Chris Sievey built Manchester cult figure Frank Sidebottom out of a giant papier-mâché head, outsider pop and weaponized naivety—then found the character swallowing the artist. It is a very particular British collision of music, absurdist comedy and identity, with enough melancholy to give the joke weight but not so much that the evening becomes homework. Watch on Criterion
The caveat: the documentary structure is more conventional than its subject, and 105 minutes is longer than yesterday’s 22-minute recommendation. Choose it when you want warmth and eccentricity, not menace.