Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Nov. 5
State and Main
A hapless film crew upends a small Vermont town in this comedy from David Mamet. The strong cast includes Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Sarah Jessica Parker. (2000) 7:10 p.m., Sundance
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Tuesday, Nov. 6
Creepshow
Stephen King and Night of the Living Dead director George Romero collaborated on this five-tale salute to horror comics of the 1950s. (1982) 10:45 p.m., IFC
Wednesday, Nov. 7
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Analyze This
Sending up his tough-guy persona, Robert De Niro plays a mobster who seeks help from therapist Billy Crystal. (1999) 8 p.m., Encore
Thursday, Nov. 8
Top Gun
Fine aerial sequences distinguish this hit drama, featuring Tom Cruise as a cocky Naval pilot. Kelly McGillis and Val Kilmer co-star. (1986) 9 a.m., AMC
Friday, Nov. 9
For a Few Dollars More
Clint Eastwood reprised his role as the bounty-hunting Man With No Name in the second installment of Sergio Leone’s great spaghetti Western trilogy. (1967) 9:45 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Nov. 10
Chronicle
A smart, dark script and believable characters distin- guish this sci-fi drama about three teens who accidentally gain superhuman abilities. (2012) 10 p.m., Cinemax
Sunday, Nov. 11
High Anxiety
Director-star Mel Brooks spoofs such Alfred Hitchcock classics as Vertigo and The Birds in this fitfully funny farce set around an institute “for the Very, Very Nervous.” With Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman. (1977) 8 a.m., FMC
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