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

When Sonny Capone, Dublin-born head of the Mafia in Rome, hears that his son Luke has been murdered in Dublin, he returns home to kill everyone in sight.
‘Babylon’ is an exhilarating journey one has to brace themselves for
Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite (2019) became one of the few international films to break into the American mainstream.
On top of the phenomenal acting, and great dialogue between the two characters, the cinematography was ravishing! The sound was outstanding! The production design was simple, yet intrinsic. The minimalistic approach in the Malibu beach house represented how little they really have going on in their relationship. The storyline may have been much simpler than "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf," but all the more insightful, and much more animalistic at its core.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
Clearly, in the end, Allison raised a responsible child because she knew that her "friend" was doing something that made her uncomfortable and turned away from her. No worries, Super mom was already one step ahead of her.
Paul Thomas Anderson blends tragedy, comedy in 2025 epic, "One Battle After Another."