Classic Movies Live Season 6, Episode 6 – The Brutalist
February 19, 2025
This week on Classic Movies Live! we’ve got yet another Best Picture nominee, and Jeff’s favourite film of the year: The Brutalist!
An astonishingly big movie made on an astonishingly small budget, Brady Corbet’s third feature is a towering film about the immigrant experience in turbulent post-WWII America. Following Laszlo Toth from the early 50s to the mid-70s, The Brutalist examines the nature of patronage, the interplay between art and commerce, xenophobia and antisemitism, and much more.
It’s a hard movie to pin down, but our hosts sure tried!
The Brutalist is nominated for 10 Oscars, include Best Picture, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones, Best Director for Brady Corbet, and a whole host of technical awards. We’re going to talk about every one of those… live!
If you’d like to read more about The Brutalist, check out this amazing piece by Corey Atad!
