Saddest Music in the World - Tried really hard to be different, but I still think it worked for the most part. The director used an interesting, cramped video style helped by the black borders that circled all the shots.
The elimination rounds had something disturbing that I think Euro 2004 could use (the horn, the beer slides). And among Isabella Rosselini movies where she plays a parapalegic wearing glass legs filled with beer, it's gotta be the best.
Control Room - Like Fahrenheit 9/11 at Cannes, it's critical to rate the movie for its own qualities and merits separate from how much you agree with the message (or not). And on those merits, it's a good, thought-provoking flick regardless of your political leanings. And for the conservative American pundits who say that nobody should see this, it's going to be a self-selecting audience anyway. (Like some Earth First guy is going to chain himself to a redwood tree so he can read Ann Coulter.)
and an oldie...
The Italian Job - The great original only, please. Had to dust this one off after all the Quincy Jones music for Adidas in Euro 2004. Those scenes in the sewer, etc. ... it's amazing how many years it's been and yet no one's been able to replicate that.