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Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic outfits in ‘Blonde’

Marilyn Monroe’s on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her

The Independent UK

Joyce Carol Oates says Marilyn Monroe went through ‘much worse’ than anything in Blonde

New Netflix psychological drama biopic is based on Oates’ novel of the same name

The Independent UK

Blonde review – a hellish vision of Marilyn and her monsters

Andrew Dominik’s gothic portrait of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe – an extraordinary Ana de Armas – is a fever dream of childhood trauma haunting adult life

The Guardian - UK

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From Don’t Worry Darling to Peaky Blinders: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Enthralled by Harry Styles? Thrilled by dancing flat-capped gangsters? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Marilyn Monroe fascination comes to Netflix with 'Blonde'

Marilyn Monroe has been dead for almost 60 years, but there is still a kind of madness around her that remains

The Independent UK

Blonde to Harriet: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ana de Armas is uncanny as the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and Cynthia Erivo is remarkable as the American abolitionist. Plus: Beverly Hills Cop

The Guardian - UK

Overwrought, overlong ‘Blonde’ depicts Marilyn Monroe’s life as a joyless nightmare

Netflix film has an arresting look, but too many visual and aural tricks fight for our attention.

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Ana de Armas finds it ‘disgusting’ and ‘upsetting’ that her Marilyn Monroe nude scenes will ‘go viral’

Film makes history as Netflix’s first produced NC-17 rated movie

The Independent UK

‘I couldn’t let her go’: Ana de Armas says she visited Marilyn Monroe’s grave while filming Blonde

‘I couldn’t shake it off. I couldn’t let her go,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Blonde: Ana de Armas finds it ‘disgusting’ and ‘upsetting’ that her nude scenes will ‘go viral’

Film makes history as Netflix’s first produced NC-17 rated movie

The Independent UK

Blonde review – Ana de Armas gives her all as Monroe in otherwise incurious film

Glossy horror perpetuates the tradition of portraying the brilliant actor as an infantile, sacrificial sex-lamb on the altar of celebrity

The Guardian - UK

Ana de Armas: Filming Marilyn biopic Blonde gave me goosebumps

Ana De Armas has revealed the extent to which the cast and crew of the Marilyn Monroe biopic went to in order to recreate the life and times of the Hollywood legend.

Evening Standard

Blonde: Joyce Carol Oates' epic Marilyn Monroe novel captures the violence of celebrity myth-making

Marilyn Monroe died 60 years ago, on August 4 1962. And on September 28, Netflix will release Blonde, a film by Australian director Andrew Dominik, starring Cuban actress Ana de Armas as Monroe.

The Conversation

Review: Ana de Armas Digs Deep as Marilyn in Brutal ‘Blonde’

What a dream it must be to be Marilyn Monroe, a starstruck assistant tells her. “Everyone would give their right arm to be you!” And we cringe, as we’ll do many times during Andrew Dominik’s brutal, bruising and often beautiful “Blonde,” starring a heartbreaking Ana de Armas. This time, it’s…

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Why this Marilyn Monroe biopic is NC-17

The NC-17 rating has historically been bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy

A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

Evening Standard

Ana de Armas wipes away tears as Blonde receives 14-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

The 34-year-old plays Marilyn Monroe in the biographical drama, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates

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Ana De Armas Said Marilyn Monroe’s Ghost Haunted Blonde’s Cast ‘Threw Things’ Around

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The Independent UK

Blonde: Ana de Armas tears up as Adrien Brody praises her ‘remarkable’ portrayal of Marilyn Monroe

‘I can’t think of any other person who could’ve brought what Ana brought to the role,’ Brody lauded

The Guardian - UK

Blonde review – Some like it rotten: Monroe biopic is moving, explicit and intensely irritating

Venice film festival: Andrew Dominik’s controversial drama finds space for talking foetuses, presidential sex and a starry throuple – but denies its subject sufficient agency

The Guardian - UK

‘I truly believe she was close’: star of new biopic sensed Marilyn Monroe on set

Director Andrew Dominik also says that scenes for the controversial Netflix release, filmed in the room where the iconic actor died were ‘like a seance’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ana de Armas: The Cuban Taking on Marilyn Monroe

Ana de Armas's journey from Cuban migrant to starring as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde", which gets its world premiere in Venice on Thursday, is the stuff of American Dream cliches. Born in Cuba in 1988, Armas came to the United States in her twenties with barely a word of English,…

The Guardian - AU

Heartbreak High, Rings of Power, Blonde: what’s new to streaming in Australia this September

Plus a starry drama about the Bali bombings, new Rick and Morty and Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson

Tribune News Service

Ana de Armas slams NC-17 rating of Marilyn Monroe flick ‘Blonde’

Ana de Armas is baffled that her hotly anticipated film “Blonde” has a rare NC-17 rating, even though other films “are way more explicit” than Netflix’s forthcoming movie about Marilyn Monroe and her legacy.

The Independent UK

New on Netflix in September 2022: Every movie and TV series coming this month

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