The Brutalist Is Half a Masterpiece | Vanity Fair

When I first saw The Brutalist, I spent some of the 215-minute film’s blessed intermission googling the name László Toth, sure that the architect at the center of Brady Corbet’s enthralling, vexing film must have been a real mid-century figure. But of course, like Lydia Tár before him, Toth (played by a never-better Adrien Brody) is a pure invention—sprung from Corbet’s mind as a representative of a school of thought, of an artistic tradition, of an entire era. His creation is […]
The Brutalist Is Half a Masterpiece | Vanity Fair