Rent “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” Julian Schnabel’s spellbinding tale of a stroke victim’s flights of imagination is ravishing to look at, mercifully unsentimental and blissfully avoids almost every cliché of the handicapped-hero genre.

Hear “Jim.” Crooner Jamie Lidell has stripped down the electronic frenzy that marked 2005’s danceable “Multiply.” The result is a stunner of a blue-eyed British soul masterwork that evokes the organic grit, soul and warmth of your favorite Stax and Motown records—to quote Lidell himself, “a little bit of feel-good.”

Vote in the Webby People’s Voice Awards (pv.webbyawards .com). Choose winners in more than 100 categories, including blogs, retail sites, interactive ads, video and film. Results will be announced May 6.