I really need to discuss The Brutalist.

An immense achievement on a tight budget. One of the best looking and most inspiring films ever. I’m still deciding whether it loses its tight control just a little bit near the end, or whether this actually strengthens the film, giving it an intensity in well-placed political anger that elevates the film beyond merely an aesthetic marvel. I do think some of the critiques about crass/forced metaphors are certainly on point but they’re mixed with such exquisite character work that one can’t help to feel that this is a kind of formal audacity. The charge that this is a kind of hijacking of the holocaust for personal ends/moral tourism is harder to shrug off, and more deeply unsettling. But I tend towards universalism on this philosophical point and so would rather extend a benefit of the doubt that i feel this film earns. Either way one of my favorite theater going experiences ever and a very rare instance where I just want to go and find an even bigger screen to rewatch it on. Am really curious where this community and the broader viewing public will land on all the questions the film brings up.