Paddington (2014)
A sweet slapstick-inspired film with a gooey marmalade heart in the right place
A Mighty Wind (2003)
A joyous satire of concert films, especially seminal hits of the genre like The Last Waltz
The Farewell (2019)
The smallest of lies can exact the heaviest of costs
Best in Show (2000)
A film that would be delirious if it wasn’t so calm about its subjects
Forbidden Games (1952)
The horrors of war hit home in a modern fairy-tale about death
The Death of Stalin
Where blind ambition meets the reign of terror
Stalag 17
Wilder crafts a war comedy/drama that sets the mold for films that point out war’s absurdities
Ready or Not
Horror hybrid with a black comedic heart
The Road to El Dorado
Lively animation that hearkens back to the Hope/Crosby Road movies
Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
Revisionist history of Hollywood’s last Golden Age hits and misses