Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, March 3
Passing Strange
A unique, Tony-winning musical about an adolescent’s artistic awakening gained additional force when Spike Lee filmed the show and edited it for the screen. Stew, the playwright, also stars.(2009) 3 p.m., Showtime
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Tuesday, March 4
Up in the Air
George Clooney plays a corporate downsizer who learns to feel while carrying on an affair with a fellow frequent flyer. (2009) 9 p.m., Sundance
Wednesday, March 5
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Rocky
It’s easy to forget that Syl-ves-ter Stallone was once a Hollywood underdog like the blue-collar boxer he played in his breakthrough, a blockbuster Best Picture. (1976) 2:30 p.m., AMC
Thursday, March 6
Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham stars as an aimless recent film-studies major in the movie that launched Girls. (2010) 12:15 p.m., Sundance
Friday, March 7
Eat Drink Man Woman
There’s a strong Confucian element to Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s breakthrough film, a comedy about a Chinese widower and his three urbane daughters. (1994) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, March 8
The Last of the Mohicans
Daniel Day-Lewis proves an effective action hero in a polished modern adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’sfantasy about a frontiersman, a girl, and two warring tribes.(1992) 8 p.m., IFC
Sunday, March 9
Bright Eyes
Shirley Temple plays an adorable orphan—and turns “On the Good Ship Lollipop” into a career high. (1934) 8 p.m., TCM
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