Episodes, 9.30pm, Thursday, SoHo
A 2016 Japanese drama about a private detective who, after the death of his father, struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife. ‘‘The film-making is so exquisite, and the acting so calibrated, it sticks with you,’’ wrote The Hollywood Reporter‘s Deborah Young. A 2013 documentary about a French nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers. ‘‘More connect-the-dots detective thriller than traditional doc, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s revelatory riddle of a film unmasks a brilliant photographer who hid in plain sight,’’ wrote Entertainment Weekly‘s Chris Nashawatay.
Hockney, 8.30pm, Thursday, Rialto
This 2014 documentary sees the charismatic British artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. It also looks back at David Hockney’s formative years in the British Pop Art scene and his experience of being a gay man as the Aids crisis took hold, as well as his years working in California. ‘‘An amiable, agreeable study,’’ wrote The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw. As the fifth and final season of this critically-acclaimed comedy opens, Matt’s (Matt Le Blanc) game show is a runaway hit, while Sean (Stephen Mangan) and Beverly (Tamsin Greig) have to endure watching Sean’s loathsome ex-partner destroy their latest project. ‘‘As sneakily ruthless as anything on television,’’ wrote IndieWire‘s Ben Travers. – James Croot