Brady Corbet and Sean Baker on Why It’s Hard Shooting Movies Like ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ in America and Why Obsessing Over Box Office Is Trump Coded

Any independent filmmaker will tell you that getting a movie financed, produced and released is akin to summiting a mountain. Rockslides, however, are less common. Brady Corbet had to brace for one nonetheless, to complete his ambitious and impressively inexpensive “The Brutalist” — a three-hour-and-change epic made for a measly $10 million. The expansive story […]