Monday, July 12
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic chiller about a California town beset by angry birds, from a novella by Daphne du Maurier. Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren star. (1963) 7 a.m., Cinemax
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Tuesday
Donnie Brasco
Al Pacino stars as a small-time hoodlum who unwittingly befriends an FBI undercover agent, played by Johnny Depp. (1997) Midnight, Encore
Wednesday
Lord of War
In this cynical thriller, based on actual events and people, Nicolas Cage stars as a Russian immigrant who makes millions peddling weapons scavenged from the collapse of the Soviet Union. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC
Thursday
Broken Arrow
Noteworthy at the time for its unusually balanced portrayal of Native Americans, this Western won a Golden Globe for “promoting international understanding.” With James Stewart and Jeff Chandler, who was Oscar-nominated. (1950) 9 a.m., FMC
Friday
Monsters, Inc.
This charming, computer-animated fantasy follows two denizens of the realm of Monstropolis to a really scary place: Earth. Nominated for five Oscars, it won for Best Song. (2001) 3:10 p.m., Starz
Saturday
Morocco
Sparks fly between a sultry cabaret singer and a Foreign Legionnaire in this classic melodrama, notorious in its day for Marlene Dietrich’s woman-to-woman kiss. Co-stars Gary Cooper. (1930) 9:30 p.m., TCM
Sunday
Beauty and the Beast
Surrealist Jean Cocteau’s innovative film of the classic fairy tale inspired Disney’s animated hit 45 years later. (1946) 8 p.m., TCM
Celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen
The pressure of South Korea's celebrity culture
Should lying in politics be a criminal offence?
