Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Sept. 19
Invitation to the Dance
It’s all dance and no dialogue in this innovative film directed by Gene Kelly, who performs with leading dancers of the day—as well as some animated characters. (1956) 12:15 a.m., TCM
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Tuesday, Sept. 20
Hereafter
An offbeat drama from director Clint Eastwood in which Matt Damon plays a man who can commune with the dead but has trouble in his relationships with the living. (2010) 7:15 p.m., HBO
Wednesday, Sept. 21
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Mississippi Masala
Race complicates a romance between an Indian-African émigré and a Mississippi African-American. Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington star. (1991) 2:40 p.m., Encore
Thursday, Sept. 22
Crude
This award-winning documentary tracks a class-action suit that was filed on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorans who claimed that Chevron had polluted the Amazon rain forest. Footage from the film was subpoenaed in the case. (2009) 8 p.m., Sundance
Friday, Sept. 23
King Solomon’s Mines
Oscar-winning cinematography highlights this version of the H. Rider Haggard yarn about the search in Africa for a fabulous lost treasure. With Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. (1950) 8 p.m., TCM
Saturday, Sept. 24
Tightrope
Clint Eastwood is both star and producer of this thriller about a New Orleans cop who shares some of the sexual predilections of the serial killer he is pursuing. Geneviève Bujold co-stars. (1984) 6 p.m., Encore
Sunday, Sept. 25
Back Street
The second, and best, of three film versions of Fannie Hurst’s tearjerker about a woman’s lifelong affair with a married banker. Margaret Sullavan and Charles Boyer star. (1941) 8 p.m., TCM
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