Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Aug. 9
Capitalism: A Love Story
Gadfly documentarian Michael Moore casts his jaundiced eye on the financial meltdown, Wall Street, and home foreclosures, asking whether capitalism is contrary to Christian teachings. (2009) 11 p.m., Starz
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Tuesday
Michael Clayton
This thinking-man’s thriller stars George Clooney as a corporate fixer suffering unaccustomed pangs of conscience. Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton co-star. (2007) 5:15 p.m., AMC
Wednesday
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The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon generate comedy chemistry as a slovenly sportswriter and a high-strung neatnik who become roommates. From Neil
Simon’s Broadway hit. (1968) 10 p.m., TCM
Thursday
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
In the film version of Peter Hoeg’s best-seller, a scientist’s investigation of a boy’s fatal fall from a roof leads her to uncover a shadowy conspiracy. Julia Ormond stars. (1997) 8 p.m., FMC
Friday
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood won a Best Director Oscar for this brooding Western, in which he plays a retired gunfighter weary of bloodshed. Gene Hackman co-stars. (1992) 2:30 p.m., AMC
Saturday
Hannah and Her Sisters
This saga of a high-strung family won Oscars for Dianne Wiest and Michael Caine. With Mia Farrow and Barbara Hershey. (1986) 2:35 p.m., IFC
Sunday
Meet Me in St. Louis
This classic piece of musical Americana follows a circa-1900 family contemplating leaving their longtime home. With Judy Garland and such familiar tunes as “The Trolley Song.” (1944) 3:45 p.m., TCM
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