Movies on TV

Monday, June 4

Mourning Becomes Electra

The film version of Eugene O’Neill’s drama, transplanting the Greek myth of Orestes to the Civil War, is shown at its nearly three-hour original length. With Rosalind Russell and Michael Redgrave. (1947) 12:45 p.m., TCM

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Tuesday, June 5

Renaissance

Innovative rotoscoping and chiaroscuro design distinguish this animated sci-fi film noir about a cop in search of a kidnapped scientist in 2054 Paris. (2006) 9:30 a.m., IFC

Wednesday, June 6

Resurrection

Ellen Burstyn plays a woman who receives an unwanted gift after a car crash: the power to heal. Burstyn was nominated for an Oscar. (1980) 8 a.m., Cinemax

Thursday, June 7

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

A documentary portrait of the designer who rose to fame with Jacqueline Kennedy’s pillbox hat. (2010) 9:30 p.m., Showtime

Friday, June 8

The Black Cat

A horror gem starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in the roles of a vengeful psychiatrist and a Satanist locked in a duel of wits. (1934) 11:15 p.m., TCM

Saturday, June 9

Lonesome Dove

Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star in the acclaimed four-part adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel about two ex–Texas Rangers. (1989) Noon, Hallmark Movie Channel

Sunday, June 10

CSA: The Confederate States of America

This mock TV documentary, complete with faux commercials, satirizes American politics and race relations by chronicling an alternate history in which the South won the Civil War. (2003) 10 a.m., IFC