Four Originals Debut in Netflix Top Ten — but Not ‘Bardo’

The pre-holiday report on home viewing on both VOD platforms and at Netflix reveals two things: it’s continuing to look a lot like Christmas and a pair of new films from double Oscar best director winners are getting less than top-tier viewing at this point.Most noticeably, Alejandro G.

Iñárritu’s “Bardo,” following prime earlier festival showings and multiple weeks in limited theater play, has not yet showed up on Netflix’s Top Ten.

Released last Friday, it is not among the four new other originals from the streamer that do rank this week.Chances are most people who follow festival- and awards-aimed titles haven’t heard of any of these films for which the public has more interest.

Number one is Rory Kennedy’s documentary “The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.” Seasonal rom-com “I Believe in Christmas” debuts at #3.

“The Big 4,” an action title from Indonesia is #5.

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