The Fabelmans
2022 · Steven Spielberg · 151 min · Drama
The Fabelmans is Spielberg turning the camera on himself and finding that the story of how he became a filmmaker is also the story of how he lost his family. Michelle Williams gives a performance of startling vulnerability, Gabriel LaBelle carries the film with skill beyond his years, and the filmmaking sequences capture the intoxicating discovery of artistic purpose like nothing else in recent cinema. It's more personal than polished, which is exactly what makes it feel like something new from a director who's been doing this for fifty years.