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Monday, July 11

The White Countess

In the demimonde of 1930s Shanghai, a former American diplomat becomes involved with a fugitive Russian countess. Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson star. (2005) 11:15 a.m., IFC

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Tuesday, July 12

David and Bathsheba

Five Academy Award nominations were lavished on this biblical epic, starring Gregory Peck as the king of Israel and Susan Hayward as the woman he seduces, to his sorrow. (1951) 6 a.m., FMC

Wednesday, July 13

Richard III

Laurence Olivier plays Shakespeare’s hunchbacked king in a film he also directed. This iconic adaptation also features two other great British actors: John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. (1955) 5:15 p.m., TCM

Thursday, July 14

Still of the Night

Director Robert Benton followed Kramer vs. Kramer with this Hitchcockian thriller, which stars Roy Scheider as a psychiatrist who falls for a woman who may be a murderer. Meryl Streep co-stars. (1982) 9 a.m., Encore

Friday, July 15

Scarface

Al Pacino goes over the top and beyond as a Miami drug lord in Brian De Palma’s crime epic, which stretched the boundaries for screen violence. (1983) 8 p.m., AMC

Saturday, July 16

Identity

One at a time, the 10 guests at a remote motel are being killed by an unidentified member of their group. With John Cusack and Ray Liotta. (2003) 8:30 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday, July 17

The Apartment

This bittersweet comedy—starring Jack Lemmon as an office worker who lends his apartment to his bosses for extramarital trysts—won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Shirley MacLaine co-stars. (1960) 4 p.m., TCM