Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
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
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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
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