The New ‘Old’ Hollywood that is ‘Babylon’
‘Babylon’ is an exhilarating journey one has to brace themselves for

Thirty years after the massacre of Doce de Pebrero in 1945, an aging survivor struggles to maintain his quiet life as he is haunted by the shadows of his past-memories of violence and fear that refuse to fade, forcing him to confront the lasting scars of his trauma.
‘Babylon’ is an exhilarating journey one has to brace themselves for
I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.
It was always people for Joe, and he ultimately found them at the end of a long, painful, yet illuminating quest for self-discovery outside of one, confident constant - his bisexuality.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
When the retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale and a holiday spirit come together, viewers learn about class issues as well as perseverance despite setbacks.
I am an Armenian who has a mild form of epilepsy. I rarely see Armenian culture and epilepsy properly portrayed in film or TV. I delve into the how and why.