Monday, Dec. 23
Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox plays a teen who rides a time-traveling DeLorean back to the 1950s and accidentally interferes with his parents’ courtship. (1985) 8 p.m., Encore
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Tuesday, Dec. 24
Brick
A high school loner turns detective to solve his girlfriend’s murder in this stylish and acclaimed neo-noir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars. (2005) 3:30 p.m., Sundance
Wednesday, Dec. 25
Top Hat
Let Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance away Christmas evening in this great light romance, which launches an Astaire marathon. (1935) 8 p.m., TCM
Thursday, Dec. 26
No Country for Old Men
Javier Bardem stars as a terrifying killer with a frightening haircut in the Coen brothers’ adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel. Tommy Lee Jones must hunt the madman down. (2007) 8 p.m., IFC
Friday, Dec. 27
The Magnificent Ambersons
A snobbish Midwestern heir gets an Industrial Age comeuppance in this magnificent period drama, seen here in director Orson Welles’s original cut.(1942) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Dec. 28
The Crow
In his last film, Brandon Lee shines as a Goth rocker who returns from the dead to avenge his fiancée’s murder. Lee died in an on-set accident. (1994) 8:30 p.m., SHO Beyond
Sunday, Dec. 29
Big Fish
Ewan McGregor plays a young man who lives in the shadow of his father’s tall tales in an inventive fable from director Tim Burton. (2003) 3:10 p.m., Starz
