Monday, June 14
The Dark Knight
Christian Bale dons the cape and cowl of Batman for the second time; Heath Ledger won a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar as his deranged nemesis, the Joker. (2008) 7:30 p.m., Cinemax
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Tuesday
Outbreak
An Ebola-like virus threatens the world in this thriller, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Morgan Freeman. (1995) 8 p.m., AMC
Wednesday
In Cold Blood
Four Oscar nominations went to this film adaptation of Truman Capote’s pioneering “nonfiction novel” about the brutal murders of a Kansas farm family. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson star. (1967) 8 p.m., TCM
Thursday
The Last Metro
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a wife is torn between her Jewish theater director husband and an actor in their troupe. Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu star. (1980) 1:30 p.m., IFC
Friday
Eyewitness
A janitor and a TV newswoman team up to solve a murder in this Hitchcock-style thriller, starring William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. (1981) 6 p.m., FMC
Saturday
A Star Is Born
Judy Garland and James Mason were Oscar-nominated in the roles of a star who conquers Hollywood and her husband, a fading matinee idol succumbing to alcohol. (1954) 8 p.m., TCM
Sunday
Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep winningly portrays inimitable television chef Julia Child; in a parallel story, Amy Adams plays a present-day blogger who aspires to cook all of Child’s recipes. (2009) 9 p.m., Starz
