Adrien Brody in The Brutalist. Photo: A24/Courtesy Everett Collection Adrien Brody in The Brutalist. Photo: A24/Courtesy Everett Collection But heavy-handed motif-wielding has its limits ...

But it’s clear from the beginning that architecture in “The Brutalist” is merely a vehicle for a larger set of narrative ideas and concerns, including antisemitism, the plight of refugees ...

Of course, that’s not all. “The Brutalist,” which takes its name from the raw style of architecture that Tóth creates, is also about the incalculable trauma that followed World War II.

It is exceedingly rare to have a major Hollywood film take architecture as its central ... Coppola’s Megalopolis and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist are wildly different in tone and tenor ...

Of course, that’s not all. “The Brutalist,” which takes its name from the raw style of architecture that László creates, is also about the incalculable trauma that followed World War II.

But it’s clear from the beginning that architecture in “The Brutalist” is merely a vehicle for a larger set of narrative ideas and concerns, including antisemitism, the plight of refugees ...

Of course, that’s not all. “The Brutalist,” which takes its name from the raw style of architecture that Tóth creates, is also about the incalculable trauma that followed World War II.