The star-packed Hollywood epic Babylon rebukes the idea that movie stars don't exist in a roundabout way, with its metatextual casting of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.

The controversy over the montage comes from the notion that Babylon 's ending glosses over the tragedies littered throughout the movie, such as the fates of Jack and Nellie.

Chazelle told The New York Times in November that much of Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie), the live wire who shoots to stardom in “Babylon” only to flame out in the sound era, was inspired by Bow.

“Babylon,” released today, is a film about Hollywood excess. It begins in the 1920s in the early days of cinema, as the industry transitions from silent pictures to talkies. Margot Robbie ...

Silent movie star Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie, far left) and her dad Robert (Eric Roberts) run into Hollywood legend Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt) and his annoyed wife Estelle (Katherine Waterston) at a ...

‘Babylon’ Is a Depraved, Disgusting Ode to Hollywood Damien Chazelle's three-hour bacchanal is messier than most big-budget films have the nerve to be. It never bores.

Damien Chazelle's Babylon is a sprawling, ambitious Hollywood epic. The film, which stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, hits theaters on December 23.

Much is overcooked. “Babylon” is never quite rooted in either Nellie or Manny, whose arcs feel increasingly dictated by the film’s real narrative engine, Hollywood history.

While Manny, Nellie, and Jack's stories take up the majority of the story, there are also some supporting storylines that follow the trials and tribulations of film stars Lady Fay Zhu (Li Jun Li ...

The beautiful collision between Nellie and Manny at the start of Babylon signals the start of their respective rises.

At its best, director Damien Chazelle’s latest movie, “Babylon,” is a starry and seductive “Great Gatsby”-esque tale of decadent excess and personal destruction — just swap the ...