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0 Television/Film Holocaust

I’m an art historian who researches the Holocaust — here’s why I hated ‘The Brutalist’

Laura Morowitz in Forward · 15 Feb

Laura Morowitz, an art historian specializing in Nazi-ruled Vienna, shares her disappointment with the film "The Brutalist," directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody.

0 Television/Film Jewish Law

How the master builder behind ‘The Brutalist’ was inspired by her hometown synagogue

PJ Grisar in Forward · 5 Feb

Judy Becker, the acclaimed production designer for "The Brutalist," draws on her Jewish background and personal history in her work on the film, which follows the journey of László Tóth, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor.

0 Television/Film History

The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar glory

Jewish Chronicle · 22 Jan

Brady Corbet's ambitious film "The Brutalist" centers on the fictional character László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and architect, symbolizing the lost potential of Bauhaus-trained Jewish architects post-WWII.

0 Television/Film Culture

Why 'The Brutalist' resonated so deeply with me

Daniel Libeskind in Forward · 19 Dec 2024

Daniel Libeskind discusses the profound impact of Brady Corbet's film "The Brutalist" on him personally.

0 Art History

The Viennese-born snapper who recorded social injustice in Britain

Jewish Chronicle · 8 Nov 2024

Edith Tudor Hart, a Jewish Viennese-born photographer, became one of Britain's notable documenters of social injustice from the 1930s.

0 Television/Film Holocaust

In ‘The Brutalist,’ Adrien Brody wills an impossible dream

PJ Grisar in Forward · 20 Sep 2024

"The Brutalist," directed by Brady Corbet, features Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Bauhaus-trained architect and Holocaust survivor who migrates to Pennsylvania to build a seemingly modest community center.

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Selection 1: The Check // Reva Braun

Ami Magazine in Ami · 6 Sep 2023

The story revolves around David Rothkopf, a successful businessman who suddenly encounters his father, Yoel Hertz, after many years of absence.

0 Art History

Anni Albers’ Fabric of Belief at the Tate

Frances Brent in Tablet · 19 Dec 2018

The Tate Modern's retrospective on Anni Albers commemmorates the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus movement and celebrates Albers' contributions as a pioneering textile artist.