"The Lady"

On paper, "The Lady" sounds like a snoozer - a Western biopic of an Eastern (Southeast-Asian, specifically) human-rights martyr timed for an Oscar-qualifying Fall release.

Two things make it worth paying attention to (for reasons other than the obvious sympathy/admiration for Aung San Suu Kyi, of course, which is an issue wholly-seperate from the movie) - it's directed by Luc Besson, who "gets" that biopics of icons don't need to be ponderous and staid; and it's a non-action star vehicle for the great Michelle Yeoh.