Brady Corbet: Last News

Charles Finch fixes his beady eyes on me in that sort of British professorial manner to make it clear that the cocktail soiree followed by dinner that he and Chanel are throwing Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge “is not about me meeting some famous people.” 

10 Academy Award nominations last month — including best picture, best director and best actor for Adrien Brody — Brady Corbet’s epic period drama finally gets a digital release this month. And considering its three-and-a-half-hour runtime, it’s a safe bet that many people will prefer to watch the film from home since you can pause the film whenever you want instead of waiting for an intermission in theaters.

all the frontrunners ahead of the big night. This year’s slate, of course, includes both of the Golden Globes’ big winners — “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez” — plus “Anora,” which won big with the producers, directors, and writers guilds, and “Conclave,” which won SAG last weekend and BAFTA the weekend before.This year’s 10-movie lineup includes two biopics, four movies based on books, two musicals, a rare horror film, and two wholly original works that aren’t based on anything preexisting.

Daniel Doperalski Michelle Trachtenberg starred in “Harriet the Spy” at just 10 years old, and went on to appear in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,” “Ice Princess” and “Eurotrip.”Trachtenberg started acting at just 3 years old before joining Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete and Pete.”She joined “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Dawn Summers in its fifth season as Sarah Michelle Geller’s younger sister, and was on the show until it ended in season seven.On “Gossip Girl,” she played mean girl Georgina Sparks who often sparred with Blake Lively’s Serena van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.She went on to appear in popular films including “Ice Princess” and “Eurotrip,” then returned for the “Gossip Girl” reboot in 2022, which proved to be her final role.She died Wednesday at the age of 39. Michelle Trachtenberg’s first starring role was in “Harriet the Spy,” where she played the young sleuth from the popular novel.

Jack Dunn Nominees for the 97th Academy Awards gathered Tuesday night at the Academy Museum for a dinner and to keep up the annual tradition of taking a class photo of the year’s contenders. Among the stars sitting in the front row are Mikey Madison, Ariana Grande, Zoe Saldaña, Cynthia Erivo and Isabella Rossellini. Seated in the subsequent rows are Denis Villeneuve, Adrien Brody, Colman Domingo, Timothée Chalamet, Sean Baker, James Mangold, Sebastian Stan, Guy Pearce, Demi Moore Ralph Fiennes and Brady Corbet.

Guy Pearce is already prepared to lose at the upcoming 2025 Oscars!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The SAG Awards are shaping up to be a showdown between some of Hollywood’s biggest comeback stories and the next generation of breakout stars. On one side are the resurgence narratives — like lead contenders Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”) and Demi Moore (“The Substance”). They’re joined by supporting nominees Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”) and Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”), who many feel are overdue for recognition.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bringing exclusive Oscar night viewing parties to New York, Los Angeles, and London. These parties are open to Academy members and invited film industry guests. The New York event will be held at the Mandarin Oriental, kicking off the evening with a cocktail reception and crafted menu.

EXCLUSIVE: Before Oscar ballots were due yesterday, The Brutalist director/writer/producer Brady Corbet sent a loud and clear message on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast just how indie his 10x Oscar nominated movie The Brutalist was, declaring that he made “zero dollars” on the three-hour with intermission epic.

director Brady Corbet‘s large-scale American epic about a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who immigrates after the war. László Tóth, played by Adrien Brody, is a Bauhaus-trained architect struggling to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy industrialist (played by Guy Pearce) enters his life and changes it forever. Even if you didn’t know what “The Brutalist” was about until right now, you’ve probably heard about the run time.

Brady Corbet is opening up about The Brutalist.

Naman Ramachandran Brady Corbet, the BAFTA-winning filmmaker behind “The Brutalist,” has revealed that he and his wife and creative partner Mona Fastvold made “zero dollars” from their last two films, despite being a major Oscar contender this year. Speaking on “WTF With Marc Maron,” Corbet described the financial strain that came with making the ambitious epic. “This is the first time I’ve made any money in years,” Corbet said, explaining that his first real paycheck in a long time came from directing three advertisements in Portugal.

Despite being among the favorites this awards season, Brady Corbet‘s The Brutalist did not net the indie filmmaker a single dollar.

Editor’s Note: Natalie Portman previously worked with Brady Corbet in his 2018 drama Vox Lux, in which she played Celeste, the survivor of a high school shooting who is ultimately transformed into a tough-talking pop star. Corbet shot his 3x Golden Globe winning and 10x Oscar nominated The Brutalist in 33 days, clocking in at 3 hours and 34 minutes. For Portman, Corbet excels in delivering stories that follow lone pioneers who are crusading against the corruption of society and those who wield power.

Aubrey Plaza has made her first public appearance since the death of her husband, director Jeff Baena, who passed on January 3 at the age of 47.The actor was on camera for Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary celebration, titled SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which aired on Sunday (February 16). She introduced musical performers Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard, who sang a cover of Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.Baena, best known for directing the films Life After Beth and The Little Hours, both of which starred Plaza, was found dead at a Los Angeles residence.

Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison were among the big winners at the BAFTA film awards on Sunday night, 16 February, as they triumphed in the acting categories. Brody, 51, won the best actor award for his role in The Brutalist as a Hungarian-Jewish architect, while Madison, 25, won for her role in Anora, about a sex worker who falls for a Russian oligarch.This year’s ceremony saw The Brutalist and papal drama Conclave tie with four wins each, including wins for outstanding British film, best film and editing for Conclave, while The Brutalist took home the directing gong with a win for Brady Corbet.

Ellise Shafer Some of David Tennant’s Donald Trump jokes during his BAFTAs monologue ended up on the BBC’s cutting room floor. Several of the host’s quips — one of which compared the U.S. president to Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice character — were cut from the BBC’s broadcast of the British awards ceremony on Sunday night, which is pre-recorded two hours before it airs in the U.K.

Ne Zha 2, the fantasy epic that’s been setting records in China, opened to $7.2 million on 660 screens, according to Comscore, for the no. 5 spot at a domestic box office being trounced by Captain America: Brave New World.

The BBC cut some of David Tennant’s opening jokes about Donald Trump from its BAFTA coverage.

BAFTAs (British Academy Film Awards) took place tonight (February 16) – check out all the winners below.The ceremony was hosted by former Doctor Who star David Tennant for the second year running and went down at London’s Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre.The nominations were announced on January 15, with religious thriller Conclave leading the way with 12 nods in total, followed by musical Emilia Pérez on 11, period epic The Brutalist on nine, and seven each for Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked.In the end, the biggest winners were Edward Berger’s Conclave and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which both won a total of four awards, the former taking Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Outstanding British Film and the latter winning Best Director, Actor for Adrien Brody, Score and Cinematography.Elsewhere, the awards were spread throughout the candidates, with Emilia Perez, Wicked, Anora, A Real Pain, Dune: Part Two and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl all picking up two.Take That also performed their 2008 hit ‘Greatest Day’ at the ceremony, following its prominent and unlikely appearance in Sean Baker’s sex worker drama Anora, while Wicked star Jeff Goldblum delivered an emotional piano performance during the show’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment.Warwick Davis, known for his roles in the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship Award, while the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award went to MediCinema, a charity that installs cinemas in hospitals and health facilities.See the full list of BAFTA winners below.Best FilmDirectorLeading ActressLeading ActorSupporting ActressSupporting ActorOriginal ScreenplayAdapted ScreenplayOutstanding British FilmOutstanding Debut By