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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