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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
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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Israel: Losing the American publicFeature A recent poll finds American support for Israel's military action in Gaza has fallen from 50% to 32%
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Unmaking AmericansFeature Trump is threatening to revoke the citizenship of foreign-born Americans. Could he do that?
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EPA: A bonfire of climate change regulationsFeature The Environmental Protection Agency wants to roll back its 'endangerment finding,' a ruling that lets the agency regulate carbon emissions
