Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton> Doctor Blind
Riding a hot streak that includes striking promos for Death From Above 1979 and Mew, "Doctor Blind" sees Rokkit/Spy Entertainment's Jaron Albertin (see Directors To Watch, pg. 40) continue to make a compelling case for himself as one of the industry's best new video directors. This frosty clip finds Metric principal Emily Haines making a late-night prescription meds run to a department store and getting inadvertently locked in at closing time. As rows of strangers begin to appear around her, Haines knocks them over like dominos, sending them to the ground with an anesthetized thud. It's unsettling as hell, and absolutely perfect for the song. [Prodco: Spy Entertainment; Label: Last Gang] MP

Bob Dylan> When The Deal Goes Down
Set against a lazy backdrop of steel guitars and lilting chord progressions, this gossamer scrapbook piece from Hungry Man's Bennett Miller plays like a series of home movie remnants from the '60s. Featuring Scarlett Johansson as its classically all-American object of desire and shot on sun-dappled Super 8, it would admittedly be tough not to make this look wonderful, but Miller (who directed last year's Capote) earns extra credit for hitting all the right notes and creating something that hangs together beautifully. As evocative as anything we've seen this year. [Prodco: Hungry Man; Label: Columbia] MP

Zero 7 (Feat. Jose Gonzalez)> Futures (spec)
Originally commissioned by the label, this clip for Zero 7's "Futures" was passed over as the song's official promo for Duckeye's slightly more accessible take. Helmed by the as-yet-unrepped Robert Seidel (see Directors To Watch, pg. 23) and decidedly more avant-garde than MTV, this kaleidoscopic morph piece shows macro-lensed images of eggs, bananas, leaves, Chex mix and Lord knows what else pulsing with warm-blooded vitality. The images are spellbinding, even if you don't always know what you're looking at. [Label: Warner] MP