Brady Corbet took the 2024 Venice Film Festival — and the nascent Oscar season — by storm with his three-and-a-half hour epic “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody. With the exception of Martin ...

With a 200-minute running time, Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” (A24) isn’t unique among wide-release English-language films. In fact, it’s somewhat shorter than some major releases in recent decades.

The 15-minute intermission acknowledges contemporary reality as much as bathroom needs. “The Brutalist” becomes 215 minutes start to finish with its precisely timed 15-minute break. Without it, it ...

Co-writer Mona Fastvold says "don't be scared of the intermission" and to think of it like "you’re just binging this movie with a little break in the middle." But unlike “Flower Moon,” which clocks in ...