Damien Chazelle | USA | 2023 | 189’

From Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash), Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles. It traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood, complete with footage of big, boisterous and opulent parties. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie star in this tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess as the movie industry transitions from silent films to “talkies” due to the invention of synchronized sound. Pitt plays Jack Conrad, a silent film star during the time, and Robbie’s Nellie LaRoy is a Roaring ’20s icon. As Hollywood shifts around them, they are forced to grapple with an evolving industry.

£7.70 (£5.90)