Monday, July 30
The History Boys
A group of British schoolboys is groomed for Oxford and Cambridge in Alan Bennett’s adaptation of his award-winning stage drama. (2006) 11:30 a.m., Sundance
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Tuesday, July 31
Galaxy Quest
Actors from a defunct sci-fi series find themselves battling real-life aliens in this clever spoof of Star Trek fandom. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman star. (1999) 10 p.m., Cinemax
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Married to the Mob
Michelle Pfeiffer showed her comic skills as a Mafia widow romantically pursued by both an FBI agent and her husband’s killer. With Matthew Modine. (1988) 9 a.m., AMC
Thursday, Aug. 2
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Cary Grant stars as a New York adman whose bucolic refuge turns into a money pit in this still-pertinent comedy about the hazards of homebuilding. Myrna Loy co-stars. (1948) 6 p.m., TCM
Friday, Aug. 3
Bugsy
Warren Beatty plays Bugsy Siegel, the volatile gangster who helped build Las Vegas, in a Barry Levinson film that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. (1991) 11:30 a.m., AMC
Saturday, Aug. 4
The Exorcist
This shocker about demonic possession starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, and Linda Blair is now entered in the National Film Registry. (1973) 8 p.m., IFC
Sunday, Aug. 5
Now, Voyager
In one of her most iconic roles, Bette Davis portrays a repressed woman who escapes her mother’s shadow to find love with a married man. (1942) 4:45 p.m., TCM
