Entertainment ‘Conclave,’ ‘The Brutalist’ take top prizes at BAFTAs Published: Feb. 17, 2025, 7:40 a.m.

The Brutalist is very long—215 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission that essentially divides it into two 100-minute parts. The bifurcation is good for anyone in need of a bathroom break, but ...

Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” sparked controversy over the weekend after it became more widely known that AI was used during postproduction for enhancing stars Adrien Brody and Felicity ...

“The interesting issue with ‘The Brutalist’ is that its use of AI is not what might be considered a minor visual detail audiences are familiar with,” he said, such as cleaning up an actor ...

Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist." (Courtesy A24) “The Brutalist” is a thick slab of a movie, as starkly imposing as the concrete structures with which it shares certain aesthetic affinities.

Referring to "The Brutalist" stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, Corbet described their performances as "completely their own" following backlash and clarified the use of AI in the film.

Currently, The Brutalist has grossed $14.5M at the domestic box office, $31.3M worldwide. “This is a nicely profitable piece of business,” claims one film finance source in the know.