Babylon (Critique & Analysis)
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Babylon (Critique & Analysis)

Babylon is a 2022 American film, a dark comedy made to be one part critique of Hollywood, and a another part love-letter to the burgeoning days of the silver screen. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, it is his attempt at an epic of sorts; after the success of his smaller passion project Whiplash.

Babylon is also a bloated mess.

12 Monkeys Review & Analysis
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12 Monkeys Review & Analysis

Directed by Terry Gilliam (better known for his role in Monty Python's Flying Circus) and released in 1995 - 12 Monkeys' story is centered around time travel and the release of a globally devastating virus.

The cinematography is equal parts uncomfortable and claustrophobic. The use of Dutch angles to evoke paranoia; allows the viewer to experience the events through the eyes of the protagonist: James Cole.