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Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Sept. 30Citizen KaneNo better film will air this week than Orson Welles’s thinly veiled fictional portrait of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1941) 11:15 p.m., TCM
Tuesday, Oct. 1Full Metal JacketStanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War film ranks among the genre’s best, thanks to its cinematic sweep and the performance of former Marine R. Lee Ermey. (1987) 8 p.m., IFC
Wednesday, Oct. 2WitnessHarrison Ford flirted with an Oscar with his turn as a detective who goes undercover in Amish country to protect a boy who witnessed a murder. (1985) 4:25 p.m., Encore
Thursday, Oct. 3War of the WorldsDirector Steven Spielberg renewed his infatuation with space invaders when he made this underrated popcorn spectacle based on a classic tale of alien attack. (2005) 7:25 a.m., Cinemax
Friday, Oct. 4The Testament of Dr. MabuseAll films about criminal masterminds owe a debt to this German classic, about a hypnotist hatching dastardly deeds in an asylum. Fritz Lang directs. (1933) 11:15 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Oct. 5Fantastic Mr. FoxDirector Wes Anderson found his milieu with this stop-motion children’s movie based on a Roald Dahl story. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Bill Murray lend their voices. (2009) 6:15 p.m., Sundance
Sunday, Oct. 6BabeThis tender fable about a piglet who yearns to herd sheep appeals, in equal measure, to kids and adults. (1995) 9:10 a.m., Movieplex
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