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It’s no Citizen Kane: The Brutalist reviewed

Brady Corbet's much hyped new epic is engrossing enough, but it did frequently feel familiar

Deborah Ross
Adrien Brody is terrific as architect Laszlo Toth in classy potboiler The Brutalist  © UNIVERSAL PICTURES / COURTESY OF A24
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 25 January 2025
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