Joe alwin recently made headlines with the premiere of his new film The brutalist at the 2024 Venice Film Festival the movie which marks alwin's first world premiere at the prestigious event debuted on August 31st directed by Brady Corbit the brutalist is a post-war drama competing for the coveted Golden Lion award one of 21 films buying for the honor alwin was seen in Venice amidst the excitement surrounding the festival making the most of his film's debut after after his recent split from Taylor Swift in the wake of the breakup alwin addressed the situation in an interview with the Sunday time style he expressed his frustration with how personal matters are thrust into the public eye saying what is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that one week later it's suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in he continued you have something very real suddenly thrown into a very unreal space tabloids social media press where it is then dissected speculated on pulled out of shape beyond recognition alwin acknowledged the inevitable gap between reality and public perception adding I have made my peace with that the actor emphasized his commitment to privacy stating that he and Swift had mutually agreed to keep the more intimate aspects of their relationship out of the public eye it was never something to come modify and I see no reason to change that now he explained as for his current personal life A source told people in April that alwin is dating and happy The Insider noted that while he has moved on from Swift he holds no ill feelings towards her saying he was in love with her and it just didn't work out