The Art of Navel Gazing, with ‘Babylon’ and ‘The Fabelmans’

In the first Oscar conversation leading up to the 2023 Academy Awards, Jordan and Niv critique the authoritative genre of the season: the meta-film. First, they discuss how each actor performed in the Steven Spielberg autofiction blockbuster, ‘The Fabelmens,’ before moving onto why these films may fail to make their mark (06:43). From there, they continue with a spoiler-ific dissection of Damen Chazelle’s ‘Babylon.’ (33:50)