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Tuesday, Sept. 17
Big Fan
An obsessed New York Giants fan must confront his delusions after a fateful encounter with his favorite player. Patton Oswalt stars. (2009) 2:45 p.m., Sundance
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Rocky
Don’t blame this sports-movie classic for the awful sequels that followed. You won’t want to blame young star Sylvester Stallone either. (1976) 2:45 p.m., Cinemax
Thursday, Sept. 19
Argo
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture tracks an improbable attempt to rescue six Americans from -revolution-torn Iran. It rescued the career of Ben Affleck, its star and director. (2012) 9 p.m., HBO
Friday, Sept. 20
La Jetée
This avant-garde sci-fi classic from French director Chris Marker was constructed mainly from still photos and inspired Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys.(1962) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Sept. 21
Hitchcock
Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren give top-notch performances as Hitch and wife Alma in this not-quite-masterful biopic, set during the making of Psycho. (2012) 8 p.m., HBO
Sunday, Sept. 22
Schindler’s List
Films don’t get more moving than Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Best Picture winner about a German businessman who saved thousands of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. (1993) 5 p.m., Sundance
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The week's best photosIn Pictures A silver-painted boy, a raging flood, and more
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Roblox, one of the world's most popular video games, has become a bastion of hate speechThe Explainer The platform has over 111 million daily users
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Russian strike on Kyiv kills 23, hits EU officesSpeed Read The strike was the second-largest since Russia invaded in 2022
