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Reversal of Fortune

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Tuesday, Sept. 27

Lonely Are the Brave

In one of his best performances, Kirk Douglas portrays a modern-day cowboy who clings to the individualism of bygone days. Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau co-star. (1962) 11:30 p.m., TCM

Wednesday, Sept. 28

Breaking Away

This coming-of-age drama about a bicycle race and four working-class Indiana teens was nominated for five Oscars. With Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid. (1979) 8 p.m., FMC

Thursday, Sept. 29

The Killers

Burt Lancaster made his film debut in this adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway story about a boxer targeted by hit men. A National Film Registry selection. (1946) 1:15 p.m., TCM

Friday, Sept. 30

Hero

From celebrated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern), an exhilarating, operatic action-romance about legendary assassins. Jet Li stars. (2002) 2 p.m., IFC

Saturday, Oct. 1

Black Swan

The demands of Swan Lake fracture the fragile psyche of a young ballerina in this psychological thriller, for which Natalie Portman won a Best Actress Oscar. With Barbara Hershey and Mila Kunis. (2010) 10 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday, Oct. 2

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

An Oscar-nominated Johnny Depp stars in Tim Burton’s vivid adaptation of the offbeat Stephen Sondheim musical about a vengeful Victorian-era barber. (2007) 8 p.m., IFC

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