Agree on the recs for Death of Stalin and What We Do in the Shadows.
For rather mindless, stylish action full of great period music, we just enjoyed Atomic Blonde. It reminded me of the first John Wick movie, which I also unexpectedly really enjoyed. Excellent fight scenes...Charlize Theron just being awesomely badass and constantly, visibly damaged from all the fights, yet still cool.
I had a revelation while watching it, though. I almost have 'face blindness' when it comes to Theron. It took me more than 10 years of seeing her intermittently in movies before I registered that it was the same person. And even now, when I know who she is and what movies she in, and generally admire her performances, I have trouble actually concentrating on her face/really 'seeing and absorbing' her face when I watch her. Like, for me, her face is beautiful, but in such an incredibly generic way that it... cancels itself out or something? She's an effective actor, but I can't tell if that's b/c she's actually really skilled or if she just picks good, diverse roles.
It's REALLY weird. I will need to figure out if any other actors register similarly. I can't think of any but there must be some.
James McAvoy, OTOH is extremely vivid in this film LOL. Though I'm starting to get a little worried that he's fallen permanently down the 'blockbuster/comic book adaptation' black hole that seems to be sucking up the time and talents of every decent actor out there anymore. Really wish that trend would stop.