“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, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, with Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. Shot on film and projected on film (both 35mm and 70mm) this is opening in theaters starting in December. I’m one of many who have already been calling this a masterpiece, describing it in my review as a film “we will be celebrating for decades to come.” A must see on the big screen as soon as you get a chance. // Continue Reading ›
