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Tuesday, Aug. 30
Conviction
Hilary Swank received a SAG Award nomination for her portrayal of a real-life waitress who obtained a law degree to defend her brother, who’d been wrongly convicted of murder. Sam Rockwell co-stars. (2010) 8 p.m., HBO
Wednesday, Aug. 31
Harry and Tonto
At age 57, Art Carney portrayed a septuagenarian widower on a cross-country odyssey with his cat, and earned a Best Actor Oscar. (1974) 4 p.m., FMC
Thursday, Sept. 1
Little Murders
The film version of Jules Feiffer’s black comedy about a nihilistic photographer in a crime-ravaged New York. With Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, and Alan Arkin. (1971) 6 p.m., FMC
Friday, Sept. 2
Up the Down Staircase
Sandy Dennis portrays an idealistic young teacher up against the harsh realities of an inner-city New York high school. From the best-selling novel by Bel Kaufman. (1967) 10:30 a.m., TCM
Saturday, Sept. 3
Slums of Beverly Hills
This independent drama about a teenage girl’s peripatetic life with her eccentric family in 1970s L.A. has gathered a cult following. Natasha Lyonne and Alan Arkin star. (1998) 6 p.m., IFC
Sunday, Sept. 4
The Miracle Worker
Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft reprised their Broadway roles as the young Helen Keller and her determined teacher, earning two Oscars in the process. (1962) 8 p.m., TCM
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Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A: a ‘magnificent’ exhibitionThe Week Recommends The UK’s first show dedicated solely to the French queen explores the complex woman behind the ‘bling’
