Apart from his movie work and long-lasting relationship with Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins may be best known as an unrepentant Hollywood leftist with a touch of the provocateur. When he isn't starring in hits like Shawshank Redemption, he's directing political satires like Bob Roberts or using his platform as an Oscar presenter to rail against perceived injustice.

 That explains why he was attracted to the true story of the abortive stage production of Orson Welles' rabble-rousing 1936 leftist musical The Cradle Will Rock.
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Tim Robbins' fact-based drama Cradle Will Rock is like a sprawling, complex mural.

 It's a tableau composed of many little scenarios. Some are more striking than others and may even be more memorable than the total effect of the mural itself.
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