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Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Sept. 27
What’s Love Got to Do With It
Angela Bassett won a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as singer Tina Turner. Co-star Laurence Fishburne was also nominated. (1993) 5:30 p.m., AMC
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Tuesday
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The only film made by theater director José Quintero was this Tennessee Williams adaptation, starring Vivien Leigh as a widowed actress who abandons herself to a gigolo. (1961) 8 p.m., TCM
Wednesday
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A Wing and a Prayer
Actual combat footage enhances this World War II drama, set on a ship tasked with decoying Japanese forces on the eve of the Battle of Midway. Don Ameche stars. (1944) 8 a.m., FMC
Thursday
Crash
This ensemble drama about racism in Los Angeles was a surprise Best Picture Oscar winner. With Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, and Matt Dillon. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC
Friday
The Shawshank Redemption
Wrongly convicted of his wife’s murder, Tim Robbins endures years of imprisonment in this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. Morgan Freeman co-stars. (1994) 10:15 p.m., Encore
Saturday
The Blind Side
Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her performance as the adoptive mother of NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher. (2009) 8 p.m., HBO
Sunday
Phantom
This surrealistic silent film about a clerk who becomes obsessed with a ghostly girl was restored and rereleased in 2006. F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) directed. (1922) 12:30 a.m., TCM
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