Movies on TV

Monday, April 1

Thank You For Smoking

Aaron Eckhart plays a smooth-talking tobacco lobbyist with a nagging conscience in this clever film, based on a satirical Christopher Buckley novel. (2005) 12:45 p.m., Sundance

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Tuesday, April 2

King Kong

Every generation tries to remake Kong, but none of the remakes comes within an iconic skyscraper of the original. With Fay Wray. (1933) 7:30 a.m., TCM

Wednesday, April 3

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Sissy Spacek earned a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn, the teen bride from Butcher Holler, Ky., who became a country-music legend. (1980) 9:35 p.m., Movieplex

Thursday, April 4

How Green Was My Valley

John Ford’s film about the tribulations of a Welsh family beat out Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon for Best Picture at the 1942 Oscars. See if you’d vote likewise. (1941) 10 p.m., TCM

Friday, April 5

Poltergeist

Try to count how many times Craig T. Nelson and his haunted suburban family utter the name “Carol Anne” in this ’80s horror classic about a girl and her TV. (1982) 9:45 a.m., IFC

Saturday, April 6

Rio Bravo

John Wayne had been on a hiatus from Westerns when he signed on for this one, a Howard Hawks classic about a Texas sheriff facing long odds. (1959) 2 p.m., AMC

Sunday, April 7

Me and Orson Welles

Zac Efron is surprisingly effective as a teenager who befriends Orson Welles. But the reason to watch is Christian McKay—for his spot-on impression of the film legend. (2008) 2 p.m., Sundance