Starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, “Babylon” is set in the late 1920s and captures the film industry’s transition from silent films to “talkies” due to the invention of synchronized sound. Pitt plays a silent film star during the time, and Robbie is a Roaring ’20s icon. As Hollywood shifts around them, they are forced to grapple with an evolving industry. More from VarietyDamien Chazelle Teases 'Big, Boisterous, Loud' Hollywood Epic 'Babylon' With Wild, Cocaine-Fueled T...