I also share your feelings of apathy regarding the current crop of American Films... I still can't figure out how American Beauty won any awards, I personally thought it was sickening. But I have seen some great films from foreign pools, some of which are a Swedish film called Insomnia (Stellan Skarsgaard from Breaking the Waves plays a detective sent to Norway to solve a crime) The ending was a topic of discussion for some time. If you have seen it perhaps you can explain the meaning of the last scene.  A great comedy starring Jean Reno was called the Visitors. We howled all the way through it. Currently the Spanish films are great especially the films (only 2 so far) of Alejandro Amenabar called Thesis (Tesis) and Open Your Eyes (Abre los Ojos. This twenty something director is very talented. Another good film by the Spanish filmmakers is Lovers of the Arctic Circle, The Fencing Master and Boca Y Boca.. I would be happy to correspond with you regarding some great new foreign films.... 