The Best Director race at the 2025 Oscars has come down to five filmmakers: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown).

Golden Globe wins, 10 Oscar nominations and an expanding release that’s allowing more people to see the historical epic in theaters — just as the VistaVision-shot film was intended. But one thing the 3-hour,

He also addresses that AI-tweaked accent controversy that has been making the rounds: “We were never ashamed about this, and we were never hiding anything”

The Brutalist”—starring Adrien Brody—finally gets a wide release following 10 Oscar nominations. What do critics have to say about director Brady Corbet’s historical epic?

Brady Corbet and his film The Brutalist are the talk of the town right now in the world of film. This sprawling epic film is attracting audiences in surprisingly strong numbers—especially for a 215-minute film—and sweeping awards shows aplenty,

Some have criticized filmmakers for using AI to alter the dialogue of Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.

"The thing about a piece of public art, and this goes for architecture and cinema alike, is that no one is necessarily right," Corbet tells EW.

The A24 film is under fire after editor Dávid Jancsó revealed an AI tool was used to perfect the actors' Hungarian dialect.

The Brutalist' director Brady Corbet is defending the controversial use of AI to alter Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian accents in his acclaimed film

"Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own," says Corbet, after details emerged on how AI technology was used in the editing of the actors' scenes spoken in Hungarian.

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet clarified how AI tools were used on the film during postproduction after social media outrage about the practice spread widely over the weekend. In a statement provided to Gold Derby,

“The Brutalist” is a moving work of art that captures the deep pain of dispossession and the long-lasting mental scars of the Holocaust on the Western world in increasingly subtle ways until a final denouement provides a coda sure to haunt the audience for a long time to come.