Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, April 9
Miller’s Crossing
Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, and John Turturro play Prohibition-era gangsters in Joel and Ethan Coen’s stylized Mob drama. (1990) 3:30 p.m., IFC
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Tuesday, April 10
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Romance beckons to a young man whose limited life is centered on caring for his mentally challenged brother. Featuring Johnny Depp, with Juliette Lewis and an arresting Leonardo DiCaprio. (1993) 9:15 a.m., AMC
Wednesday, April 11
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Midnight Run
Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin star in this odd-couple comedy about a bounty hunter and an embezzler being chased by both the FBI and the Mafia. (1988) 2:15 p.m., Cinemax
Thursday, April 12
Arthur
Dudley Moore spins alcoholism as comedy in this early-
’80s hit. With Liza Minnelli and John Gielgud, who won an Oscar. (1981) 8 p.m., TCM
Friday, April 13
Mrs. Dalloway
Vanessa Redgrave and Natascha McElhone play the title character at different ages in this adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel about a woman looking back at a choice she made between two lovers. (1997) 4 p.m., IFC
Saturday, April 14
Moneyball
Brad Pitt was an Oscar finalist thanks to this fact-based drama about a baseball exec whose statistical approach revolutionized the game. (2011) 9 p.m., Starz
Sunday, April 15
Written on the Wind
Sly satire lurks beneath the glossy surface of director Douglas Sirk’s melodrama about a decadent Texas oil dynasty. The cast includes Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Oscar winner Dorothy Malone. (1956) 4 p.m., TCM
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