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Monday, Dec. 13

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth) won a raft of awards for this semi-autobiographical portrait of a working-class family in mid-20th-century Liverpool, England. (1988) 4 p.m., IFC

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Tuesday

Babe

This charming children’s film about a pig in Australia who learns to herd sheep was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. (1995) 6:25 a.m., HBO

Wednesday

Wild Man Blues

While following Woody Allen as he tours Europe in 1996 with his Dixieland band, documentarian Barbara Kopple develops a candid portrait of Allen’s relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, his future wife. (1997) 12:45 p.m., IFC

Thursday

The Rains Came

In Ranchipur, India, a visiting Englishwoman tries to seduce a local doctor, but disaster intervenes. Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power star in the first film to win an Oscar for special effects. (1939) 8 a.m., FMC

Friday

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Ingrid Bergman made her Hollywood debut as the protégé and lover of a married violin virtuoso. Leslie Howard co-stars in the melodrama, a remake of a Swedish film in which Bergman starred three years earlier. (1939) 9 a.m., TCM

Saturday

Meet John Doe

Frank Capra’s populist classic features Gary Cooper as a down-and-outer exploited by a cynical reporter and her politically ambitious publisher. With Barbara Stanwyck. (1941) 8 p.m., TCM

Sunday

Miracle on 34th Street

A department-store Santa just may be the real thing in this holiday classic, starring Edmund Gwenn and an 8-year-old Natalie Wood. (1947) 8 p.m., AMC