One of 2024's most praised movies, and a likely contender for the Oscars in 2025, wasn't shot or even set in Fall River — but it has an interesting connection to our area that you may see everyday.
Brutalism, defined by its looming geometrical contours and stark exteriors, made sense as László’s specialty because of its emergence in the 1950s, but it also appealed to Fastvold and Corbet ...
The Brutalist, an intense drama helmed by Brady Corbet, is set to make waves in theaters starting December 20, 2024. With its compelling narrative centered on a Hungarian-born Jewish architect and ...
Brutalism is László’s way of processing his own suffering. The captivating austerity of that architectural style is also discomfiting for those who don’t want to recognize the inherent pain ...
“It wasn’t my first foray into Brutalism. I’ve loved Brutalism since before it was popular,” she said of the divisive movement that utilized unfinished concrete. “He also went through ...
A24 via AP In architecture, brutalism is a minimalist design popularized in the 1950s that uses exposed, unpainted concrete or brick in monochrome reaction to merely decorative elements.
"I quickly became interested in brutalism's links to traditional Japanese architecture," Tulett continued. "The refinement in Japanese brutalist construction is due to the amazing timber formwork ...
A cut in the roof projects a cruciform beam of light onto its marble altar, a flash of relief in this otherwise forbidding, severe piece of Brutalism. This architectural fantasy, the Institute, is the ...
Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Mona Fastvold, said he was fascinated by brutalism in particular — a popular, yet polarizing, mid-century architectural movement that ...
The film’s title doesn’t solely refer to the architectural style of brutalism that Tóth employs but to brutality of all kinds, as cinematographer Lol Crawley explained: “Yes, it’s specifically about ...
All these philosophies come through without the words “Brutalism” or “Brutalist” ever actually being spoken within the film, and with minimal explicit discussion of László’s philosophy ...