As they scout the mines of Carrara to find marble for their gargantuan Pennsylvania monument, Hungarian architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) and his brooding American financier Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) stumble into an isolated corner of a cave — and,

The cast of ‘The Brutalist’ discusses the Oscar-nominated film directed by Brady Corbet and the idea of the American Dream.

The Brutalist, releasing on January 24, is gaining attention for Guy Pearce’s BAFTA-nominated performance. Directed by Brady Corbet, the Golden Globe-winning film follows a Holocaust survivor’s life-changing journey.

Over the years, Guy Pearce has been good in most all things. But he’s been particularly good at playing characters with a refined disposition who harbor darker impulses underneath. That was true of his breakout performance in “L.

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Guy Pearce poses for a portrait to promote the film "The Brutalist" on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP) Guy Pearce poses for a portrait to promote the ...

Adrien Brody reflects on his family's Hungarian Jewish heritage with Yahoo UK as he talks about the film with his co-stars Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.

An emotional epic, it traces the course of one man’s efforts to rediscover his identity and place in society, taking its time to consider myriad aspects of his resurrection.

Corbet’s complex Brutalist rewards the patient Brady Corbet's The Brutalist is an anomaly in the current cinematic landscape. An emotional epic, it traces the

The Brutalist, a tale about the pursuit of the American Dream, is one of the major contenders in this year’s race for the Oscars. Directed by Brady Corbet, the film earned nominations in ten categories,

"Seven years in the making, and three-and-a-half hours in the watching (including a 15-minute intermission)", "The Brutalist" is "the film to beat" come Oscar night, said Kevin Maher in The Times. Nominated in ten categories,

“The Brutalist” is a moving work of art that captures the deep pain of dispossession and the long-lasting mental scars of the Holocaust on the Western world in increasingly subtle ways until a final denouement provides a coda sure to haunt the audience for a long time to come.