Monday, May 20
Waltz With Bashir
Ari Folman’s acclaimed documentary uses animation to explore suppressed memories of his experiences as an Israeli soldier in the 1982 Lebanon War. (2008) 7 a.m., Sundance
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Tuesday, May 21
Little Caesar
Gangster films from The Godfather to Goodfellas owe a debt to this pioneering film, which helped put the genre—and star Edward G. Robinson—on the map. (1931) 8 p.m., TCM
Wednesday, May 22
The Descendants
George Clooney plays a Hawaii-based lawyer coming to terms with his comatose wife’s infidelities in a film that won a screenplay Oscar.(2011) 2:10 p.m., Cinemax
Thursday, May 23
Stripes
Bill Murray headlines this screwball comedy as a down-on-his-luck cabbie who joins the Army on a whim. With John Candy. (1981) 2 p.m., AMC
Friday, May 24
Mickey One
Warren Beatty plays a nightclub comic running from the mob in this cult classic, which paired the actor with director Arthur Penn two years before they madeBonnie and Clyde. (1965) 12:30 a.m., TCM
Saturday, May 25
The Hunger Games
A hit dystopian novel for young adults gets a better-than-anticipated film adaptation, with Jennifer Lawrence as bow-wielding protagonist Katniss Everdeen. (2012) 3:45 p.m., Epix
Sunday, May 26
Out of Africa
Robert Redford, Meryl Steep, and the lushly filmed African savanna star in this Best Picture–winning romance based on the memoir by Isak Dinesen. (1985) Noon, Movieplex
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