So what is “The Brutalist” contemplating? The film has one question that asks itself again and again: Who owns art? Corbet leaves us with two answers, one practical and one moral. Morally, art is ...

“People can fight over pennies, but this is also [Corbet’s] love letter to all other filmmakers and creators who want to just make their art, which is really what [‘The Brutalist’] is ...

This polarizing architectural style of the 1950s and '60s is the subject of the the film "The Brutalist," nominated ... brut" — "raw concrete" — and "art brut" — "raw art." ...