Rollercoaster ride through Hollywood’s early days

Babylon (18) isn’t just a film, it’s an experience. The first great release of 2023, it’s a simultaneous celebration and denunciation of a wild and wacky era in film-making. Everything Damien Chazelle does has the word ‘Big’ written all over it. If he isn’t careful, he’ll become our era’s answer to Cecil B. De Mille.…