November 10, 2006 Film » Film Feature

The Word on Babel 

click to enlarge Brad Pitt in a scene from Babel
  • Brad Pitt in a scene from Babel
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who also directed the Memphis-shot 21 Grams, Babel's primary subject is miscommunication across cultures, but fitting its epic ambition (and, at 142 minutes, epic length), it touches on any number of globalization issues: immigration, terrorism, class disparities, the prominence of American media and its concern with blond, white women in peril. ...

Read the rest of Chris Herrington's review of Babel, which opens today in area theaters.

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