After a career spanning almost six decades, Steven Spielberg strikes gold yet again with this autobiography that feels deeply personal.

The Fabelmans, very aptly named as it gives focus and attention to seemingly all characters equally, opens with a shot of a family in front of a cinema. We see a mother and a father excited to take their son to his first expedition to the movies. They're excited for him because they know how seeing your first film can be a very special experience. And it is. For the young Sammy, pictures of a train crashing into a car haunt him and he just can't seem to be able to get them out of his mind. He feels scared, excited, confused and decides that he should take the matter into his own hands, so he takes his father camera and recreates the scene with his toys and shoots it. It's incredible how Spielberg managed to capture a lot of revealing moments about the characters and present them to the audience so transparently. The moment Sammy falls in love with film, the moment he stops seeing his mother as an all-powerful and faultless parent and starts seeing her as a human being for the first time, and when his uncle so vividly explains to him that he'll pursue his dreams or be miserable if he doesn't.

Gabriel LaBelle does a fine job in his role of Sammy, Seth Rogen is a pleasant surprise in a somewhat different role of Bennie to what he usually does, Paul Dano does a great job of portraying the father of the family but the absolute star of the show is Michelle Williams. And what can you say about Steven Spielberg himself. After doing so many different films so well, he manages to do another original and new story that truly cements him as one of the greatest directors of all time, all the while giving viewers that magical feeling of happiness that stems from knowing you're watching something special on the big screen. Thank you, Mr. Spielberg for making me rediscover my love for the art of cinema and putting a smile on my face.

This is a must see for anyone considering themselves a genuine fan of film and cinema, so if you liked Nuovo Cinema Paradiso this is a film for you to see, and if you haven't, well, go and watch it the first time you get a chance.