For Your Consideration: 'Hyde Park on Hudson' and 'Lincoln'

When depicting a U.S. president on film, a director and the actor who portrays him can create a saintly icon or a glimpse of the man behind the history. Two of the year's presidential movies, Steven Spielberg's dour, overstuffed hagiographical Lincoln and Roger Michell's backdoor portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hyde Park on Hudson, demonstrate the two opposing approaches. In the latter,