{"id":1618,"date":"2025-02-06T14:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:18:15","slug":"does-a-i-in-the-brutalist-even-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/does-a-i-in-the-brutalist-even-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Does A.i. in the Brutalist Even Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our first edition of the Review Roundup, a new biweekly cinematic dispatch, Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom get into the latest films everyone&#8217;s talking about. From the swirling controversies surrounding Brady Corbet\u2019s Academy-nominated <em>The Brutalist<\/em> to the unexpected Marvel-like crossover in Pablo Larra\u00edn\u2019s <em>Maria<\/em>, Laura and Elliot share their reactions. Also in focus: the enduring allure of Luis Bu\u00f1uel\u2019s <em>Belle de Jour<\/em>, a film as provocative and hypnotic now as it was upon its release, returning to the big screen in all its dreamlike splendour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/the-brutalist-with-english-subtitles\/\">\u2060The Brutalist\u2060<\/a> @ LAB111<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/belle-de-jour-4k-restoration\/\">\u2060Belle de Jour\u2060<\/a> @ LAB111<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/bunuel\/\">\u2060Bu\u00f1uel 125\u2060<\/a> @ LAB111<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/celebrating-cinema-film-club-velvet-goldmine-incl-introduction\/\">\u2060CC Film Club: Velvet Goldmine\u2060<\/a> @ LAB111<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/celebratingcinema\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffc8dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nl\/podcast\/celebrating-cinema\/id1558165273 noopener\"><strong>Subscribe to our podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Does AI in The Brutalist Even Matter?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4JvjIyXYhRdVRHu3YexAdj?si=dcc3dcc2bd114a76&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Films mentioned<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Brutalist (Brady Cobert, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria (Pablo Larra\u00edn, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belle de Jour (Luis Bu\u00f1uel, 1967)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our hosts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" data-id=\"1595\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/profielfoto-laura-gommans-384x480.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laura Gommans <br>(host\/entertainment journalist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1140x1710.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hugo Emmerzael <br>(film critic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-1140x1710.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiriko Mechanicus <br>(film maker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1432\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-480x720.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-720x1080.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-1140x1710.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tom-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom Ooms <br>(film 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The episode also considers Pablo Larrain&#8217;s Maria, which attempts an MCU-style crossover of prestige biopics to mixed results, and revisits Luis Bunuel&#8217;s Belle de Jour \u2014 back in cinemas and as provocative and hypnotic as it was on first release. Three films, one consistent question: what do we watch for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","post_format-post-format-audio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}