A closer look at new Netflix releases debuting on the streamer in the coming days, like the highly-anticipated Ana de Armas film «Blonde.»
One of the most anticipated Netflix releases of the year — Blonde, in which Ana de Armas gives a career-best performance as Marilyn Monroe — hits the streamer next week, following an initial and limited theatrical run. This one is noteworthy for so many reasons, not the least of which are that it has Oscar bait all over it; it will also be Netflix’s first movie rated NC-17; and Ana has once again shape-shifted, chameleon-like, into a role that will no doubt leave many viewers’ mouth agape and in awe.
As always, though, there’s also a lot more to check out on Netflix over the coming days, too. That’s why, as we do every Friday, we want to highlight some of the biggest and most interesting Netflix releases debuting over the coming week — partly to help subscribers wade through the staggering abundance of choice on the service.
For an even more narrowly curated look at the best of what’s on the service right now, we also offer guides covering the biggest Netflix shows at the moment, as well as under-the-radar new releases (like the fantastic Swedish crime drama Snabba Cash). Plus early looks at new content, like the 145 titles that will be new on Netflix in October.
Let’s start, though, with the far-and-away biggest Netflix release that’ll be available to stream in the coming days.
Blonde (coming on September 28) will add, first of all, yet another title to an already pretty sizeable library of Ana de Armas movies available to stream on Netflix. Based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, her newest film, according to Netflix, “boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe.
“From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.”
The movie was written and directed by Andrew Dominik. The cast, in addition to Ana, includes Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel, and Evan Williams.
