If you search “Bling Ring” on Netflix, one of the top results is 2022’s “The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist,” a familiar-looking docuseries that fits in alongside dozens of other Netflix true-crime documentaries. That makes sense for the story of a group of Southern California teenagers who committed shockingly brazen robberies of various celebrity homes in 2008 and 2009, and if you watch the series, you’ll learn about the facts of the case and the personalities involved.
But I’d suggest looking past that obvious result to Sofia Coppola’s brilliant 2013 film “The Bling Ring,” which is also available on Netflix as of this month, and applies sophisticated artistry to the kind of trashy real-life story that usually doesn’t get such elegant consideration.
