• A still from Frank

About this time last year Frank, an Irish comedy about a band whose mentally unstable front man wears an oval mask that covers his entire head, started getting a lot of buzz at Sundance. I half-interestedly kept my eye out for Frank, partially because I wanted to see if Michael Fassbender could bring warmth and humanity to the title character—a role that required him to conceal his face for most of the film—and because the musical aspect intrigued me. So when Netflix started streaming Frank late last week I made sure to watch it as soon as possible.