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Monday, Jan. 14

Midnight in Paris

Woody Allen’s Oscar-nominated film features Owen Wilson as a writer in Paris who’s magically transported back to Hemingway’s day. (2011) 8:50 a.m., Starz

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Tuesday, Jan. 15

A Few Good Men

Tom Cruise plays a Navy lawyer defending two Marines against court-martial—which means facing down Jack Nicholson—in this Oscar-nominated film written by Aaron Sorkin. (1992) 5 p.m., AMC

Wednesday, Jan. 16

Lost in La Mancha

Filmmaking is folly for director Terry Gilliam in this documentary, which charts his disastrous attempt to mount a film adaptation of Cervantes’s Don Quixote. (2002) 7 a.m., Sundance

Thursday, Jan. 17

Open Water

Not since Jaws have sharks been so frightening. This thriller is based on a true story about a couple left behind during a diving expedition. (2003) 6:15 p.m., IFC

Friday, Jan. 18

Notorious

A tense romance develops between an American agent (Cary Grant) and the daughter of a Nazi spy (Ingrid Bergman) in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic postwar thriller. (1946) 4 p.m., TCM

Saturday, Jan. 19

The Prestige

Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play rival magicians on the 19th-century London stage in this trick-filled film from Inception director Christopher Nolan. (2006)8 p.m., IFC

Sunday, Jan. 20

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Bringing a James Thurber story to life, Danny Kaye plays a timid editor who escapes his humdrum life in adventure-filled daydreams. (1947) 6 p.m., TCM