Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
You have the opportunity to write any story you can dream of. You’re given final cut. Cast and crew take steep pay-cuts to help accomplish your vision. And this is the film you choose to make?
The towering achievement in filmmaking of The Brutalist is undeniable. Vistavision in 70mm is an absolute treat for the eyes. The score is stirring and monumental. Adrien Brody is remarkable. Thematically i’m all for the subversion of the american dream. But it truly feels like this film’s gargantuan ambition is a distraction from its complete lack of ideas, and sadly that uncalculated overshadowing seems to have played in its favor.
Finally caught this at the New Beverly after getting properly marged up at El Coyote down the street. Maybe Leo’s best performance.