Pennsylvania's rich architectural history is in the spotlight with the Academy Award-nominated film The Brutalist, which tells the story of an immigrant architect’s journey to design his first American masterpiece in Doylestown.

Chances are, you haven’t heard of filmmaker Brady Corbet. But come March, don’t be surprised if he strolls onto stage to collect the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The Brutalist”—starring Adrien Brody—finally gets a wide release following 10 Oscar nominations. What do critics have to say about director Brady Corbet’s historical epic?

Director Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” is both intimate and epic. It is an intense exploration of one man’s complicated life during post–World War II in America. Corbet and his co-writer, Mona Fastvold,

“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.

Far from cold or concrete, this celebrated film pulses with raw emotion, fuelled by the passions and worldview of its creators

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Brady Corbet’s cold-eyed third film allows the possibilities of the United States while admitting the Faustian costs

Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Brutalist is an audacious epic about a Holocaust survivor and architect trying to rebuild his life in the US.

The artist-patron conflict at the heart of The Brutalist takes a cruel, intense turn about three hours into Brady Corbet 's sprawling midcentury epic.

A swaggering epic of massive scope and vision, "The Brutalist" is a huge swing for director Brady Corbet. That he doesn't quite hit it out of the park is, well, OK. "The Brutalist" is like a triple buried deep into the corner of left field, where the runner gets thrown out going for an inside-the-park home run.

Brady Corbet's flawed epic 'The Brutalist' and Mike Leigh's perfect miniature 'Hard Truths' showcase different ideas of filmmaking.