BOX SETS AND ON DEMAND

The Velvet Underground (Apple TV+, from Fri)

From Venus in Furs and Femme Fatale to European Son and The Gift, the Velvet Underground’s avant-garde sound was born from the band’s creative ethos, described by founding member John Cale as: “how to be elegant and brutal”. In this fascinating docmentary, acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes explores how the group became a cultural touchstone and represented a range of contradictions: literary yet realistic, rooted in high art and street culture. It features in-depth interviews with key players from their heyday, combined with a treasure trove of neverbefore-seen performances and a rich collection of recordings, films by Andy Warhol, and other experimental art to create an immersive experience.

Puppy Place (Apple TV+, from Fri)

Based on the best-selling books from Scholastic and produced by Scholastic Entertainment, this liveaction series chronicles the adventures of dog-loving siblings Charles and Lizzie Peterson (played by Riley Looc and Brooklynn MacKinzie, respectively) and the furry friends they foster in search of forever homes. Over eight episodes, the story of every puppy that finds his or her way to the Peterson family is told.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon Prime, from Fri)

Perfect for the run-up to Halloween, this 21st-century reboot of the 1997 movie (based on a 1973 novel by Lois Duncan) ramps up the chills. Written and executive produced by Sara Goodman, it begins a year after a fatal car accident blighted a group of teenagers’ graduation night. Now bound together by a dark secret and stalked by a brutal killer, they try to piece together who is after them, and end up revealing rather more of their seemingly perfect town’s seedy underbelly - as well as themselves. It appears that everyone is hiding

something, and uncovering the wrong secret could come with a deadly price.

You (Netflix, from Fri)

“A boy is not what we expected and I would be lying if I said the thought of mini me was purely exciting and not without challenges.” So speaks Joe (Penn Badgley) as the curtain goes up on series three of this enthralling drama. He and Love (Victoria Pedretti), now married and raising their baby, have moved to the balmy Northern California enclave of Madre Linda, where they’re surrounded by tech entrepreneurs, judgmental mummy bloggers and Instafamous biohackers. Joe is committed to his new role as a dad but fears Love’s lethal impulsiveness, and to cap it all, could the woman he’s been searching for all this time live right next door?

The Four of Us (Netflix, from Fri)

Off the top of your head, how many German comedies can you name (apart from The Cleaner, a UK version of which can be seen on BBC1)? If you’re clutching at straws, then make sure you don’t miss this wicked offering. Set in a beach house, it follows two young couples as they meet up again after a four-week partners swap. There was one rule: no hanky panky. Of course, they all break it, but the bigger question is: have their feelings for their real partner changed? As the couples try to get to grips with the infidelities, their emotions are put through the wringer, while their life choices and expectations are re-evaluated.

The Velvet Underground