Monday, July 29
Dead Man Walking
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Tuesday, July 30
Lust for Life
Kirk Douglas gives a career performance as tortured painter Vincent van Gogh; Anthony Quinn keeps step as Paul Gauguin. (1956) 5:45 p.m., TCM
Wednesday, July 31
King of California
Kirk’s son Michael Douglas should have won more acclaim for his performance in this quirky indie film as a manic depressive who enlists his teenage daughter in a loony treasure hunt. With Evan Rachel Wood.
(2007) 8 p.m., Movieplex
Thursday, Aug. 1
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee’s charged melodrama tracks a hot summer day in the life of a racially mixed Brooklyn neighborhood. Lee co-stars with Danny Aiello. (1989) 8 p.m., The Movie Channel
Friday, Aug. 2
You Can Count on Me
Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney established their acting bona fides in this excellent Kenneth Lonergan drama about adult siblings still carrying childhood scars. (2000) 9:45 p.m., Sundance
Saturday, Aug. 3
Lawrence of Arabia
Epics don’t get much better, or more epic, than David Lean’s Oscar winner based on the exploits of British army officer T.E. Lawrence. (1962) 8 p.m., TCM
Sunday, Aug. 4
Big
Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old trapped in a grown man’s body in this charming comedy hit from director Penny Marshall. (1988) 10 a.m., AMC
