Movies on TV

Monday, Aug. 29

Body Heat

The film noir genre got a charge from this steamy thriller starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt as a couple plotting murder. (1981) 5:45 p.m., Cinemax

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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