Control Room (2004)

Compelling documentary is ostensibly about the Saudi news channel al-Jazeera and its coverage of the Iraq-America war, but in showing us the other side's media coverage it becomes a treatise on media bias in general (if nothing else, this film exists to prove the adage about there being three sides to every story). Direction is rightfully unobtrusive; potshots at Donald Rumsfeld are cheap but also well-deserved.

Grade: B+