"The Brutalist" was the film that I have been most impressed with this year (and in the past few years, to be honest). The scope of Corbet's ambition and what he achieved on a tiny budget is phenomenal - it was made for about $10 million.
Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Alessandro Nivola are all excellent in it. Brody, in particular, absolutely burns the screen (hence the Oscar, I guess). The music is brilliant too. The only poor performance comes from Felicity Jones really. She's as wooden as a hurley.
People are put off by the running time but I have to say that I felt like it flew by when I saw it - though I was happy about the intermission! And I would not go to see it in the Triskel where it's screening next week.
"Conclave" was also very enjoyable but never could be considered a serious contender for best film but Fiennes and Rossellini were both in with a good shout.
"A Real Pain" - I have not seen yet because it was only on at 3pm or something ridiculous.
"Anora" - watched the trailer and couldn't bring myself to put the film on. Sean Baker's "Tangerine" and "The Florida Projects" were OK but nothing special (certainly not worthy of all the praise heaped on them) so I was in no rush. Haven't seen his last one "Red Rocket".
