Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
Breaking down the odds a film gets a Best Original Screenplay nomination, the first thing to note is that the Oscar usually goes to a film written or co-written by the director. The last film to win this category without the director having a writing credit is “The King’s Speech” over a decade ago. If one were to guess why this is, a good answer would be that with Best Picture expanding to 10 categories, the door opened to voters being invested in even more filmmakers’ successes,...
The State of the Race
Breaking down the odds a film gets a Best Original Screenplay nomination, the first thing to note is that the Oscar usually goes to a film written or co-written by the director. The last film to win this category without the director having a writing credit is “The King’s Speech” over a decade ago. If one were to guess why this is, a good answer would be that with Best Picture expanding to 10 categories, the door opened to voters being invested in even more filmmakers’ successes,...
- 10/10/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Netflix will campaign Jacques Audiard’s genre-bending original musical “Emilia Perez” in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for next year’s Oscars ceremony.
Variety revealed the studio’s decision on Thursday morning, confirming what industry experts and observers had long anticipated. (“Emilia Perez” was already moved from Best Original Screenplay to Best Adapted Screenplay in the Gold Derby predictions center last month.) Audiard has frequently spoken about how “Emilia Perez” was very loosely inspired by a character – one not named Emilia Perez – in the Boris Razon 2018 novel “Écoute.” The filmmaker had originally conceived of “Emilia Perez” as a four-act opera but later evolved the project into its current form, a musical crime drama focusing on a drug cartel kingpin who undergoes gender-confirmation surgery and renames herself Emilia Perez. Karla Sofia Gascon stars as the title character and is widely expected to make history as the first trans actress nominated for Best Actress.
Variety revealed the studio’s decision on Thursday morning, confirming what industry experts and observers had long anticipated. (“Emilia Perez” was already moved from Best Original Screenplay to Best Adapted Screenplay in the Gold Derby predictions center last month.) Audiard has frequently spoken about how “Emilia Perez” was very loosely inspired by a character – one not named Emilia Perez – in the Boris Razon 2018 novel “Écoute.” The filmmaker had originally conceived of “Emilia Perez” as a four-act opera but later evolved the project into its current form, a musical crime drama focusing on a drug cartel kingpin who undergoes gender-confirmation surgery and renames herself Emilia Perez. Karla Sofia Gascon stars as the title character and is widely expected to make history as the first trans actress nominated for Best Actress.
- 10/10/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
One of this year’s most original films is making a strategic play for Oscar gold in the adapted screenplay category.
Jacques Audiard’s crime musical, “Emilia Pérez,” will now officially submit as an adapted screenplay for the Academy Awards, despite initially positioning itself as an original script. The film is also not WGA signatory, which means it will not be eligible for a nomination at the WGA Awards.
The shift in strategy stems from the fact that Audiard developed the screenplay from what was originally intended as an opera libretto in four acts. The title character was loosely inspired by a chapter from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, “Écoute.”
“Emilia Pérez” centers on Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón), a notorious cartel leader who seeks the legal expertise of Rita (Zoe Saldaña) to fake her own death, allowing her to live authentically as her true self. Acquired by Netflix after premiering at Cannes,...
Jacques Audiard’s crime musical, “Emilia Pérez,” will now officially submit as an adapted screenplay for the Academy Awards, despite initially positioning itself as an original script. The film is also not WGA signatory, which means it will not be eligible for a nomination at the WGA Awards.
The shift in strategy stems from the fact that Audiard developed the screenplay from what was originally intended as an opera libretto in four acts. The title character was loosely inspired by a chapter from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, “Écoute.”
“Emilia Pérez” centers on Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón), a notorious cartel leader who seeks the legal expertise of Rita (Zoe Saldaña) to fake her own death, allowing her to live authentically as her true self. Acquired by Netflix after premiering at Cannes,...
- 10/10/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Since the academy expanded the Best Picture category at the Oscars in 2010, Best Original Screenplay has gone to writers of a wide-range of genres: dramas; comedies (“Midnight in Paris”); biopics; true-life stories (“Spotlight”); memoirs (“Belfast”); period pictures (“Django Unchained”); war movies (“The Hurt Locker”); sci-fi (“Her”), thrillers horror (“Get Out”) and fantasies (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) . (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Original Screenplay.)
Of this year’s top 10 contenders for Best Original Screenplay, nine were written, at least in part, by the directors. The exception is “Challengers,” which Justin Kuritzkes wrote for director Luca Guadagnino. He also adapted the William S. Burroughs novel “Queer” for this busy helmer and he could well contend over in Best Adapted Screenplay for that.
“Challengers” is, at its heart, a romance. Love, albeit short-lived, is also the subject of the frontrunner in this race, Sean Baker‘s “Anora.
Of this year’s top 10 contenders for Best Original Screenplay, nine were written, at least in part, by the directors. The exception is “Challengers,” which Justin Kuritzkes wrote for director Luca Guadagnino. He also adapted the William S. Burroughs novel “Queer” for this busy helmer and he could well contend over in Best Adapted Screenplay for that.
“Challengers” is, at its heart, a romance. Love, albeit short-lived, is also the subject of the frontrunner in this race, Sean Baker‘s “Anora.
- 10/8/2024
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Whether it be Robert Rodriguez making El Mariachi for just $7,000 or Godzilla Minus One looking like a big Hollywood epic with only a $15 million budget, it’s quite the feat when filmmakers are able to stretch a dollar. This year’s Venice Film Festival darling, A24’s The Brutalist, is a 3-and-a-half-hour drama shot on 70mm and it was made for under $10 million. The Brutalist was 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, in this case Brady Corbet. Although originally known as an actor (notably giving a terrific performance in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games remake), Corbet has been making his mark behind the camera. He co-wrote The Brutalist with longtime partner Mona Fastvold.
According to Deadline, Corbet would explain how he made this film with such a budget at a CAA screening.
According to Deadline, Corbet would explain how he made this film with such a budget at a CAA screening.
- 10/8/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
A brutal Oscar season is ahead…in a good way.
As the Oscar race heats up, Hollywood is bracing for an intense, wide-open awards season. After its whirlwind tour through the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, A24’s newly acquired historical epic “The Brutalist” has emerged as a potential heavyweight in this year’s Academy Awards lineup. Starring Adrien Brody in a career-redefining role as a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and journeys to the U.S., the film screened in front of an influential audience at CAA on Sunday night. The room was filled with industry professionals, journalists, and Oscar winners like Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”). After the screening, the film’s director, Brady Corbet, and co-writer Mona Fastvold participated in a post-screening Q&a session, giving the audience insight into the seven-year odyssey to bring this project to life.
“The Brutalist” follows 30 years in...
As the Oscar race heats up, Hollywood is bracing for an intense, wide-open awards season. After its whirlwind tour through the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, A24’s newly acquired historical epic “The Brutalist” has emerged as a potential heavyweight in this year’s Academy Awards lineup. Starring Adrien Brody in a career-redefining role as a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and journeys to the U.S., the film screened in front of an influential audience at CAA on Sunday night. The room was filled with industry professionals, journalists, and Oscar winners like Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”). After the screening, the film’s director, Brady Corbet, and co-writer Mona Fastvold participated in a post-screening Q&a session, giving the audience insight into the seven-year odyssey to bring this project to life.
“The Brutalist” follows 30 years in...
- 10/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director Brady Corbet doesn’t see much difference between constructing a skyscraper and making a movie.
“There are so many similarities,” says Corbet, whose new film “The Brutalist,” which dramatizes the concessions architects are forced to accept, is also an allegory of Hollywood. “We’re usually working for a client. The infrastructure involved is enormous. The number of people required to run these operations is immense, and there are so many compromises you have to make. There aren’t many art forms with so many cooks in the kitchen.”
“The Brutalist” is more concerned with constructing monuments than making movies, but its story seems to be informed by Corbet’s personal experiences with art and commerce. It centers on László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect, who arrives in America after being interned at Buchenwald. His path intersects with that of a preening industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce...
“There are so many similarities,” says Corbet, whose new film “The Brutalist,” which dramatizes the concessions architects are forced to accept, is also an allegory of Hollywood. “We’re usually working for a client. The infrastructure involved is enormous. The number of people required to run these operations is immense, and there are so many compromises you have to make. There aren’t many art forms with so many cooks in the kitchen.”
“The Brutalist” is more concerned with constructing monuments than making movies, but its story seems to be informed by Corbet’s personal experiences with art and commerce. It centers on László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect, who arrives in America after being interned at Buchenwald. His path intersects with that of a preening industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce...
- 10/3/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“I think that brutalism’s commitment to minimalism and maximalism is something that we really identify with in terms of our ambitions for our films,” said “The Brutalist” writer-director Brady Corbet about his epic during a Q&a at the New York Film Festival. Above, watch the entire discussion with Corbet along with co-writer Mona Fastvold, composer Daniel Blumberg, production designer Judy Becker, and actors Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Alessandro Nivola, Isaach de Bankolé, Emma Laird, and Stacy Martin.
Corbet continued, “We really like extreme quiet and extreme cacophony in equal measure, and I love anything where your feelings as a spectator remain unresolved in perpetuity. I think that there are too many films and there’s too much architecture which sort of arrives at a foregone conclusion and it doesn’t continue to evolve in your mental space, and so I love that brutalist architecture is something that is...
Corbet continued, “We really like extreme quiet and extreme cacophony in equal measure, and I love anything where your feelings as a spectator remain unresolved in perpetuity. I think that there are too many films and there’s too much architecture which sort of arrives at a foregone conclusion and it doesn’t continue to evolve in your mental space, and so I love that brutalist architecture is something that is...
- 10/2/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“The Room Next Door,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Maria” and “The Brutalist” and “A Real Pain” are among the films featuring at the 11th Miami Film Festival Gems.
The Festival’s fall midseason event will take place from Oct. 30 – Nov. 3.
“This year’s Gems is without a doubt our biggest one yet. Not only is it our largest program with over 30 prestige titles being featured, it’s our most diverse – animation, episodic content, documentaries, retrospectives, and narrative epics – it’s all here,” said Lauren Cohen, director of programming. “When you have titans of their craft such as Pedro Almodóvar, Alfonso Cuarón, Brady Corbet, Mike Leigh, Pablo Larraín, Steve McQueen, and Andrea Arnold all with new movies in the same program, you know you’re in for something special.”
James Woolley, executive director of the festival said, “Our upcoming Gems offers a glimpse of what’s to come at the Miami Film Festival in April.
The Festival’s fall midseason event will take place from Oct. 30 – Nov. 3.
“This year’s Gems is without a doubt our biggest one yet. Not only is it our largest program with over 30 prestige titles being featured, it’s our most diverse – animation, episodic content, documentaries, retrospectives, and narrative epics – it’s all here,” said Lauren Cohen, director of programming. “When you have titans of their craft such as Pedro Almodóvar, Alfonso Cuarón, Brady Corbet, Mike Leigh, Pablo Larraín, Steve McQueen, and Andrea Arnold all with new movies in the same program, you know you’re in for something special.”
James Woolley, executive director of the festival said, “Our upcoming Gems offers a glimpse of what’s to come at the Miami Film Festival in April.
- 10/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
There’s no denying this Holocaust movie.
Gold Derby has been tracking the top Oscar races for months, and one film that has made a huge climb in our Best Picture odds is “The Brutalist.” In the predictions chart above, you can see how this movie (represented by the dark pink color) has continued climbing up the rankings, while some of its fellow contenders remain essentially flat.
A24’s historical drama is directed by Brady Corbet and stars Adrien Brody as Holocaust survivor László Tóth, Felicity Jones as his wife Erzsébet Tóth, and Guy Pearce as wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren. Currently, “The Brutalist” comes in seventh place to win Best Picture with 11/1 odds. The six films above it on our chart are “Anora” (8/1 odds), “Conclave” (9/1 odds), “Emilia Perez” (9/1 odds), “Dune: Part Two” (19/2 odds), “Sing Sing” (19/2 odds) and “Blitz” (10/1 odds).
SEEExperts slugfest mailbag: ‘The Substance,’ new trailers, and is...
Gold Derby has been tracking the top Oscar races for months, and one film that has made a huge climb in our Best Picture odds is “The Brutalist.” In the predictions chart above, you can see how this movie (represented by the dark pink color) has continued climbing up the rankings, while some of its fellow contenders remain essentially flat.
A24’s historical drama is directed by Brady Corbet and stars Adrien Brody as Holocaust survivor László Tóth, Felicity Jones as his wife Erzsébet Tóth, and Guy Pearce as wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren. Currently, “The Brutalist” comes in seventh place to win Best Picture with 11/1 odds. The six films above it on our chart are “Anora” (8/1 odds), “Conclave” (9/1 odds), “Emilia Perez” (9/1 odds), “Dune: Part Two” (19/2 odds), “Sing Sing” (19/2 odds) and “Blitz” (10/1 odds).
SEEExperts slugfest mailbag: ‘The Substance,’ new trailers, and is...
- 9/27/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Isabelle Huppert, Hong Sang-soo favourite stars in New York Film Festival highlight A Traveler’s Need Photo: Anne Katrin Titze
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and Silver Lion Best Director winner at the Venice International Film Festival), starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola; Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig with Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, and Missagh Zareh; Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April (Special Jury Prize in Venice) with Ia Sukhitashvili, plus Hong Sang-soo’s By The Stream, starring Kwon Haehyo, Kim Minhee, and Cho Yunhee and his A Traveler’s Needs (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival) starring Isabelle Huppert, round out the five early bird highlights in the Main Slate program...
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and Silver Lion Best Director winner at the Venice International Film Festival), starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola; Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig with Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, and Missagh Zareh; Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April (Special Jury Prize in Venice) with Ia Sukhitashvili, plus Hong Sang-soo’s By The Stream, starring Kwon Haehyo, Kim Minhee, and Cho Yunhee and his A Traveler’s Needs (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival) starring Isabelle Huppert, round out the five early bird highlights in the Main Slate program...
- 9/24/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: A24 has set Q4 theatrical releases for its Venice Film Festival acquisitions, Queer from Luca Guadagnino, and The Brutalist from Brady Corbet.
Queer, which holds a 78% fresh grade with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, will go limited on Nov. 27. The pic, which is adapted from William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name by Guadagnino’s Challengers collaborator Justin Kuritzkes, follows William Lee (Daniel Craig) an American ex-pat in his late forties, as he leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Drew Starkey, Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Andra Ursuta, Michael Borremans and David Lowery also star. Queer had its North American Premiere as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival and will play the New York Film Festival in a Spotlight Gala.
Queer, which holds a 78% fresh grade with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, will go limited on Nov. 27. The pic, which is adapted from William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name by Guadagnino’s Challengers collaborator Justin Kuritzkes, follows William Lee (Daniel Craig) an American ex-pat in his late forties, as he leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Drew Starkey, Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Andra Ursuta, Michael Borremans and David Lowery also star. Queer had its North American Premiere as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival and will play the New York Film Festival in a Spotlight Gala.
- 9/24/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Even though it also concerns an architect fighting entrenched elites to achieve his singular vision, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist doesn’t bow before the altar of The Fountainhead. Yet he takes a gauntlet thrown down early in King Vidor’s 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s novel—no place originality exists in architecture, and the past cannot be improved upon—more seriously than either artist. Corbet’s epic, like Adrien Brody’s László Toth, remains unconcerned with choosing between honoring the past and catering to the present. They instead seek to transcend time altogether, thus equipping their artistry to endure well into the future.
Corbet’s multi-decade survey of post-war America captures the sweeping scope of the novelistic period epics of the studio era, which embodied the cultural might of the United States as it asserted dominance across the globe. But The Brutalist rises above simple pastiche or homage.
Corbet’s multi-decade survey of post-war America captures the sweeping scope of the novelistic period epics of the studio era, which embodied the cultural might of the United States as it asserted dominance across the globe. But The Brutalist rises above simple pastiche or homage.
- 9/24/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
Brady Corbet’s ferocious love of cinema is felt every minute in The Brutalist, which won the director the Silver Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival and is a highlight in the Main Slate programme of the 62nd New York Film Festival. Co-written with Mona Fastvold, the film stars a virtuoso Adrien Brody who is accompanied by the swell ensemble cast of Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.
Corbet’s go-to cinematographer Lol Crawley, together with the formidable production design by Judy Becker create a 70mm tableau that functions as a palimpsest of memories and dreams, realities and archives. A past...
Corbet’s go-to cinematographer Lol Crawley, together with the formidable production design by Judy Becker create a 70mm tableau that functions as a palimpsest of memories and dreams, realities and archives. A past...
- 9/21/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Our predictions center officially opened on July 1, 2024 and already more than 3,900 people have made their forecasts in the categories for picture, directing, acting, writing and animation. So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?
Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on September 19, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28 and September 11.
Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: Nicole Kidman in Best Actress for A24’s erotic thriller “Babygirl”; Selena Gomez in Best Supporting Actress for Netflix’s musical crime comedy “Emilia Perez”; Guy Pearce in Best Supporting Actor for A24’s historical...
Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on September 19, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28 and September 11.
Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: Nicole Kidman in Best Actress for A24’s erotic thriller “Babygirl”; Selena Gomez in Best Supporting Actress for Netflix’s musical crime comedy “Emilia Perez”; Guy Pearce in Best Supporting Actor for A24’s historical...
- 9/19/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Attila (Alessandro Nivola) with László Tóth (Adrien Brody) in The Brutalist
Alessandro Nivola was at the Venice International Film Festival this past week for the world premières of two movies he is featured in and he turned out to be the lucky charm. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door won the Golden Lion (also in the London Film Festival and the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor.
Alessandro Nivola with Anne-Katrin Titze: “This has been a very long-time passion project for Brady.”
Plus, Brady Corbet won the Silver Lion Best Director for The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the Toronto International Film Festival and the NYFF Main Slate), starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird,...
Alessandro Nivola was at the Venice International Film Festival this past week for the world premières of two movies he is featured in and he turned out to be the lucky charm. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door won the Golden Lion (also in the London Film Festival and the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor.
Alessandro Nivola with Anne-Katrin Titze: “This has been a very long-time passion project for Brady.”
Plus, Brady Corbet won the Silver Lion Best Director for The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the Toronto International Film Festival and the NYFF Main Slate), starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird,...
- 9/13/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“The Brutalist” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, and ever since it has been flying high in our Oscar odds based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. The film now ranks among the top 10 likely contenders for Best Picture, and it looks like more nominations than that could be in the offing. Make or update your Oscar predictions here.
See‘The Room Next Door’: From Golden Lion at Venice to golden Oscars?
The epic film chronicles the life of a Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor, László Tóth (Adrien Brody), who travels to America for a better life. The film earned raves, with critics describing the film as “monumental,” “classic” and “a major work of art.” Coming off that successful debut, the film ranks ninth on our Best Picture chart with 18/1 odds as of September 9. That’s up from a week earlier, September...
See‘The Room Next Door’: From Golden Lion at Venice to golden Oscars?
The epic film chronicles the life of a Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor, László Tóth (Adrien Brody), who travels to America for a better life. The film earned raves, with critics describing the film as “monumental,” “classic” and “a major work of art.” Coming off that successful debut, the film ranks ninth on our Best Picture chart with 18/1 odds as of September 9. That’s up from a week earlier, September...
- 9/10/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
A monumental triumph of independent filmmaking is coming to a cinema near you. Brady Corbet’s 3.5-hour-long, seven-years-in-the-making historical epic The Brutalist finally secured a U.S. distribution deal over the weekend. The movie, which won Corbet the Venice Film Festival’s best director prize Saturday, will be released by indie tastemaker A24 sometime later this year with a major awards season campaign expected to follow.
The buzz around The Brutalist has been building into a roar ever since its first press screening in Italy a little over a week ago. First came the curious talk surrounding the 10-minute intermission that bisects the movie — a commercially challenging choice that nonetheless feels integral to its construction. Then there were excited comparisons to Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, or favorable references to the works of László Nemes and Jonathan Glazer. Awards season pundits, meanwhile, have already projected the film’s star,...
The buzz around The Brutalist has been building into a roar ever since its first press screening in Italy a little over a week ago. First came the curious talk surrounding the 10-minute intermission that bisects the movie — a commercially challenging choice that nonetheless feels integral to its construction. Then there were excited comparisons to Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, or favorable references to the works of László Nemes and Jonathan Glazer. Awards season pundits, meanwhile, have already projected the film’s star,...
- 9/9/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Brutalist has immediately left its mark as a trying, heavy epic…so it’s really no shock that A24 has landed distribution rights. While no release date has been announced yet, the film will no doubt be headed into awards season in full force.
The Brutalist was 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, in this case Brady Corbet. Although originally known as an actor (notably giving a terrific performance in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games remake), Corbet has been making his mark behind the camera. He co-wrote The Brutalist with longtime partner Mona Fastvold.
Here is the film’s plot: “The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth, who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins...
The Brutalist was 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, in this case Brady Corbet. Although originally known as an actor (notably giving a terrific performance in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games remake), Corbet has been making his mark behind the camera. He co-wrote The Brutalist with longtime partner Mona Fastvold.
Here is the film’s plot: “The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth, who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins...
- 9/8/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Imagine a film archivist scouring an underground vault in Burbank or a cave in Butte, Montana, and discovering a few dozen dusty film canisters tucked away in a corner. Reels of some long-lost project from Francis Ford Coppola, or Bernardo Bertolucci, or Michael Cimino circa the mid-1970s reside in these tins, bearing all the hallmarks of the big-canvas epics these auteurs made in their heyday. The performances are reminiscent of that decade’s brooding Method-ists and screen chameleons — think Pacino, De Niro, Cazale, Streep. The moody, inky cinematography appears...
- 9/8/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
A24 has acquired US rights to Venice Silver Lion winner Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ starring Adrien Brody, which will receive its North American premiere in Toronto on Tuesday.
The news comes after Corbet’s triumph on the Lido on Saturday, one day after the 215-minute long drama screened to press and industry in Toronto, sparking what is believed to have been a competitive situation among US buyers.
The story of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the United States in 1947 and endured poverty before winning a contract that changed his life, marks the second high-profile awards season...
The news comes after Corbet’s triumph on the Lido on Saturday, one day after the 215-minute long drama screened to press and industry in Toronto, sparking what is believed to have been a competitive situation among US buyers.
The story of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the United States in 1947 and endured poverty before winning a contract that changed his life, marks the second high-profile awards season...
- 9/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
A24 has landed U.S. distribution rights to “The Brutalist,” a historical epic directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The 215-minute movie (which includes an intermission!) debuted to acclaim at the Venice Film Festival before screening for buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.
Multiple parties pursued the sale after “The Brutalist” scored a lengthy 12-minute standing ovation at Venice and landed Corbet the Silver Lion award for best director, with A24 emerging victorious in what has been described as a competitive situation. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal, which was just under $10 million, according to those familiar with the terms of the sale. Other sources peg the final figure closer to $5.5 million. A24 declined to comment.
“The Brutalist” chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon...
Multiple parties pursued the sale after “The Brutalist” scored a lengthy 12-minute standing ovation at Venice and landed Corbet the Silver Lion award for best director, with A24 emerging victorious in what has been described as a competitive situation. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal, which was just under $10 million, according to those familiar with the terms of the sale. Other sources peg the final figure closer to $5.5 million. A24 declined to comment.
“The Brutalist” chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon...
- 9/8/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
A24 has won the bidding war to acquire U.S. rights to Brady Corbet’s buzzy Venice Film Festival winner The Brutalist. A24 announced the deal, brokered with CAA Media Finance, on Sunday, ahead of the film’s North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10.
Adrien Brody stars in the historical epic as László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect of the brutalist school who survives the devastation of World War 2 and emigrates to the United States, hoping to rebuild his life and work. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract from a mysterious and wealthy client, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), that will change the course of the next 30 years of his life. Felicity Jones co-stars as Tóth’s wife Erzsébet, while Joe Alwyn plays the rich industrialist’s mercurial son. Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola co-star.
Adrien Brody stars in the historical epic as László Tóth, a Jewish Hungarian architect of the brutalist school who survives the devastation of World War 2 and emigrates to the United States, hoping to rebuild his life and work. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract from a mysterious and wealthy client, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), that will change the course of the next 30 years of his life. Felicity Jones co-stars as Tóth’s wife Erzsébet, while Joe Alwyn plays the rich industrialist’s mercurial son. Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola co-star.
- 9/8/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A24 acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Brutalist, the Brady Corbet-directed film that just won the Silver Lion award at Venice before bowing at the Toronto Film Festival.
Corbet wrote the immigrant story with Mona Fastvold, and pic stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn. Film chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with shady benefactors.
Corbet won the Silver Lion award for Best Director in Venice. It will also play the New York Film Festival.
CAA Media Finance brokered the deal. Focus holds international rights.
Corbet wrote the immigrant story with Mona Fastvold, and pic stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn. Film chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with shady benefactors.
Corbet won the Silver Lion award for Best Director in Venice. It will also play the New York Film Festival.
CAA Media Finance brokered the deal. Focus holds international rights.
- 9/8/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door won the Golden Lion for best film at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
Almodóvar’s first English-language feature marks the first time he has won the top award at one of the three major film festivals. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in the story of a woman who makes the decision to end her life, and the friend who re-enters her world around this time.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in the US on December 20, with Warner Bros handling multiple international territories including UK-Ireland.
Almodóvar’s first English-language feature marks the first time he has won the top award at one of the three major film festivals. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in the story of a woman who makes the decision to end her life, and the friend who re-enters her world around this time.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in the US on December 20, with Warner Bros handling multiple international territories including UK-Ireland.
- 9/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
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...
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...
- 9/7/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton: “His world is so stylised …
Alessandro Nivola was at the Venice International Film Festival this week for the world premières of two movies he is featured in. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door (London Film Festival and the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor, plus Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the Toronto International Film Festival and the NYFF Main Slate) starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.
Alessandro Nivola with Anne-Katrin Titze on his scene with Julianne Moore: “He had very specific thoughts about every line,...
Alessandro Nivola was at the Venice International Film Festival this week for the world premières of two movies he is featured in. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door (London Film Festival and the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor, plus Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the Toronto International Film Festival and the NYFF Main Slate) starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.
Alessandro Nivola with Anne-Katrin Titze on his scene with Julianne Moore: “He had very specific thoughts about every line,...
- 9/6/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Alessandro Nivola shows a photo of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock with his grandfather Costantino Nivola to Anne-Katrin Titze: “He was part of that whole scene. And so I grew up with all that around me.”
Alessandro Nivola is in two movies that had their world premières this week at the Venice International Film Festival. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door (the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor, plus Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the NYFF Main Slate) starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.
Alessandro is also teaming up again with Jc Chandor (after A Most Violent Year with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain) to play...
Alessandro Nivola is in two movies that had their world premières this week at the Venice International Film Festival. Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Room Next Door (the Centerpiece Gala selection of the New York Film Festival), starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with John Turturro, Alex Hogh Andersen and Esther McGregor, plus Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (co-written with Mona Fastvold and in the NYFF Main Slate) starring Adrien Brody with Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.
Alessandro is also teaming up again with Jc Chandor (after A Most Violent Year with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain) to play...
- 9/4/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones hit the red carpet separately while attending the 2024 Venice International Film Festival premiere of their new movie The Brutalist held on Sunday (September 1) in Venice, Italy.
The 51-year-old actor was joined by his girlfriend Georgina Chapman, while the 40-year-old actress was joined by her husband Charles Guard.
Also in attendance were their co-stars Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach De Bankole, Emma Laird and Alessandro Nivola, as well as director/co-writer Brady Corbet, his wife/co-writer Mona Fastvold and their daughter Ada.
Earlier in the day, the cast and writers stepped out for the photo call ahead of the big premiere.
After the premiere screening, the film received a 12-minute ovation, where Adrien was brought to tears as he tried to direct applause to his co-stars and the director, according to Variety.
The film follows Adrien as “László Tóth, over nearly four decades as he immigrates to the U.
The 51-year-old actor was joined by his girlfriend Georgina Chapman, while the 40-year-old actress was joined by her husband Charles Guard.
Also in attendance were their co-stars Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach De Bankole, Emma Laird and Alessandro Nivola, as well as director/co-writer Brady Corbet, his wife/co-writer Mona Fastvold and their daughter Ada.
Earlier in the day, the cast and writers stepped out for the photo call ahead of the big premiere.
After the premiere screening, the film received a 12-minute ovation, where Adrien was brought to tears as he tried to direct applause to his co-stars and the director, according to Variety.
The film follows Adrien as “László Tóth, over nearly four decades as he immigrates to the U.
- 9/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
At the world premiere of “The Brutalist” at the Venice Film Festival the applause was so extensive that one got a sense that the crowd would continue clapping long enough to match the film’s 215-minute runtime if the staff at the Sala Grande let them.
Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach de Bankolé, the latest film from director Brady Corbet, written with his wife Mona Fastvold, could be summed up as a detailed account of the life of a fictional Brutalist architect who survived WWII, and after emigrating to the United States, falls into trying to build a masterpiece for a wealthy client. Though Focus Features bought the international rights to the ambitious film, the U.S. distribution rights for “The Brutalist” are still up for grabs.
Sitting within its first public screening at La Biennale, one could...
Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach de Bankolé, the latest film from director Brady Corbet, written with his wife Mona Fastvold, could be summed up as a detailed account of the life of a fictional Brutalist architect who survived WWII, and after emigrating to the United States, falls into trying to build a masterpiece for a wealthy client. Though Focus Features bought the international rights to the ambitious film, the U.S. distribution rights for “The Brutalist” are still up for grabs.
Sitting within its first public screening at La Biennale, one could...
- 9/1/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist was the talk of the Lido on Sunday as the seven-years-in-the-making period epic finally received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival’s historic Sala Grande cinema.
The audience inside the premiere erupted in applause as the credits began to roll on the film’s epic three-hour, 35-minute running time, giving Corbet and his cast a rousing, festival-best 13-minute standing ovation. Stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones looked teary at times by the effusive reaction to the movie.
The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a rave review, with chief critic David Rooney describing The Brutalist as “a monumental symphony of the immigrant experience” with a “devastating” performance by Brody as Tóth.
The Brutalist has all the thematic heft and intellectual rigor befitting its subject: The historical trauma and artistic vision that gave rise to the great works of mid-century American Brutalist architecture. But Corbet...
The audience inside the premiere erupted in applause as the credits began to roll on the film’s epic three-hour, 35-minute running time, giving Corbet and his cast a rousing, festival-best 13-minute standing ovation. Stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones looked teary at times by the effusive reaction to the movie.
The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a rave review, with chief critic David Rooney describing The Brutalist as “a monumental symphony of the immigrant experience” with a “devastating” performance by Brody as Tóth.
The Brutalist has all the thematic heft and intellectual rigor befitting its subject: The historical trauma and artistic vision that gave rise to the great works of mid-century American Brutalist architecture. But Corbet...
- 9/1/2024
- by Chris Gardner and Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brady Corbet’s 215-minute post-wwii epic The Brutalist had its world premiere here at the Venice Film Festival this afternoon with the starry drama receiving a 13-minute, five-second ovation from the Sala Grande audience.
On hand were Corbet — whose Vox Lux and Childhood of a Leader previously made their debuts on the Lido — along with cast members Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola.
Although the movie was long enough to require an intermission — which broke out with its own 17-second ovation — the reception to the finale was enthusiastic with plenty of “Brava”s thrown from the audience. Ethan Hawke was even in the crowd, remaining on-hand throughout the ovation.
In The Brutalist, Brody stars as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. with his wife Erzsébet after surviving the Holocaust. As...
On hand were Corbet — whose Vox Lux and Childhood of a Leader previously made their debuts on the Lido — along with cast members Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola.
Although the movie was long enough to require an intermission — which broke out with its own 17-second ovation — the reception to the finale was enthusiastic with plenty of “Brava”s thrown from the audience. Ethan Hawke was even in the crowd, remaining on-hand throughout the ovation.
In The Brutalist, Brody stars as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. with his wife Erzsébet after surviving the Holocaust. As...
- 9/1/2024
- by Nada Aboul Kheir and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Brady Corbet’s historical drama “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce, wowed Venice Film Festival on Sunday with a 12-minute standing ovation.
Brody, who stars in the film as a Hungarian Holocaust survivor struggling to revive his career as an architect in the U.S., was overcome with emotion as the clapping raged on, lasting until security ushered everyone out. The actor wiped tears away and held his head in his hands, repeatedly trying to direct the applause toward his director and co-stars, but the spotlight kept falling back on him.
The stunningly shot three-and-a-half hour drama, which included a 15-minute intermission, follows Brody’s character, László Tóth, over nearly four decades as he immigrates to the U.S. and begins working for a rich but hot-headed man who wants to build an ambitious community center. He helps László reunite with his ailing wife (Jones) and...
Brody, who stars in the film as a Hungarian Holocaust survivor struggling to revive his career as an architect in the U.S., was overcome with emotion as the clapping raged on, lasting until security ushered everyone out. The actor wiped tears away and held his head in his hands, repeatedly trying to direct the applause toward his director and co-stars, but the spotlight kept falling back on him.
The stunningly shot three-and-a-half hour drama, which included a 15-minute intermission, follows Brody’s character, László Tóth, over nearly four decades as he immigrates to the U.S. and begins working for a rich but hot-headed man who wants to build an ambitious community center. He helps László reunite with his ailing wife (Jones) and...
- 9/1/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
When The Childhood of a Leader premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, you had to wonder where Brady Corbet could possibly go next. There was just something wonderfully distasteful about it all: a 27-year-old American speculating on Europe’s darkest days with such brazen energy. Corbet went one better with Vox Lux‘s festival debut in 2018, switching to the States and trading the rise of a dictator with a young woman’s rise from school-shooting survivor to international pop star. Time and history do another spectacular, melancholy dance in The Brutalist, a film with faint echoes of Andrei Rublev‘s monumental ambitions and rich shades of Paul Thomas Anderson’s American myth-making. It might be the best film of the year.
The film premiered in Venice, making it three in a row for Corbet and also a trilogy of fictional biopics: each focusing on a different kind of greatness, each forged in violence and trauma.
The film premiered in Venice, making it three in a row for Corbet and also a trilogy of fictional biopics: each focusing on a different kind of greatness, each forged in violence and trauma.
- 9/1/2024
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Closing out an epilogue that, in turn, caps the 3.5-hour experience that is “The Brutalist,” a certain character looks straight to the camera to deliver a kind of valediction. “It is the destination, not the journey,” they say, though the sentiment doesn’t wholly ring true. Far from it, for the journey is every bit as enthralling in this American epic of assimilation, immigration and industry, while the peculiar rhythms and idiosyncrasies of director Brady Corbet’s storytelling make the film a real standout of this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Split between two chapters, bookended by overture and epilogue and divided by an intermission, “The Brutalist” could be described as novelistic in both form and function. Following a digressive approach more common to the page, Corbet and co-screenwriter Mona Fastvold (who directed the 2020 Venice standout “The World to Come”) embroider a sprawling narrative with quirks and asides, using a...
Split between two chapters, bookended by overture and epilogue and divided by an intermission, “The Brutalist” could be described as novelistic in both form and function. Following a digressive approach more common to the page, Corbet and co-screenwriter Mona Fastvold (who directed the 2020 Venice standout “The World to Come”) embroider a sprawling narrative with quirks and asides, using a...
- 9/1/2024
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
The Safety of Objectivism: Corbet Unleashes the Survival Instinct of Rational Egoism
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see,” so says the heroic protagonist of Ayn Rand’s sensational 1943 novel The Fountainhead, an individualist archetype she intended as “the man that man should be…above all—the man who lives for himself.” It was a tome in which Rand began to craft her controversial theory of Objectivism, which, among its tenets, suggests morality is wholly independent of human knowledge. Filmmaker Brady Corbet, with his third feature, the masterful saga The Brutalist, finds himself, along with co-writer and partner Mona Fastvold, freely inspired by Rand’s iconic novel.…...
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see,” so says the heroic protagonist of Ayn Rand’s sensational 1943 novel The Fountainhead, an individualist archetype she intended as “the man that man should be…above all—the man who lives for himself.” It was a tome in which Rand began to craft her controversial theory of Objectivism, which, among its tenets, suggests morality is wholly independent of human knowledge. Filmmaker Brady Corbet, with his third feature, the masterful saga The Brutalist, finds himself, along with co-writer and partner Mona Fastvold, freely inspired by Rand’s iconic novel.…...
- 9/1/2024
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Brady Corbet’s odyssey into the artistic realms of the 20th century promises, on paper, to be a time-spanning epic. But though the running time is a whopping 3 hours and 35 minutes — with a 15-minute interval whether you want it or not — The Brutalist is, surprisingly, much more intimate than that. The type of 70mm he uses, lensed by regular collaborator Lol Crawley, is not the epic canvas of Lean or Kubrick but a way to propose a sense of scale. It’s the story of a man who thinks big, from a director who also has a vision that doesn’t fit easily into the modest confines of American independent cinema. It falls somewhat short of its lofty target, but it casts a strange spell and often swells with imagination.
Taking his cue from Lars Von Trier, for who he worked as an actor on Melancholia, Brady (with co-writer Mona Fastvold...
Taking his cue from Lars Von Trier, for who he worked as an actor on Melancholia, Brady (with co-writer Mona Fastvold...
- 9/1/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Brady Corbet’s new film “The Brutalist” is impressing viewers and critics alike at the Venice Film Festival. The 215-minute historical drama tells the story of an architect and his wife navigating post-World War II America as they rebuild their lives.
Corbet directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. At over three hours long, the film includes an overture and intermission, challenging typical runtime norms. However, Corbet believes the story deserves this length. “For me, it’s about how much story there is to tell,” he said.
The movie stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones as László and Erzsébet Toth, the architect and his wife. It also features Guy Pearce as a wealthy client who impacts their journey. Brody’s performance in particular is garnering praise, with some predicting it could earn him awards recognition including an Oscar nomination.
Shot in 70mm film, “The Brutalist” uses an intricate style...
Corbet directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. At over three hours long, the film includes an overture and intermission, challenging typical runtime norms. However, Corbet believes the story deserves this length. “For me, it’s about how much story there is to tell,” he said.
The movie stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones as László and Erzsébet Toth, the architect and his wife. It also features Guy Pearce as a wealthy client who impacts their journey. Brody’s performance in particular is garnering praise, with some predicting it could earn him awards recognition including an Oscar nomination.
Shot in 70mm film, “The Brutalist” uses an intricate style...
- 9/1/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Director Brady Corbet Gets Emotional Discussing Staggeringly Ambitious Post-War Epic ‘The Brutalist’
The Venice Film Festival is buzzing over director Brady Corbet’s monumental historical drama The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. The film won’t officially premiere until Sunday night, but the thunderous applause and rapt excitement that followed the film out of its first press screenings on the Lido has many festival-goers speculating that it’s the movie to beat for this year’s Golden Lion.
With a 3.5-hour runtime and a ten-minute intermission in the middle, the film has all the thematic heft and intellectual rigor befitting its subject: the historical trauma and artistic vision that gave rise to the great works of mid-century American Brutalist architecture.
The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States in 1947 to experience the “American dream.” Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with a mysterious and wealthy client,...
With a 3.5-hour runtime and a ten-minute intermission in the middle, the film has all the thematic heft and intellectual rigor befitting its subject: the historical trauma and artistic vision that gave rise to the great works of mid-century American Brutalist architecture.
The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States in 1947 to experience the “American dream.” Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with a mysterious and wealthy client,...
- 9/1/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn and Stacy Martin hit the Venice Film Festival on Sunday for the premiere of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
They were joined at the press conference by the other members of the buzzy cast – Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola – who squeezed onto the stage.
Brody stars as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. with his wife Erzsébet after surviving the Holocaust. Working through poverty and indignity toward the “American dream”.
Pearce plays a mysterious wealthy client who gives him a life-changing contract, while Jones is Tóth’s wife.
Brody said he had felt “immediate kinship and understanding” for the character of Tóth due to the trajectory of his mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy.
“She’s a wonderful photographer, but she’s also a Hungarian immigrant who fled Hungary in 1956 in the Hungarian Revolution.
They were joined at the press conference by the other members of the buzzy cast – Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola – who squeezed onto the stage.
Brody stars as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. with his wife Erzsébet after surviving the Holocaust. Working through poverty and indignity toward the “American dream”.
Pearce plays a mysterious wealthy client who gives him a life-changing contract, while Jones is Tóth’s wife.
Brody said he had felt “immediate kinship and understanding” for the character of Tóth due to the trajectory of his mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy.
“She’s a wonderful photographer, but she’s also a Hungarian immigrant who fled Hungary in 1956 in the Hungarian Revolution.
- 9/1/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Brady Corbet, who is premiering his three-and-a-half hour historical drama “The Brutalist” at Venice Film Festival on Sunday, is shrugging off discourse around movie runtimes being too long.
“This film does everything that we are told we are not allowed to do,” the director said during “The Brutalist’s” press conference. “I think it’s quite silly actually to have a conversation about runtime because that’s like criticizing a book for being 700 pages instead of 100 pages.”
He continued that, for him, it’s more about “how much story there is to tell.”
“Maybe the next thing I make will be 45 minutes and I should be allowed to do it. We should all be allowed to do that. The idea we have to fit into a box is quite silly,” he said. “We should be past that, it’s 2024. As Harmony Korine once said, cinema is stuck in the birth canal.
“This film does everything that we are told we are not allowed to do,” the director said during “The Brutalist’s” press conference. “I think it’s quite silly actually to have a conversation about runtime because that’s like criticizing a book for being 700 pages instead of 100 pages.”
He continued that, for him, it’s more about “how much story there is to tell.”
“Maybe the next thing I make will be 45 minutes and I should be allowed to do it. We should all be allowed to do that. The idea we have to fit into a box is quite silly,” he said. “We should be past that, it’s 2024. As Harmony Korine once said, cinema is stuck in the birth canal.
- 9/1/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
As Adrien Brody‘s post-wwii epic prepares to make its world premiere, the Lido audience is in for quite an onscreen journey.
The Academy Award winner defended the 215-minute runtime of his upcoming movie The Brutalist, premiering Sunday at the Venice Film Festival, as he also prepares to make his London stage debut in The Fear of 13.
“The funny thing, which just occurred to me yesterday, is I’m here in London preparing to do a play with no intermission,” he told Vanity Fair. “And I have a movie that needs an intermission. [Laughs] It’s very strange, but I think it gives time to reflect too.
“It’s hard to tell a lifetime in a film. That’s why we have so much episodic content. I think audiences will like the event aspect of this. It’s very exciting to go see a movie and take a little break in between,...
The Academy Award winner defended the 215-minute runtime of his upcoming movie The Brutalist, premiering Sunday at the Venice Film Festival, as he also prepares to make his London stage debut in The Fear of 13.
“The funny thing, which just occurred to me yesterday, is I’m here in London preparing to do a play with no intermission,” he told Vanity Fair. “And I have a movie that needs an intermission. [Laughs] It’s very strange, but I think it gives time to reflect too.
“It’s hard to tell a lifetime in a film. That’s why we have so much episodic content. I think audiences will like the event aspect of this. It’s very exciting to go see a movie and take a little break in between,...
- 8/30/2024
- by Glenn Garner
- Deadline Film + TV
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival officially kicks off on Wednesday with the eyes of the film world focused on the Lido.
Long-running festival director Alberto Barbera and his team have unveiled a star-studded lineup, including possible awards season contenders. But which premieres can’t be missed amid the busy program?
THR‘s chief movie critic David Rooney looked through the selection of the big Italian festival to pick some of the most intriguing prospects.
The Brutalist
When Brady Corbet was in Venice at age 16 with Mysterious Skin, instead of flying home with his director Gregg Araki and co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he stayed on a couple extra days to see the new Claire Denis film, The Intruder. That same cinephile curiosity is evident in the choice of filmmakers with whom he’s worked, among them Michael Haneke, Sean Durkin, Lars von Trier, Olivier Assayas and Mia Hansen-Love. Co-written with Mona Fastvold,...
Long-running festival director Alberto Barbera and his team have unveiled a star-studded lineup, including possible awards season contenders. But which premieres can’t be missed amid the busy program?
THR‘s chief movie critic David Rooney looked through the selection of the big Italian festival to pick some of the most intriguing prospects.
The Brutalist
When Brady Corbet was in Venice at age 16 with Mysterious Skin, instead of flying home with his director Gregg Araki and co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he stayed on a couple extra days to see the new Claire Denis film, The Intruder. That same cinephile curiosity is evident in the choice of filmmakers with whom he’s worked, among them Michael Haneke, Sean Durkin, Lars von Trier, Olivier Assayas and Mia Hansen-Love. Co-written with Mona Fastvold,...
- 8/27/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brady Corbet, the director of “The Brutalist,” is still trying to figure out the best way to deliver the print for his film to the Venice Film Festival, where it will debut next month. That’s because the epic 215-minute story of a Holocaust survivor forging a new life in America will be shown in 70mm, which means that all 26 reels of film will need to travel in four Pelican cases from Los Angeles to Italy, weighing in at approximately 300 pounds.
“We may have to buy a couple of plane tickets,” he said, shortly after Venice unveiled its lineup. “We have to figure out the best way to get it through customs in order to hand deliver it in time.”
But Corbet has been resisting the digital tide for years, having shot his two previous films, “Vox Lux” and “The Childhood of a Leader,” on celluloid. That’s become something...
“We may have to buy a couple of plane tickets,” he said, shortly after Venice unveiled its lineup. “We have to figure out the best way to get it through customs in order to hand deliver it in time.”
But Corbet has been resisting the digital tide for years, having shot his two previous films, “Vox Lux” and “The Childhood of a Leader,” on celluloid. That’s become something...
- 7/25/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Brady Corbet has premiered features twice before at Venice, but never at this scale.
“The Brutalist” is the director’s first feature since 2018’s “Vox Lux,” which starred Natalie Portman as a pop star haunted by a school shooting. Before that, Corbet also premiered “The Childhood of a Leader” (2015) at Venice, announcing a singular cinematic voice after years of acting in indies like “Melancholia,” “Simon Killer,” “Mysterious Skin,” and “Thirteen.”
As Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera revealed during the July 23 press conference announcing the lineup, “The Brutalist” will premiere in competition. It’s also a whopping 215 minutes long, which includes a 15-minute intermission. The film was shot on Vista Vision by Lol Crawley, director of photography on the celluloid-made “Vox Lux” and “The Childhood of a Leader” as well as Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” more recently. Barbera confirmed that the Italian film festival will screen “The Brutalist” in 70mm,...
“The Brutalist” is the director’s first feature since 2018’s “Vox Lux,” which starred Natalie Portman as a pop star haunted by a school shooting. Before that, Corbet also premiered “The Childhood of a Leader” (2015) at Venice, announcing a singular cinematic voice after years of acting in indies like “Melancholia,” “Simon Killer,” “Mysterious Skin,” and “Thirteen.”
As Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera revealed during the July 23 press conference announcing the lineup, “The Brutalist” will premiere in competition. It’s also a whopping 215 minutes long, which includes a 15-minute intermission. The film was shot on Vista Vision by Lol Crawley, director of photography on the celluloid-made “Vox Lux” and “The Childhood of a Leader” as well as Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” more recently. Barbera confirmed that the Italian film festival will screen “The Brutalist” in 70mm,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Joe Alwyn is enjoying a day out with Mona Fastvold.
The 33-year-old Conversations with Friends actor shared a laugh with the 38-year-old Norwegian filmmaker as they headed to lunch on Tuesday afternoon (April 2) in London, England.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Joe Alwyn
For his outing, Joe sported a dark maroon sweater and jeans paired with a Yankees baseball hat and sunglasses.
Last year, Joe filmed his upcoming movie The Brutalist, which Mona co-wrote the screenplay for with her husband and director Brady Corbet. Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce also star in the movie.
Here’s the synopsis, from Deadline: “The Brutalist chronicles thirty years of an artist’s life. When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Jones) flee post-war Europe to rebuild their legacy in America, a mysterious and wealthy client (Pearce) ends up changing their lives forever.”
The Brutalist doesn’t have a release date yet.
The 33-year-old Conversations with Friends actor shared a laugh with the 38-year-old Norwegian filmmaker as they headed to lunch on Tuesday afternoon (April 2) in London, England.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Joe Alwyn
For his outing, Joe sported a dark maroon sweater and jeans paired with a Yankees baseball hat and sunglasses.
Last year, Joe filmed his upcoming movie The Brutalist, which Mona co-wrote the screenplay for with her husband and director Brady Corbet. Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce also star in the movie.
Here’s the synopsis, from Deadline: “The Brutalist chronicles thirty years of an artist’s life. When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Jones) flee post-war Europe to rebuild their legacy in America, a mysterious and wealthy client (Pearce) ends up changing their lives forever.”
The Brutalist doesn’t have a release date yet.
- 4/3/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Focus Features has bought international rights to Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn, Variety has learned.
Corbet, who sits on the Berlinale jury, penned the film with Mona Fastvold (“The World to Come”), a Norwegian filmmaker who is also his wife. The film charts 30 years in the lives of visionary architect László Toth and his wife, Erzsébet, who flee post-war Europe in 1947 and witness the birth of modern America. László initially endures poverty and indignity, but the architect’s genius soon catches the attention of charming industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, whose dark influence threatens to destroy everything László and his wife have built.
The cast is completed by Raffey Cassidy (“White Noise”), Isaach De Bankolé (“Casino Royale”), Alessandro Nivola (“The Many Saints of Newark”), Stacy Martin (“Nymphomaniac Vol I”), Emma Laird (“Mayor of Kingstown”), Jonathan Hyde (“Titanic”) and Peter Polycarpou...
Corbet, who sits on the Berlinale jury, penned the film with Mona Fastvold (“The World to Come”), a Norwegian filmmaker who is also his wife. The film charts 30 years in the lives of visionary architect László Toth and his wife, Erzsébet, who flee post-war Europe in 1947 and witness the birth of modern America. László initially endures poverty and indignity, but the architect’s genius soon catches the attention of charming industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, whose dark influence threatens to destroy everything László and his wife have built.
The cast is completed by Raffey Cassidy (“White Noise”), Isaach De Bankolé (“Casino Royale”), Alessandro Nivola (“The Many Saints of Newark”), Stacy Martin (“Nymphomaniac Vol I”), Emma Laird (“Mayor of Kingstown”), Jonathan Hyde (“Titanic”) and Peter Polycarpou...
- 2/17/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
2023 may not have been an excellent year for movies, but in spite of everything stacked against it (read: greedy conglomerates run amok), it turned out to be an excellent year of movies. While the fallout of the recent work stoppages will be felt for time to come, some of 2023’s losses will prove to be 2024’s gains, as much-anticipated but strike-delayed films like “Dune: Part Two,” “Drive-Away Dolls,” and Luca Guadagnino’s horny tennis drama “Challengers” have all secured fresh release dates in the first half of the new year.
Those titles will be joined by some of the most promising Hollywood blockbusters in recent memory, must-see work from some of the world’s greatest auteurs, and huge swings from essential artists ranging from new voices like Jane Schoenbrun (“I Saw the TV Glow”) and Duke Johnson (“The Actor”) to venerated masters like Francis Ford Coppola (“Megalopolis”) and Mike Leigh...
Those titles will be joined by some of the most promising Hollywood blockbusters in recent memory, must-see work from some of the world’s greatest auteurs, and huge swings from essential artists ranging from new voices like Jane Schoenbrun (“I Saw the TV Glow”) and Duke Johnson (“The Actor”) to venerated masters like Francis Ford Coppola (“Megalopolis”) and Mike Leigh...
- 12/29/2023
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Actors Vanessa Kirby and Arthur Darvill (Broadchurch) have signed on to narrate the audiobook version of Good Material, the second novel from writer and journalist Dolly Alderton.
The audiobook is set for UK publication on November 2 through Penguin Random House Audio ahead of the hardback publication on November 9. Darvill stars as Andy while Kirby is Jen in the novel.
Billed as a “sharply funny and beautifully observed” tale of heartbreak, the novel follows Andy, who loves Jen. However, Jen has stopped loving Andy and he can’t work out why. Synopsis reads: Now he is without a home, waiting for his stand-up career to take off, wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up. Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women and flat-sharing and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea...
The audiobook is set for UK publication on November 2 through Penguin Random House Audio ahead of the hardback publication on November 9. Darvill stars as Andy while Kirby is Jen in the novel.
Billed as a “sharply funny and beautifully observed” tale of heartbreak, the novel follows Andy, who loves Jen. However, Jen has stopped loving Andy and he can’t work out why. Synopsis reads: Now he is without a home, waiting for his stand-up career to take off, wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up. Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women and flat-sharing and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea...
- 10/4/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: Danny Sullivan is a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. A captivating thriller told through a series of interviews with curious interrogator Rya Goodwin, Danny’s life story unfolds, revealing elements of the mysterious past that shaped him, and the twists and turns that will lead him to a life-altering revelation.
Review: Every person is the sum of their life experiences. That can lead some people to lead good, fulfilling lives while others succumb to the broken elements of their past to make decisions that can alter the course of their future. In the case of Danny Sullivan, he is caught in the act of a crime and must pay the price, which uncovers elements from his life that are revealed through the course of The Crowded Room. With a leading turn from Tom Holland that cements him as one...
Review: Every person is the sum of their life experiences. That can lead some people to lead good, fulfilling lives while others succumb to the broken elements of their past to make decisions that can alter the course of their future. In the case of Danny Sullivan, he is caught in the act of a crime and must pay the price, which uncovers elements from his life that are revealed through the course of The Crowded Room. With a leading turn from Tom Holland that cements him as one...
- 6/3/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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