THREE TO SEE
Missed it at the cinema or on TV? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
THE THIRD DAY
BROADCAST in three chapters entitled Summer, Autumn and Winter, The Third Day is a ground-breaking drama starring Paddy Considine, Naomie Harris, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston and Emily Watson.
In Summer, Sam (Law) is drawn to the island of Osea, where inhabitants are tightly bound to strange rituals. The second chapter, Autumn, conceived by theatrical innovators Punchdrunk, will be broadcast live in a single continuous take on Sky Arts and online, and delves deeper into the mythology of Osea. Finally, Winter meets spirited outsider Helen (Harris) and her family, who must choose sides, deciding the ultimate fate of the paradise and its feuding denizens.
■ Streaming from September 15 on NOW TV.
THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME (15)
ANTONIO CAMPOS directs a grimy thriller based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel, which unravels over two decades between the Second World War and the Vietnam War.
Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) lives in the Ohio community of Knockemstiff, where sinister characters include corrupt sheriff Lee Bodecker (Sebastian Stan) and unholy Reverend Preston Teagardin (Robert Pattinson). As Arvin battles evil on numerous fronts, his strained relationship with his father Willard (Bill Skarsgard) reaches a crescendo while he adopts the role of fierce protector to orphan Lenora (Eliza Scanlen).
■ Streaming from September 16 on Netflix.
CRIMINAL – SEASON 2
THE gripping procedural drama unveils four new investigations.
Police officers led by Natalie Hobbs (Katherine Kelly) attempt to extract confessions from prime suspects inside a claustrophobic interview suite.
The team includes Hugo Duffy (Mark Stanley), Tony Myerscough (Lee Ingleby), Paul Ottager (Nicholas Pinnock) and Vanessa Warren (Rochenda Sandall).
The four special guest stars, who loudly profess their innocence in the second series are Kit Harington, Sharon Horgan, Kunal Nayyar and Sophie Okonedo.
■ Four episodes, streaming and available to download from September 16 on Netflix.