The Brutalist

This lived up to the hype for me. Extremely well made and grand and doing it on a $10m is basically proof some of these $100 or $200m+ movies are money laundering or something. That said it is grand in scope, but also a pretty contained story about one immigrants journey. But also deals with power and belonging and artistry and is a meta text about the way this movie was made in many different ways too. It’s a lot to think about because there’s a lot of different things being said, but every aspect about it was either really really good or great. From the acting to the editing to the score and soundtrack to the cinematography and story and themes, it just all works really really well.