Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a major and personal work
The director’s 34th feature – and the first to turn the camera on himself – ranks as one of his best.
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Ryan Gilbey is the New Statesman's film critic. He is also the author of It Don't Worry Me (Faber), about 1970s US cinema, and a study of Groundhog Day in the “Modern Classics" series (BFI Publishing). He was named reviewer of the year in the 27 Press Gazette awards and is film critic in residence at Falmouth University.
The director’s 34th feature – and the first to turn the camera on himself – ranks as one of his best.
By Ryan GilbeyBanned from making movies, the Iranian director has nevertheless created a formidable body of work – an uprising in…
By Ryan GilbeyThe actor, who has died this week aged 72, had an on-screen earthiness that was both whimsical and confrontational.
By Ryan GilbeyFrances O’Connor’s Emily treats events in Brontë’s life like furniture to be rearranged on a whim.
By Ryan GilbeyOlivia Wilde’s film about an idyllic 1950s community reflects modern anxieties but has little new to say.
By Ryan GilbeyIn Brett Morgen’s new unconventional documentary, there are no facts, no dates, and a lot of the Starman himself.
By Ryan GilbeyThe pioneering French New Wave director has died at the age of 91. It is impossible to overestimate the…
By Ryan GilbeyIt’s been 20 years since he dabbled in gore, but the award-winning director is back at the operating table.
By Ryan GilbeyIn Official Competition, a sharp satire of arthouse cinema, the actor plays a version of himself for laughs.
By Ryan Gilbey