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The 15-minute intermission acknowledges contemporary reality as much as bathroom needs. “The Brutalist” becomes 215 minutes start to finish with its precisely timed 15-minute break. Without it, it ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sometimes known as an interval, the intermission was an invention of the stage and theater that, ...