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Monday, Feb. 25

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford create misty, watercolored memories in this love story about a screenwriter and a political activist. (1973) 3:30 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, Feb. 26

Midnight Run

Robert De Niro broke out his comic chops to play a bounty hunter charged with bringing in a neurotic accountant, played to perfection by Charles Grodin. (1988) 12 p.m., Cinemax

Wednesday, Feb. 27

The Jungle Book

Disney’s 1967 version can’t compete with this live-action rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s children’s stories, filmed in opulent Technicolor by the Korda brothers. (1942) 1:45 p.m., TCM

Thursday, Feb. 28

Silverado

An eclectic cast—Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, and John Cleese—energizes this mostly overlooked Western about misfit cowboys who overthrow a crooked sheriff. (1985) 1:35 p.m., Encore

Friday, March 1

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Actor Heath Ledger died before Terry Gilliam completed this mind-bending fantasy about a traveling theater troupe, so Johnny Depp and others stepped in. (2009) 6 a.m., Starz

Saturday, March 2

Primary Colors

John Travolta pulls off an engaging Bill Clinton impersonation in Mike Nichols’s adaptation of Joe Klein’s political roman à clef. (1998) 12:30 p.m., Showtime

Sunday, March 3

Laura

Gene Tierney’s beauty makes a powerful impression on a homicide detective in this spellbinding film noir directed by Otto Preminger. (1944) 7:45 a.m., FMC