Screenshot: Annette / Amazon Studios
Adam Driver’s next role is a far cry from Kylo Ren. In Annette, French director Leos Carax’s new artistic film (The Unveiling Holy Motors You Should Check Out Now; it streams for free), he plays a poisonous, controlling husband to a woman played by Marion Cotillard; Their bond grows even more fragile after the birth of their first child, which is … unusual to say the least (no spoilers, but it’s a choice).
When the film screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this summer, the reception caught Twitter’s attention for a full day, not because the critics were head over heels for it (reactions were mixed and it failed to win the prestigious Palm D’Or — that went to a movie called Titane, in which a woman is having sex with a car– although Carax took home the award for best director), but because of a scene in which Adam Driver sings, uh, ladyparts during oral sex in Marion Cotillards. Actually, he does this twice. Did I mention this is a musical? With music by the rock duo Sparks?
Annette isn’t exactly made for the same amount of Amazon Prime subscribers as last month’s shlock sci-fi thriller The Tomorrow War, but it definitely shows the streamer’s reach: this risk-taking film from a child prodigy will be out in August coming on duty 20, just a week before Pete the Cat: Back to School Operetta.
Also this month: Val (August 6), an insightful documentary about the life, career and health struggles of Val Kilmer, taken from footage he shot himself over decades, and The Courier (August 27), a Benedict Cumberbatch spy thriller with the true story of a civilian recruited as a spy for the British Government at the height of the Cold War.
What’s coming to Amazon Prime Video in August 2021?
Arrival on August 1st
- 21 (2008)
- Aliens (1986)
- All About Steve (2009)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Annie (1982)
- Attack on the Block (2011)
- Borate (2006)
- Catch me if you can (2002)
- Center stage (2000)
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
- Elektra (2005)
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- Freedom Land (2006)
- Hook (1991)
- In Their Shoes (2005)
- Pine (1975)
- Pine 2 (1978)
- Pine 3 (1983)
- Kiefer: Revenge (1987)
- Knowledge (2009)
- La Bamba (1987)
- Machete (2010)
- Made of Honor (2008)
- Max Payne (2008)
- Money Ball (2011)
- Mud (2013)
- My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
- Patriot Games (1992)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Predator (1987)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Sea Biscuit (2003)
- Secret Window (2004)
- Sideways (2004)
- Schlitter (2006)
- Something Must Give (2003)
- Soul Surfer (2011)
- The Great Debaters (2013)
- The Insider (2000)
- The Iron Lady (2011)
- The Legend of Zorro (2005)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- The Natural (1984)
- The Roommate (2011)
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
- Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (2008)
- Water for Elephants (2011)
- You, Me and Dupree (2006)
- Addison: Season 1
- Bannan: Season 1
- Be Cool Scooby Doo: Season 1
- Chesapeake Shores: Season 1
- City confidential: Season 1
- Tasty: Season 1
- Dirt Every Day: Season 1
- Frankie Drake Mysteries: Season 1
- The French Chef with Julia Child: Season 1
- Let’s go: Season 1
- How the Earth Was Made: Season 1
- In their own words: Season 1
- Sea Raiders: Season 1
- The Bridge: Season 1
- The Nordic Murders: Season 1
- Winner of the West: Season 1
Arrival on August 6th
- Val (2021)
- SOZ soldiers or zombies – Season 1
Arrival on August 13th
- EVANGELION: 3.0 + 1.01 THREE TIMES AT A TIME
- Modern Love – Season 2
Arrival on August 16
- Evan the Almighty (2007)
- In Bruges (2008)
Arrival on August 17th
- The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Arrival on August 20th
- Annette (2021)
- Killer Among Us (2021)
Arrival on August 27th
- The Courier (2021)
- Pete the Cat: Back to School Operetta (2021)
