The Brutalist (70mm)

Brady Corbet’s audacious and enrapturing American post-war epic The Brutalist has stunned critics and is widely tipped to clock up plenty of big awards this season.

The film stars a luminous Adrien Brody as a (fictional) Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth who arrives in America in 1947 with nothing but his name. Navigating the poverty and degradation of a new life, his sole beacon of hope is the letters he exchanges with his wife (Felicity Jones), who remains stranded in Europe. But he soon crosses paths with a wealthy magnate (Guy Pearce) who can potentially change his fortunes and offer him a path to the American Dream.

Novelistic and richly detailed, Corbet’s portrait of Tóth is a compelling excavation into the immigrant experience, and a potent rumination on the dark connections between capitalism, power, trauma and art. Beautifully constructed, packed with magnetic performances and created with stunning VistaVision cinematography – this is a film that makes for a dazzling big screen experience.

In addition to the 70mm film screenings, the BFI is also showing The Brutalist in Digital 4k.

70m screenings at BFI Southbank

Fri 24 Jan at 6:45pm
Sat 25 Jan at 2:40pm and 7pm
Sun 26 Jan at 2pm and 6:15pm
Mon 27 Jan at 1:15pm and 8:30pm
Tue 28 Jan at 1:15pm and 6:40pm
Wed 29 Jan at 6:40pm
Thu 30 Jan at 6:45pm
Fri 31 Jan at 1:15pm and 6:45pm
Sat 1 Feb at 7pm
Sun 2 Feb at 2:15pm and 6:40pm
Mon 3 Feb at 1:15pm and 6:30pm
Tue 4 Feb 1:20pm and 6:40pm
Wed 5 Feb 1:30pm and 6:40pm
Thu 6 Feb at 6:30pm