Alan Parker's movie has several things to recommend it. The acting--with the exception of R. Lee Ermey's cigar-chomping, folksy mayor--is superb. Its cinematography, for which the movie won an Oscar, is great. Parker also stages several moments that capture the horrifying reality of the deep South of the 1960s. Scenes of burning crosses and bombed-out buildings capture the terror and violence well, but several quieter set pieces do this just as effectively. The sequence where the FBI agents trudge through…
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The Brutalist 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist desperately wants to be considered a capital "E" epic. It begs to be called monumental--Brody's Laszlo Toth is literally building a giant structure on a hill, after all. It has an excellent score, a fantastic cast, and an assured sense of pacing that helps you forget it runs well over three hours. Despite these elements, the movie never totally clicked for me. Its polished parts never added up to a convincing whole.
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