Architects may groan at the depiction of their profession in “The Brutalist,” an enormously ... but also with the arts in general and architecture in particular as metaphors deployed by authoritarian ...

Of course, that’s not all. “The Brutalist,” which takes its name from the raw style of architecture that Tóth creates, is also about the incalculable trauma that followed World War II.

For its often blocky and raw concrete forms, Brutalist architecture has a polarizing reputation. That said, many monumental structures in the United States have been made in its stark vision, ...