The Fabelmans

What resulted is the semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, which stars Gabriel LaBelle as young Sammy Fabelman and Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as his ...

Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at [Hey Alma](https://www.heyalma.com/), a Jewish culture site. Spielberg dedicated the movie to his parents parents Leah Adler and Arnold Spielberg. It was always the same answer every time: the story of my formative years growing up between 7 and 18."

Steven Spielberg won the Golden Globe for best director for his semi-autobiographical drama 'The Fablemans.'

I told this story in parts and parcels all through my career,” he said, referencing “E.T. “I put a lot of things in my way of this story. I said, ‘You better do it now.’ And I’m really, really happy I did.”

Though it took some time for The Fabelmans to come to fruition, Spielberg says he's "really, really glad" he finally made the deeply personal film.

Close Encounters has a lot to do with this story. And I spent a lot of time trying to figure out when I could tell that story and I figured out when I turned 74 years old. has a lot to do with this story. "The fact that everybody sees me as a success story...but nobody really knows who we are until we're courageous enough to tell everyone who we are. Ready to finally bite the bullet on The Fabelmans, Spielberg laid his past bare for the semi-autobiographical drama. I put a lot of things in my way of this story.

The legendary filmmaker previously served as a PA for John Cassavetes back in the day, and also took home Best Director at the 2023 Golden Globes.

Spielberg’s accolades for The Fabelmans included a Golden Globe win for Best Director. Michelle Williams, who played a character inspired by Spielberg’s mother, received a nomination for her role in The Fabelmans. That said, it was only fitting that a film celebrating the power of filmmaking would be awarded Best Picture – Drama at the 2023 [Golden Globes](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/golden-globes/). And the conversation lasted all through Munich, all through Lincoln, all through West Side Story. And my wife Kate was always saying, ‘You have to tell this story.’” The film faced off against James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of the Water, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Todd Field’s Tár, and Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick.

The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg's tale of a childhood indoctrination in cinema, won the award for best motion picture drama. The semi-autobiographical film ...

See Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical marvel, starring Michelle Williams and Paul Dano.

See how to watch the movie below. Movies distributed by Universal Pictures can debut on Peacock as soon as 45 days after premiering in theaters, which would be around late March for The Fabelmans. Quinci LeGardye is an LA-based freelance writer who covers culture, politics, and mental health through a Black feminist lens. Once the film arrives on Peacock, it's expected to be exclusive to Premium ($5/month) and Premium Plus ($10/month) subscribers. Steven Spielberg's new movie The Fabelmans is the director's most personal film over the past five decades of his storied career. The movie follows the Fabelmans, a Jewish-American family living in Arizona post-World War II.

A semi-autobiographical tale from a master filmmaker could easily ooze self-indulgence, but Steven Spielberg's latest, The Fabelmans, is never intemperate.

In the meantime, you can always turn on Peacock for a re-watch of - Rent or purchase to stream on The resulting film is a beautiful homage to cinema, but more than that it’s a genuinely moving story of resilience, empathy, and storytelling as healing. As Sammy, young actor Gabriel LaBelle is an uncanny match for Spielberg, full of gentle charisma and ambitions so earnest they’re almost painful to witness. We see Mitzi (Michelle Williams) and Burt (Paul Dano) through his eyes, sometimes literally, as they share with him their divergent perspectives: Burt is warm but pragmatic, while Mitzi—a dreamer—is luminous but elusive. In fact, it’s purposefully sparing as the camera zooms in on Spielberg stand-in Sammy Fabelman’s coming-of-age journey, an enchanted childhood complicated by his mother and father’s marital strife.

In 'The Fabelmans', young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see 'The Greatest Show on Earth'. Armed with a camera, ...

. . I want to make movies that make you look at the people sitting beside you and say: “Can you believe this is happening?” Is this happening?” I remember having that experience of going to the movies and being like: “That’s what I want”. It really, I think, explained what a unique kind of figure he is in the cinematic world and why he is so in tune with his ability. It’s really a part of who he is, to a degree that’s almost unheard of in the cinema. And the trajectories of people’s lives may have been different had his fascination [with filmmaking] fallen in a different area. “All of it,” is all I can say. I think what you see in the film is that his life story, both from a practical and emotional standpoint, was in many ways shaped by the fact that he was an enthusiastic filmmaker from a very young age. Costarring Seth Rogen as close family friend, Uncle Bennie (the ensemble also includes Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as Sammy’s parents), the film is Spielberg’s most personal to date. In 'The Fabelmans', young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see 'The Greatest Show on Earth'. Did this film bring you a better understanding of the man and his movies? SR: In a lot of ways.

In the tail end of his career, Steven Spielberg finally goes deeply personal with The Fabelmans, and in A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks' miscast is the least ...

It’s not the lack of subtlety that bothers me here, but that the symbolism is unsubtle to the point of being offensive. Most egregiously, the film succumbs to a couple of corny needle drops that cheapen some of its bigger dramatic turns. Definitely not for the fans of the original book. Marc Forster, who directed the film from a script by his usual collaborator David Magee, is the kind of competent director with successful film making well studied. Part of the shiny city up on the hills was built on the concepts that he and his colleague filmmakers from the 80s developed. A Man Called Otto is a sapfest of worn sentimentality that never feels genuine. It’s the realisation that the American Dream is a Hollywood fabrication. Spielberg still finds time and place in the film to explore some of his insecurities. Amadeus is great because of that thumping realisation that genius exists in the world, and we just have to live with that. There are also moments with visual cues that directly reference some of his films – for example, a shot taken from the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Is self-reflection the responsibility of an artist? And another that could’ve been from Empire of the Sun.

Michelle Yeoh accepting the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award for Everything Everywhere All at Once. (Source: Associated Press).

Naatu Naatu from the Telugu sensation RRR, won best song over the likes of Rihanna and Taylor Swift. Billionaire Todd Boehly purchased the Globes through his Eldridge Industries, and has begun turning the non-profit group into a for-profit company. Tom Cruise, whose Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for best picture, drama, famously returned his three Golden Globe awards after the HFPA revelations. Farrell thanked McDonagh (who also won best original screenplay), his castmates, his kids and the film's donkey, Jenny. The public school sitcom Abbott Elementary came in the lead TV nominee and took home three awards, including best comedy series. The favourite in the category has arguably been Brendan Fraser for The Whale. Steven Spielberg, nominated 14 times by the Globes for best director, won the honour for the third time for his autobiographical The Fabelmans. The filmmaker began by thanking his three sisters, his late father and his late mother, Leah Adler (played by Michelle Williams in the film). And they gave me the opportunity to try again.” He plunged straight into the issues that drove the Globes off television and led much of the entertainment industry to boycott the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after the group was revealed to have no Black members. Carmichael opened by asking the crowd to “be a little quiet here". Abbott Elementary, White Lotus and House of the Dragon led the TV awards.

The most important scene in “The Fabelmans” comes during the third act. Parents Burt (Paul Dano) and Mitzi (Michelle Williams) Fabelman gather their four ...

“The Fabelmans” ends with a chance meeting between Sam and a legendary director that is too deliriously funny to even consider spoiling. With “The Fabelmans,” Spielberg has the opportunity to print the legend, to soften and beautify painful experiences through the power of cinema. Mitzi is able to pick up on the fact that her son is attempting to overcome the fear, and lends him a movie camera to film the crash. One of the tools that “The Fabelmans” has to help widen its scope beyond Steven Spielberg are the rich and holistic performances from Williams and Dano. In the mirror, Sam sees himself with his 8mm camera circling his family, finding the best angles to capture the drama. It’s an emotionally powerful movie, a fact that led to it winning the Best Picture-Drama and Best Director awards at the 80th Golden Globes and garnered a further three nomination.

The Golden Globes returned to the air Tuesday with a red carpet flush with celebrities, comedian Jerrod Carmichael as a hesitant emcee and top awards for ...

“Naatu Naatu” from the Telugu sensation “RRR, ” won best song over the likes of Rihanna and Taylor Swift. The public school sitcom “Abbott Elementary” came in the lead TV nominee and took home three awards, including best comedy series. “Abbott Elementary,” “White Lotus” and “House of the Dragon” led the TV awards. That meant the Globes were essentially put on a one-year audition to recapture its awards-season perch. Billionaire Todd Boehly purchased the Globes through his Eldridge Industries, and has begun turning the nonprofit group into a for-profit company. Possibly Yeoh’s stiffest competition at the Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett of “Tár,” won best actress on the drama side. Mike White’s HBO series “White Lotus” won for best limited or anthology series. “My neighbors are speaking to me, things like that.” “Not letting go of this.” “She is up there kvelling about this right now,” said Spielberg. And they gave me the opportunity to try again.” Carmichael kicked off the 80th Golden Globes from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, with little of the fanfare that usually opens such ceremonies.

Golden Globes returned to air after 1-year hiatus under shadow of 'diversity scandal' - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The Banshees of Inisherin has won Motion Picture for Musical or Comedy. And it is already clear who will win,” he said.

Golden Globe Award winners Steven Spielberg and Martin McDonagh pose with their prizes at the 80th edition of the annual show on Jan. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills ...

The favorite in the category has arguably been Brendan Fraser for "The Whale." "Even if this is the end, you sort of changed my life in a million different ways," Coolidge told White. Tom Cruise, whose "Top Gun: Maverick" was nominated for best picture, drama, famously returned his three Golden Globe awards after the HFPA revelations. Fresh off her dramatic finale, Jennifer Coolidge gave one of the night's lengthiest and warmest speeches while accepting the best supporting actress in a limited series award. "Forty years," the 60-year-old Yeoh said. McDonagh's "The Banshees of Inisherin" left with three awards, including best screenplay for McDonagh and best actor in a comedy for Colin Farrrell. And they gave me the opportunity to try again." Spielberg's autobiographical coming-of-age film "The Fabelmans" won best drama film and the dark friendship tale "The Banshees of Inisherin," captured best film, comedy or musical. Fourteen years earlier, Farrell won a Globe for McDonagh's "In Bruges," which likewise paired him with Brendan Gleeson. Carmichael opened by asking the crowd to "be a little quiet here." "I won't say they were a racist organization," he continued before sitting on the stage. Nominated 14 times by the Globes for best director, Spielberg also won the honor for the third time.

Steven Spielberg was "really, really happy" to win the Best Director Golden Globe for his personal story 'The Fabelmans' on Tuesday (10.01.23).

The Golden Globes return to the air Tuesday on a one-year audition to try to win back their awards-season perch and relevancy to Hollywood.

The film is a semi-autobiographical account of the famed director's life, and is picking up accolades.

“I figured out when I was about 74-years-old, I said: ‘You better do it now’. I put a lot of things in my way with this story. In September 2022, the film won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) top prize, the People’s Choice Award, solidifying its early status as Academy Awards frontrunner. [Success at the Golden Globes](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/film/2023-golden-globes-winners-full-list-jennifer-coolidge-fabelmans-austin-butler-3982043) often predicts victories at the prestigious Oscars awards just a couple of months later, and buzz around the film is at a high. [named best director at the 80th Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/film/2023-golden-globes-winners-full-list-jennifer-coolidge-fabelmans-austin-butler-3982043) (10 January) night for the film, which stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle. Advertisement

Written and directed by Spielberg, who based the story partially on his childhood, The Fabelmans stars Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy Fabelman, a teenage aspiring ...

The Fabelmans is not on Netflix, and it will likely not be on Netflix anytime soon. But it’s also possible that The Fabelmans will arrive on Peacock after 90 days in theaters, around the first week of February 2023. There is not yet a Peacock streaming release date for The Fabelmans. The Fabelmans is a Universal Pictures movie and has a natural streaming home at Universal’s streaming service, Peacock. That’s likely because The Fabelmans is a contender for Best Picture at the Oscars, and Universal is hoping to get the most out of the box office. In the case of The Fabelmans, that means November 2026. You can also catch The Fabelmans in a movie theater—find a showtime of The Fabelmans at a theater near you with [Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/the-fabelmans-2022-229098/movie-overview). Here’s how to watch The Fabelmans online. Thankfully, if you don’t want to sit through that two-hour-and-thirty-one-minute runtime in the theaters, you can now watch The Fabelmans in the comfort of your own home. [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.cab2baaa-18ea-43da-b423-69fd51f558f7?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/01/11/watch-the-fabelmans-streaming-steven-spielberg/&asc_source=web), [Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/umc.cmc.4lgvd75jcuqp79fuar3e9p9zh), [Vudu](https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/title/2157929?cj=--100033829--5370367-_-www.vudu.com&cjevent=d54ec3fb91cc11ed81f7002a0a1c0e10&cjid=cj_14506178_100033829_93051X1604007X3ee6d6b16dc78d7d11aa76e1f4a94811&cjdata=MXxOfDB8WXww), Google Play, and more. IS THE FABELMANS ON PEACOCK? While the Globes don’t always predict the Oscars, it does seem increasingly likely that this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story is a favorite for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

The Golden Globes returned to the air Tuesday with a red carpet flush with celebrities, comedian Jerrod Carmichael as a hesitant emcee and top awards for ...

The public school sitcom “Abbott Elementary” came in the lead TV nominee and took home three awards, including best comedy series. Mike White’s “The White Lotus” won for best limited or anthology series. Tom Cruise, whose “Top Gun: Maverick” was nominated for best picture, drama, famously returned his three Golden Globe awards after the HFPA revelations. Possibly Yeoh’s stiffest competition at the Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett of “Tár,” won best actress on the drama side. The HFPA pledged to reform, diversified its membership and changed some of the ways it operates. McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” left with three awards, including best screenplay for McDonagh and best actor in a comedy for Colin Farrrell. Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age film “The Fabelmans” won best drama film and the dark friendship tale “The Banshees of Inisherin,” captured best film, comedy or musical. “Not letting go of this.” And they gave me the opportunity to try again.” Carmichael opened by asking the crowd to “be a little quiet here.” Fourteen years earlier, Farrell won a Globe for McDonagh’s “In Bruges,” which likewise paired him with Brendan Gleeson. Nominated 14 times by the Globes for best director, Spielberg also won the honor for the third time.

In his weekly column, Shawn Sullivan offers his take on Steven Spielberg's latest film, "The Fabelmans."

All of his career, Spielberg often blended escapism and wild fiction to explore his own painful memories and the themes that recurred in his youth. But I do not believe Spielberg wanted to make a film to celebrate the lore of his career or help lock down his place in film history. A scene involving a train wreck seems to rattle and fascinate him at the same time, enough so that he needs to work through the anxiety he’s experiencing as a result of witnessing the spectacle. These awards do not mean anything to anybody who is not a part of the film industry. I consider it Spielberg’s best film in several years and his most emotionally engaging one since “Saving Private Ryan.” “The Fabelmans” won Best Drama Motion Picture, and Spielberg took the Best Director award.

Anyone who's got even a smidge of interest in movies knows the name Steven Spielberg. Now 76, the legendary filmmaker has been directing feature films for ...

Evan is the culture editor for Men’s Health, with bylines in The New York Times, MTV News, Brooklyn Magazine, and VICE. The movie follows Sam Fabelman (mostly played as a teen by Gabriel LaBelle, wonderful in the role) as he discovers his own passion for film and grows up in both Arizona and California. But it's not that; the movie is an honest coming-of-age tale that feels real, well, because it is. When COVID hit, Spielberg, like many others, started questioning the future of the film industry. Anyone who's got even a smidge of interest in movies knows the name Steven Spielberg. The movie features Paul Dano and Michelle Williams as Burt and Mitzi Fabelman—based on Spielberg's parents—along with Seth Rogen as his "Uncle" Benny, his dad's best friend, and Judd Hirsch as the scene-stealing Uncle Boris; the ensemble cast in this movie, to put it frankly, crush.

'The Fabelmans' star Paul Dano details the emotional journey he took to portray a fictional version Of Steven Spielberg's father.

And it’s incredible that so many people do it, and I certainly feel fortunate that I’m getting to do it now in a way that I want to and that I feel really good about. And then you made me believe again in a very different context.’ And speaking of Sammy and what The Fabelmans is about, it was seeing actors who could take you somewhere that felt like a character, a world, and a life. So, the example of going from The Batman to The Fabelmans is just that I feel so lucky that I would get to do something so different. I also love when I can believe in the final product because I don’t just do this for me; I need to believe in what we’re all making as well. I remember going to audition after audition and what it felt like to get or not get a part. It’s really fun in a way to have all of that run through you [as an actor] as well, meaning I was letting Arnold into my life but letting Burt lead the way. I always saw this wonderful parallel there, which said so much about Arnold with the way his brain worked through engineering and electronics, much in the way that I think Steven works through movies. And I think it’s some combination of not being able to see or acknowledge or face the truth while also knowing and trying to contain it for the sake of his family. In terms of what I saw in his eyes, his father had passed about eight months before we first spoke, and it was hard for me to process that in real-time. And it certainly wasn’t, but I think he was doing that for the sake of his family, and I think he did that because he still loved Mitzi. But once he told me about the idea, I felt very strongly about the project in terms of how I might meet the material, what I might have to offer, and how it resonates with me. Here, Dano reveals his deep research and close work with the director to capture the true essence of a life well-lived.

The Fabelmans, loosely based on Steven Spielberg's upbringing, has picked up awards momentum since its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

[The Fabelmans](https://deadline.com/tag/the-fabelmans/) has picked up awards momentum since it had its world premiere in September at the Toronto Film Festival, where it won the Oscar bellwether People’s Choice Award. [Steven Spielberg](https://deadline.com/tag/steven-spielberg/) said onstage at the Golden Globes on Tuesday that he and his longtime collaborator [Tony Kushner](https://deadline.com/tag/tony-kushner/) have been discussing a way to tell the story of Spielberg’s upbringing and love affair with the movies since the two worked on 2005’s Munich. [Read the Screenplay](https://deadline.com/tag/read-the-screenplay/) series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.