Babylon

Director Damien Chazelle's look at the earliest days of Hollywood is a fever dream of outrageous excess and outsized ambition. With an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, the film spins the fictionalized tales of the silent era's biggest stars, including John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks, Clara Bow and Anna May Wong. Chazelle captures the cacaphony, unbridled decadence and depravity that reigned on and offscreen before the advent of sound brought silence to the set. Academy Award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz sets the whole thing to a raucous, memorable score. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Returns February 23.