“The Fabelmans” (** out of four) was a self-indulgent melodrama loosely based on the life of writer/director Steven Spielberg about a young boy (Gabriel LaBelle) who discovers his powerful love for film and how this helps him to find joy and purpose in life and supercedes his problems at home with his parents (Paul Dano and Michelle Williams) and at school. Spielberg’s most personal and biographical film to date is affectionately done and lovingly detailed (with various homages to Spielberg works including “Back To The Future” in particular in a few scenes) about a young boy’s love for film………but as a film itself it’s self-important and awfully long. David Lynch has a key cameo also as a film director.