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Monday, April 11

Deliverance

Four friends’ weekend canoe trip turns into a nightmare in this film version of a James Dickey novel. A National Film Registry selection, with Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight. (1972) 8 p.m., AMC

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Tuesday, April 12

Pinky

Daring in its day, this anti-racism drama stars white actress Jeanne Crain as a light-skinned black girl passing for white. Crain, Ethel Waters, and Ethel Barrymore were all Oscar-nominated. (1949) noon, FMC

Wednesday, April 13

Barton Fink

A playwright encounters writer’s block, a garrulous neighbor, and weird goings-on in an eerie hotel. A Coen brothers film, starring John Turturro and John Goodman. (1991) 11 a.m., IFC

Thursday, April 14

How the West Was Won

The restored version of an all-star epic that traces a family of Western settlers across four generations. With John Wayne, Gregory Peck, and Debbie Reynolds. (1962) 8 a.m., Encore

Friday, April 15

The Wooden Horse

A taut World War II drama about British POWs who attempt a daring escape from a German prison camp by concealing a tunnel beneath a wooden exercise horse. (1950) 8 p.m., TCM

Saturday, April 16

Toy Story 3

The third computer-animated installment in the adventures of Buzz, Woody, and their fellow toys earned virtually unanimous critical praise. (2010) 9 p.m., Starz

Sunday, April 17

The Tales of Hoffmann

Actress/dancer Moira Shearer reunited with the directors of The Red Shoes for this phantasmagoric adaptation of a Jacques Offenbach opera. (1951) 9:45 p.m., TCM