Academy Award-Winning Actor Adrien Brody Discusses The Brutalist and His Career at 92NY

With 92NY Reel Pieces Moderator Annette Insdorf 

Sunday, Feb. 2 at 8 pm ET

Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody visits The 92nd Street Y, New York on Sunday, February 2 at 8 pm to discuss his critically-acclaimed new film, The Brutalist, as well as his career. The event is part of 92NY’s Reel Pieces film series, which features renowned film scholar Annette Insdorf as moderator. Clips from The Brutalist will be interspersed throughout the conversation. 

In person and online tickets are available on 92NY’s website.

Adrien Brody’s searing performance in The Brutalist earned him the “Best Actor” award from the NY Film Critics Circle. As David Rooney wrote in The Hollywood Reporter, “Brody pours himself into the character with bristling intelligence and internal fire, holding nothing back as he viscerally conveys both exultant highs and gutting sorrows.” 

When he won the Academy Award for his performance in The Pianist (2002) at age 29, Brody became the youngest actor to earn the prize. His other notable movies include Blonde, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Midnight in Paris (as Salvador Dali), Cadillac Records, The Brothers Bloom, King Kong, Bread and Roses, and for TV, Houdini as well as Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

In The Brutalist, Brody’s character Laszlo Toth externalizes the emotional turmoil of a once-celebrated Hungarian architect now trying to find his footing in America. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, The Brutalist was directed by Brady Corbet. Much like his invented character Laszlo — who designs and builds a monumental structure in Pennsylvania — Corbet’s ambitions are on an impressively grand scale. The film received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor. The Brutalist  is now playing in theaters and IMAX nationwide. 

Annette Insdorf is the longtime moderator of 92NY’s signature film series, Reel Pieces, as well as a Columbia University Film professor. As Reel Pieces moderator, she has been bringing New York audiences the best in film for over 30 years, including previews of Oscar Best Picture winners Spotlight and Birdman, and conversations with Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Steve Carell, Natalie Portman, Hugh Jackman and Angelina Jolie, among many others. Her latest book is Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes . She was awarded the 2021 Telluride Film Festival’s Special Medallion, given to “unsung heroes of cinema.” 

About The 92nd Street Y, New York: The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. Now celebrating its 150^th  anniversary, 92NY offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y, New York is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92NY’s programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit  www.92NY.org.