Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Oct. 31
Psycho
Start Halloween off with Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal shocker, featuring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and that nerve-rattling shower scene. (1960) 7 a.m., Cinemax
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Tuesday, Nov. 1
Lady in the Lake
In his adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s whodunit, star/director Robert Montgomery employs the unusual technique of shooting the entire film from detective Philip Marlowe’s point of view. (1947) 12:30 p.m., TCM
Wednesday, Nov. 2
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Of Mice and Men
Screenwriter Horton Foote sticks close to the source in producer/director Gary Sinise’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel about two migrant workers in Depression-era California. Sinise and John Malkovich co-star. (1992) 8:45 a.m., Encore
Thursday, Nov. 3
Ocean’s Eleven
Director Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded remake of a 1960 Rat Pack film features George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle as a group plotting to plunder Las Vegas casinos. Two sequels followed. (2001) 6 p.m., HBO
Friday, Nov. 4
The Invisible Man
Making his American film debut in the title role, Claude Rains appears on-screen only at the very end of this adaptation of H.G. Wells’s science-fiction classic. (1933) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Nov. 5
Silverado
Four cowboys take on a corrupt sheriff in Lawrence Kasdan’s old-school Western, featuring Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, and Scott Glenn. (1985) Noon, AMC
Sunday, Nov. 6
Thelma & Louise
Director Ridley Scott’s landmark buddy movie stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as women done wrong who wind up on the run from police, including Harvey Keitel. (1991) 10 p.m., Cinemax
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