily meaningful for a film like this that once, a few short months ago, had...

“The Brutalist” is a new live-action ‘historical drama’, directed by Brady Corbet starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola, now playing in theaters:

‘…’László Tóth’, a Hungarian-born architect survives World War II and emigrates to the United States…

“…where he struggles to achieve the ‘American Dream’, until a wealthy client changes his life…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Adrien Brody discusses his disappointment to have originally missed the lead role of The Brutalist, only for the opportunity to come back around.

The Brutalist, an upcoming film by beloved mid-budget studio A24 (who have produced such classics as Everything Everywhere All at Once and Midsommar), tells the story of László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect, who over the course of decades attempts to find his place in America after the Holocaust. The film has received rave reviews, which doesn't appear to have surprised its star, Adrien Brody. He knew this film was something special from the moment he read the script, and he was eager to get the chance to play the part of Tóth.

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As the town starts to shut down for Christmas break next week, fear not: The Oscar season remains in full force as campaigners know the next two weeks leading up to the start of nomination voting is crunch time, the key period when voters will have more time to watch those screeners on the Academy’s digital screening room site.

Despite months of print ads, billboard, TV ads, email blasts, Q&As, receptions, precursor awards from critics groups, Golden Globes and Critics Choice nominations, film festival tributes announced, and whatever else you can think of, the only thing that matters, the only thing is getting those voters to actually see these movies they keep hearing are “contenders” (and that includes Deadline’s own in-person Contenders events in London and Los Angeles as well as virtually for international and documentary films...

Quick Links ‘The Brutalist’ Explores the Dark Side of the American Dream What Happens to Van Buren in ‘The Brutalist”? What Does the Epilogue to ‘The Brutalist’ Suggest?

Spoiler Alert: Spoilers follow for The BrutalistBrady Corbet’s The Brutalist is one of the buzziest movies of 2024. Against all odds, the film lives up to the hype — The Brutalist is a staggeringly ambitious, enthralling spectacle that feels almost like a classic from the 1970s. It very well might be the best film of the year, period, and it seems a given that it’ll be an Oscar contender.

Clocking in at a runtime of just over three and a half hours (including a fifteen-minute intermission), the film is a massive undertaking, but it somehow feels half its length. The first act in particular includes some of the most exhilarating filmmaking of the last decade, proving a captivating immigrant saga and a...

Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist has been lobbed no shortage of compliments like “majestic,” “monumental” and “masterpiece,” to name just a few. But none of those words are surprising to star Adrien Brody who knew straight away after reading it that it was something special.

“I was so moved by it and saw such potential because the script was so beautiful. The breadth of it was so complex and nuanced,” Brody told The Hollywood Reporter at the A24 film’s recent Los Angeles premiere. “Then I met with Brady and found him to be intellectually stimulating, to say the least. That was about five-and-a-half years ago or so at this point. But then they went in another direction with it, and the movie went away.”

Actors lose parts on the daily in Hollywood, but missing out on the chance to play László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect who is attempting...

The ever-talented Felicity Jones continues to prove her on-screen talents following a run of successful leading roles over the years, from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to The Theory of Everything — the latter earning her an Academy Award nomination. Her latest awards contender, the A24 film The Brutalist, finds Jones alongside Oscar-winner Adrien Brody. They play a Hungarian refugee couple seeking a fruitful life in post-World War II America. Jones plays a sharp-witted but disease-stricken writer named Erzsébet, whose skilled architect of a husband, László (Brody), arrives in America far before she does. They finally reconnect in the U.S. while he's busy bringing to life an epic project thought up by a wealthy American industrialist named Harrison (Guy Pearce).

MovieWeb recently caught up with Jones in-person in Los Angeles to learn more about her groundbreaking new dramatic film (all 215 minutes of it) and the through line of the...

Amazon MGM is getting into the race car business thanks to news that a new drama series centered around the world of Formula 1 is being developed for Prime Video. The best part? Felicity Jones is set to lead the cast of what's being titled One, which is the first-ever sanctioned scripted series by the Fia.

Per Variety, Jones is set to both lead and executive produce One, which is said to "focus on a failing family-owned racing team, led by Jones’ character, as it contends with fierce personalities, ever-changing rivals and multi-million-dollar stakes." It should be made clear that, as of right now, the F1 drama is currently in the developmental stage, and an official series order has yet to be made by Amazon, meaning that there is still a slight chance that things could fall apart. Jones will produce through her Piecrust Pictures label, while Mark Fergus and...

The method dressing trend took a Wicked turn over these past few months as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo delivered a high-profile parade of pink and green ensembles that went viral on Instagram or TikTok with every appearance. After those eye-catching looks, you would be forgiven for not clocking Felicity Jones’ recent appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of The Brutalist as being the newest example of the red carpet craze.

“This look is inspired by brutalist architecture,” Jones explained to The Hollywood Reporter of her black Proenza Schouler dress from the house’s Spring 2025 collection. The dress features a cut-out design up top and a car-wash-style skirt on the bottom with grommet details. “That was the idea with the dress, which has very strict rectangular forms and quite blunt cuts. It’s a dress that felt like it was an appropriate look for the film.”

Felicity Jones attends...

Plot: In the aftermath of WW2, László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survived the holocaust, emigrates to America. While there, he gets a taste of the American dream from a wealthy benefactor (Guy Pearce), although success may carry a price too difficult to bear.

Review: It would be fair to say there hasn’t been a movie like The Brutalist in about forty years. One-time actor Brady Corbet, who emerged as a director following The Childhood of a Leader and the underrated Vox Lux, makes movies in the vein of David Lean, with this telling a deeply personal story on an epic scale the likes of which we haven’t seen in a long time. Shooting in 70mm VistaVision, The Brutalist is a three-and-a-half hour masterwork (with an intermission) that will go a long way towards establishing Corbett as one of the great modern directors.

Indeed, The Brutalist...

As one of the last major Oscar contenders to release in 2024, finding out where to watch The Brutalist is a significant question for all awards season enthusiasts. Ever since Brady Corbet's movie debuted at the Venice International Film Festival, it has been seen as a contender for the 2025 Oscars season. Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and others, The Brutalist follows Brody's character, László Toth, as he journeys to America to start fresh and blazes a trail thanks to incredible architectural abilities. It put Adrien Brody firmly in the list of predicted 2025 Oscars Best Actor nominations.

Although buzz for The Brutalist's cast and crew began back at Venice following its September debut, the film was first seen without confirmed distribution plans. A24 acquired the rights to the film afterward, reportedly for around $10 million (per Variety), and elected to give the film a wide theatrical release - far...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Venice Film Festival. A24 will release “The Brutalist” in select theaters on Friday, December 20.

It might seem too easy to observe that Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” — a 215-minute slab of a film that spans 30 years in the life of Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody), who flees to America in the hopes of building a better future — has been constructed to embody the aesthetics of its title character. Shot in VistaVision and projected on 300lbs.’ worth of 70mm film stock, Corbet’s epic draws a perfectly self-evident connection between the weight of its raw material and that of the concrete monolith Tóth creates over the course of the story, and the same could be said of its minimalistic framing, its bone-deep aversion to nostalgia, and, most of all, the movie’s efforts to reveal the soul...

A24 has unveiled the newest trailer for Brady Corbet’s critical darling, The Brutalist. The three-and-a-half-hour drama was shot on 70mm and it was made for under $10 million. It became a sensation at this year’s Venice Film Festival, garnering a 12-minute standing ovation and winning the Silver Lion, which goes to the film’s director. Now, we see more of the plot and the powerful performances by Adrian Brody and Guy Pearce. The Brutalist is a post-wwii epic that many critics are having a hard time finding the right films to compare it to.

Here is the official plot of The Brutalist: “Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania,...

"My buildings were devised to endure such erosion of the shoreline." A24 has revealed an amazing second trailer for the extraordinary film The Brutalist, the third feature film directed by acclaimed filmmaker / actor Brady Corbet. It premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it was instantly regarded as one of the best films of the year – a monumental masterpiece of American cinema about a brilliant architect who emerges from the Holocaust in WWII and resettles in America. I've been praising it sine Venice, too! When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and extremely wealthy benefactor - a man named Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Made by director Brady Corbet, co-written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, the film stars Adrien Brody as László, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce,...

With the release of “The Brutalist” just one week away, A24 debuted a lengthy new trailer for the awards contender on the back of its strong showing at the Golden Globe Awards.

The film directed and co-written by Brady Corbert and starring Adrien Brody has widely been considered one of the year’s top competitors in the Oscars race since its debut at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year. So far, any early bets on the film have paid off handsomely: “The Brutalist” won Best Film at the New York Film Critics Circle last week and placed as the runner-up choice with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Brody, meanwhile, was the New York Film Critics Circle pick for Best Actor. Additional honors for “The Brutalist” included Best Production Design from the Los Angeles critics and then a runner-up citation for Best Cinematography.

“The Brutalist” also landed seven nominations at the Golden Globes,...

We’re now finally just about a week away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which will roll out in NY and LA in 70mm engagements starting next Friday, followed by a wider release in January. Led by Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola, the drama of epic proportions is 215 minutes long, with a 15-minute intermission, and shot on VistaVision. As tickets go on sale, A24 has now released the full trailer for Venice’s Best Director winner, revealing much more of the set-up while still not giving away too much.

Here’s the synopsis: “Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country,...

Adrien Brody is stepping out for the premiere of his highly-anticipated new movie!

The 51-year-old Oscar-winning actor joined co-stars Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn at the premiere of The Brutalist on Thursday night (December 5) held at the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Guy Pearce, Isaach De Bankole, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, and Alessandro Nivola.

Here’s the synopsis: Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (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 (Pearce) recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost…

The movie made a splash at the major film festivals over the summer,...

Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos have been officially announced as part of the cast of Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming series at HBO, a followup to his hit Mare Of Easttown.

Plimpton’s casting was revealed in the “Coming To Max in 2025” trailer released Sunday night, which also unveiled Task as the title of the show (fka Untitled Task Force Project), headlined by Mark Ruffalo. (You can watch it below)

Based on an original idea by Ingelsby, Task is set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

Plimpton plays Kathleen McGinty, the FBI Supervisory Senior Resident in Charge, a career agent who recruits Tom to head up the Task...

Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos have joined the cast of “Task,” an upcoming HBO drama series starring Mark Ruffalo.

Set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia, “Task” follows Tom (Ruffalo), an FBI agent leading a task force meant to tend to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).

Plimpton plays Kathleen McGinty, the FBI supervisory senior resident in charge who recruits Tom to lead the task force just as she learns that she is being forced to retire, while Enos plays Tom’s wife, Susan Brandis. The pair married young, which is the reason Tom left the priesthood.

Plimpton’s credits include films like “The Goonies” (1985), “The Mosquito Coast” (1986) and “Parenthood” (1989), as well as the 2010-2014 Fox sitcom “Raising Hope.” More recently, she has appeared in the 2021 film “Mass” and the HBO series “The Regime,” which aired earlier this year. She is...

HBO is rounding out the cast of its upcoming limited series Task.

The drama from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby has added Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos to its already large ensemble. Mark Ruffalo heads the cast as an FBI agent leading a task force investigating a string of drug-house robberies in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Plimpton’s presence in Task was revealed Sunday in a teaser for HBO and Max’s upcoming programming. She will play Kathleen McGinty, a career FBI agent who recruits Tom (Ruffalo) to head up the task force, just as she learns that she is being forced to retire. Enos will play Susan Brandis, Tom’s wife and the heart and soul of their family. She and Tom married young and is the reason he left the priesthood.

The show’s cast also includes Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley,...

Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos are the latest additions to HBO’s Task force.

The Raising Hope and Killing stars have been cast opposite Mark Ruffalo in Task, a limited series created by Mare of Easttown mastermind Brad Ingelsby. Premiering in 2025, the drama is “set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia,” where “an FBI agent (played by Ruffalo) heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man,” according to the official logline.

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It is a surprise then to discover the French star in the role of the Greek mythology figure of Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, reimagined as a gentlemanly taxi driver, with charmingly accented but grammatically perfect English in The Opera!, which world premieres in the Rome Film Festival on Friday evening.

Based loosely on tragic love story Orpheus and Eurydice, Davide Livermore and creative director Paolo Gep Cucco’s original telling of the ancient legend mixes opera arias from Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Boito and Gluck with pop classics such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “The Power of Love.”

Cassel tops a cast also featuring Caterina Murino,...

La película está dirigida por Brady Corbet y protagonizada por Adrian Brody y Felicity Jones. © A24

Ya se ha publicado el tráiler y póster de The Brutalist, la película de A24 dirigida por Brady Corbet (The Crowded Room), que le valió el León de Plata al Mejor Director en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia.

En The Brutalist, huyendo de la Europa de la posguerra, el visionario arquitecto László Toth (Brody) llega a Estados Unidos para reconstruir su vida, su obra y su matrimonio con su esposa Erzsébet (Jones), tras verse obligados a separarse durante la guerra a causa de los cambios de fronteras y regímenes. Solo y en un nuevo país totalmente desconocido para él, László se establece en Pensilvania, donde el adinerado y prominente empresario industrial Harrison Lee Van Buren (Pearce) reconoce su talento para la arquitectura. Pero amasar poder y forjarse un legado tiene su precio…...

Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones star in the first trailer for director Brady Corbet’s acclaimed historical drama feature The Brutalist.

A24 releases the film Dec. 20 following its premiere over the summer at the Venice Film Festival. Rounding out the cast are Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola.

The Brutalist focuses on László Tóth (Brody), a Jewish architect who immigrates to the U.S. with wife Erzsébet (Jones) after World War II. Following their arrival, Tóth lands a mysterious wealthy client (Pearce), who plays a key role in the architect’s path.

“Welcome to America,” Brody says in the trailer following a montage of moments from his character’s life.

Corbet (Vox Lux) helmed the film from a script he co-wrote with Mona Fastvold. Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison and Brian Young serve as producers.