Babylon: An orgiastic paean to the dying days of the silent era
Damien Chazelle's film takes viewers deep into the bowels of early Hollywood
20 January 2023 - 05:00
When the going gets tough, Hollywood has never shied away from reminding us of how its big-screen melodramas have offered us brief, triumphant respite from a century of real-world tumult and tragedy.
Most of the past postpandemic year, steadily safe-bet releases have taken the bombastic spectacle route and banked on the dedication of superhero obsessives and franchise fan bases to get bums back in seats...
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