Monday, Nov. 8
The Birth of a Nation
Justly excoriated for its racist message, D.W. Griffith’s silent epic about the birth of the Ku Klux Klan remains historically significant for its breakthrough cinematic techniques. (1915) Midnight, TCM
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Tuesday
Nell
Jodie Foster was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a woman who’d grown up wild and isolated in the backwoods of North Carolina. With Liam Neeson. (1994) 8 p.m., FMC
Wednesday
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Errol Flynn had one of his greatest roles in this rousing, colorful swashbuckler, which also features Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone. (1938) 7:45 a.m., TCM
Thursday
A Few Good Men
Jack Nicholson is the strongest asset of this military courtroom drama, which casts Tom Cruise and Demi Moore as underdog attorneys. From a play by the film’s screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin. (1992) 8 p.m., AMC
Friday
Vanilla Sky
A hallucinatory drama starring Tom Cruise as a shallow cad whose life is strangely transformed after he is disfigured in a car crash. Penelope Cruz reprised her role from the Spanish original. (2001) 2:30 p.m., Showtime
Saturday
Bend of the River
James Stewart plays a reformed outlaw guiding settlers to the Northwest. With great Technicolor scenery. (1952) 10:45 a.m., AMC
Sunday
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki, the “Disney of Japan,” directed this dazzling animated fantasy about a young girl’s quest to recover her parents from a strange world of enchantment. (2001) 8:05 a.m., IFC
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