Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
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
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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