'The Brutalist' stands as a monument to smart filmmaking

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The Brutalist — Adrien Brody plays an architect who reshapes his life when he moves to the United States in "The Brutalist."
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Movies in a minute with film critic Bruce Miller

Movies in a Minute: "28 Years Ago"

Movies in a Minute: "Materialists"

Movies in a Minute: "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina"

Movies in a Minute: "Karate Kid: Legends"

Movies in a Minute: "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning "

Movies in a Minute: "Nonnas"

Movies in a Minute: "Fight or Flight"

Movies in a Minute: "Thunderbolts*"

Movies in a Minute: "The Accountant 2"

Movies in a Minute: "Sinners"

Movies in a Minute: "Warfare"

Movies in a Minute: "A Minecraft Movie"

Movies in a Minute: "Death of a Unicorn"

Movies in a Minute: "Snow White"

Movies in a Minute: "Novocaine"

Movies in a Minute: "Mickey 17"

Movies in a Minute: "Flow"

Movies in a Minute: "Last Breath"

Movies in a Minute: "Captain America Brave New World"

Movies in a Minute: "Heart Eyes"

Movies in a Minute: "Flight Risk"

Movies in a Minute: This Oscar season, musicals are "pop u lar!"

Movies in a Minute: "Wolf Man"

Movies in a Minute: "Better Man"

Movies in a Minute: "Babygirl"

Movies in a Minute: "The Brutalist"

Movies in a Minute: "Nosferatu"

Movies in a Minute: "A Complete Unknown"

Movies in a Minute: "Nickel Boys"

Movies in a Minute: "Moana 2"

Movies in a Minute: "We Live in Time"

Movies in a Minute: "Smile 2"

Movies in a Minute: "Saturday Night"

Movies in a Minute: "Joker: Folie `a Deux"

Movies in a Minute: "Megalopolis"

Movies in a Minute: "Transformers One"

Movies in a Minute: "Speak No Evil"

Movies in a Minute: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"

Movies in a Minute: "Reagan"

Movies in a Minute: "Blink Twice"

Movies in a Minute "Alien: Romulus"

Movies in a Minute: "It Ends With Us"

Movies in a Minute: "Trap"

Movies in a Minute: "Deadpool & Wolverine"

Movies in a Minute: "Twisters"

Movies in a Minute "Maxxxine"

Movies in a Minute "Despicable Me 4"

Movies in a Minute "A Quiet Place: Day One"

Movies in a Minute: "Thelma"

Movies in a Minute: "Inside Out 2"

Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal.