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Monday, June 17

Little Miss Sunshine

Alan Arkin does his best to keep this Oscar-nominated indie road comedy from becoming unbearably twee. With Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, and Steve Carell. (2006) 8 p.m., IFC

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Tuesday, June 18

Speed

The premise: A city bus has been rigged to explode if it slows down. The surprise: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock make the idea look like genius. (1994) 8:45 a.m., Cinemax

Wednesday, June 19

A Mighty Heart

Angelina Jolie has never been better than as the wife of Daniel Pearl, a reporter captured and murdered by Pakistani militants. (2007) 8 p.m., Sundance

Thursday, June 20

Untamed Youth

Skinny-dipping sisters are hauled off to a prison farm in a camp classic that kicks off an evening celebrating the career of B-movie starlet Mamie Van Doren. (1957) 8 p.m., TCM

Friday, June 21

Dazed and Confused

It’s the first day of summer for Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, and other young ne’er-do-wells in this spot-on tribute to 1970s aimlessness from director Richard Linklater. (1993) 6:15 p.m., Encore

Saturday, June 22

The Searchers

John Wayne plays an angry loner seeking vengeance against a Comanche tribe in a John Ford film that’s widely considered the greatest Western ever.(1956) 8 p.m., TCM

Sunday, June 23

The Professional

Eleven-year-old Natalie Portman made her acclaimed screen debut playing an orphan who befriends a hit man. (1994) 8:15 p.m., Sundance