‘The Brutalist’ review: Adrien Brody’s visionary architect comes to America and meets his destiny

“The Brutalist” is many things: some blunt, others loose and dangling, still others richly provocative, most of them remarkable.

Among the 2024 movie releases worth arguments and accolades, director and co-writer Brady Corbet’s third feature has the most evident problems — subplots and supporting characters left hanging, a modern-day coda that feels like a hasty summary judgment of the title character. There are films that emerge, somehow, as like the exhalation of a single breath, every creative element in rare harmony.