Just in time for Halloween, “Lupin” makes a comeback as Mike Flanagan’s newest literary horror adaption makes its debut.
Netflix expands its library of motion pictures and TV series each month. Here are some of the more intriguing new releases from October, in our opinion. (Note: Occasionally, streaming services modify their timetables without prior notice. Subscribe to our Watching newsletter here for more suggestions on what to stream.)
Tanya Tucker Returns, Featuring Brandi Carlile
Streaming began on October 1st.
Tanya Tucker, a country music performer, was a teenager when she cut her first number-one singles in the early 1970s. However, Tanya Tucker immediately struggled with substance misuse, toxic relationships, and stage fright as a result of her early success. The recording and release of a 2019 Tucker comeback album, spearheaded by the contemporary alt-country stars Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, serves as the backdrop for the documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile” by Kathlyn Horan. This allows for a more thorough examination of the musician’s turbulent life. In this heartwarming film, a struggling artist tries to rediscover her voice and mission with the support of two celebrity followers who occasionally have trouble persuading Tucker that they are competent.
Lupin Part 3 begins streaming on October 5.
The popular French adventure series “Lupin” is back after a lengthy hiatus with seven more episodes of high-stakes heists with subtly political criticism. Assane Diop, who is played by Omar Sy again, has turned his disdain for the wealthy and powerful into a successful profession as a criminal mastermind. He also loves the gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin from novelist Maurice Leblanc. Assane’s past as the son of a Senegalese immigrant is explored in scenes that alternate between spectacular caper sequences and the show’s convoluted storyline. The hero accomplished one of his main objectives in the last series of episodes by exacting retribution on the biggest enemy of his family. The new series opens with Assane on the run and preparing his next actions, which are hampered by the fact that he has started to gain notoriety as a sort of folk hero.
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A “Fair Play”
Streaming begins on October 6
The story of two ambitious young hedge fund analysts named Emily (Phoebe Dynevor from “Bridgerton”) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich from “Solo”), whose passionate secret love affair starts to go south after Emily is promoted into a supervisory position at their firm, caused a sensation at Sundance earlier this year. “Billions” and “Ballers,” two TV shows that explore how money and power exacerbate interpersonal interactions, were written and directed by Chloe Domont. Domont also considers gender roles in “Fair Play,” as the pair is torn apart by the pressures of a business that prizes macho swagger. With the question of whether Emily and Luke’s relationship and jobs can survive her unexpected success as its focal point, the movie has the pace of a thriller.
The House of Usher “The Fall of the”
Streaming begins on October 12
The Edgar Allan Poe short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” serves as the starting point for the third installment of writer-director Mike Flanagan’s literary horror mini-series for Netflix (after “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”). The episode is a social satire with gothic elements. Roderick Usher is portrayed by Bruce Greenwood. He is the patriarch of a big and prosperous family that has made a substantial portion of their fortune by selling deadly drugs. Roderick recounts the crusading lawyer C. Auguste Dupin (Carl Lumbly) the tale of his tragedy-marred, paranormally troubled life when all of his grown children start passing away. With a strong cast that also includes Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, and Henry Thomas, Flanagan and his writers have put their narrative and its thematic issues in the current era while borrowing names and concepts from previous Poe books.
The “Pain Hustlers”
Streaming begins on October 27.
The dramatic television series “Pain Hustlers,” the most recent of a recent wave of movies and TV shows that explore the causes of America’s opioid addiction, stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans as convincing pharmaceutical salespeople. David Yates, who has overseen the Harry Potter film series for the majority of the last 15 years, is in charge of directing the film. Wells Tower, a celebrated short story writer, wrote the script. The same-titled nonfiction book by Evan Hughes is adapted by these two into a brisk, fact-filled big business exposé. It is comparable to films like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Big Short” in the fact that it tells the tale of how greed and slack ethics contributed to the widespread overprescription of painkillers through documentary-style interludes and charismatic antiheroes.
On October 4, “Beckham” and “Race to the Summit” will also arrive.
“Everything Now” Season 1 on October 5
On October 6, “Ballerina” and “A Deadly Invitation”
“Last One Standing” Season 2 airs on October 10
The 11th of October’s “Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul”
Season 1 of “Once Upon a Star” and “Pact of Silence”“Good Night World” Season 1 Oct. 12
13 October “The Conference”
17 October: “The Devil on Trial”
19 October “Bodies”
Season 1 of “Crypto Boy” and “Neon”20 October “Creature”
“Doona!”
“Elite” season seven “Old Dads” “Surviving Paradise”
The movie “Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris”“Life on Our Planet” Season 1 ends on October 25.
“Pluto” Season 1’s Oct. 26
27 October: “Sister Death”
“Tore”
The “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club”
