Judy Becker discusses crafting László Toth’s modernist on-screen universe—including his buildings. A still from Brutalism is architecture’s frenemy—beloved for its stylistic concrete heaviness and ...

In many ways, architecture is the star of the 2024 film The Brutalist. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film follows decades of the life and work of László Tóth, an ...

Judy Becker’s portfolio of production design work on films like “American Hustle” and “Carol” prepared her to take on the unique challenge of shooting a period piece. “Carol” was shot in Cincinnati ...

Production designer Judy Becker channeled Adrien Brody's Brutalist architect to create a towering building symbolizing his lived history and struggle. To design the monumental Institute depicted in ...

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Those are the second and third lines spoken in the 1949 film version of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead,” adapted by Rand, contractually protected from studio meddling, from her 1943 bestseller about the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Some viewers of “The Brutalist” are probably getting their first taste of Brutalism, the architectural style that gives the film its name. The film, which has been nominated for 10 ...