"Final-cut tiebreak goes to the director," the filmmaker said while accepting his movie's third award of the night.

Adrien Brody echoed director Brady Corbet's "controversial" Golden Globes speech about art and compromise right after "The Brutalist" won Best Picture at the award show. While talking with Marc Maron on the "WTF" podcast,

"No one was asking for a three and a half hour film about a mid-century designer, on 70mm, but it works," the filmmaker said.

"My heart is with Aubrey Plaza and Jeff's family," Corbet said at the end of his speech. Michael Keaton presented the award to Corbet, who this year received his first nomination

Aubrey Plaza received support at the 2025 Golden Globes after her husband Jeff Baena's shocking death. The Brutalist director Brady Corbet mentioned Plaza, 40, and Baena at the end of his acceptance speech on Sunday,

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, the A24 epic that won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival and on Sunday became an Oscar Best Picture front-runner by winning Best Director,

Corbet's The Brutalist has remained one of the most anticipated film releases since its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in September. Rolling Stone declared the

Drama and Best Director – Motion Picture, The Brutalist filmmaker Brady Corbet offered some food for thought: “Final cut tie-break goes to the director.” This, said Corbet, is “sort of a controversial statement,

The Brutalist' beat out 'A Complete Unknown', 'Conclave', 'Dune: Part Two', 'Nickel Boys' and 'September 5' for the big award