THE STORY OF SOULYMANE – ★★★★

Excellent French film about an immigrant refugee who is yet to be given residency status, and how he is trying to make it through difficult times to support himself financially, while facing hardships and missing his family. Beautifully made and played with an excellent balance of drama and humour.

SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY – ★★★

This is a documentary made by DC Comics and HBO, so likely to be streamable on television some time in the near future. I really liked Christopher Reeve as an actor, and knew him slightly beyond his role as Superman in the 70s/80s; I really enjoyed Somewhere in Time several years ago when I saw it. Nothing terribly bad about this documentary, but it continues the common theme that seems to happen with these celebrity docos; doesn’t feel like it digs very deeply into their lives, it seems almost cliche now to hear about how their acting is an outlet for their desire of acceptance when it didn’t occur in their formative years from their parents. By then end it started feeling close to an informercial for the Reeve Foundation, which undoubtedly does good work. But, was it worth seeing in a cinema? Not really.