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Tuesday
Camille
Greta Garbo gave one of her best performances in this version of Alexandre Dumas’ much-adapted tragedy about a glamorous Paris courtesan. With Robert Taylor. (1936) 10 p.m., TCM
Wednesday
Tsotsi
A young Johannesburg hoodlum tries to care for an infant after murdering the baby’s mother. This Best Foreign Film Oscar winner is based on a novel by Athol Fugard. (2005) 1:15 p.m., IFC
Thursday
Libeled Lady
Screwball comedy ensues when a newspaper publisher hires a ladies’ man to scuttle a libel suit. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and Jean Harlow star. (1936) 8 p.m., TCM
Friday
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood was both director and star of this revisionist Western, about a Confederate guerrilla
pursued after the Civil War. A National Film Registry selection. (1976) 8 p.m., AMC
Saturday
Night and the City
This film noir classic stars Richard Widmark as a grifter out to seize the reins of London’s professional wrestling circuit. Gene Tierney co-stars. (1950) Noon, FMC
Sunday
The Quiet American
A romantic triangle in 1950s Saigon becomes a metaphor for America’s involvement in Vietnam, in this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. Michael Caine was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. (2002) 3 p.m., IFC
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Violent videos of Charlie Kirk’s death are renewing debate over online censorshipTalking Points Social media ‘promises unfiltered access, but without guarantees of truth and without protection from harm’
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What led to Poland invoking NATO’s Article 4 and where could it lead?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION After a Russian drone blitz, Warsaw’s rare move to invoke the important NATO statute has potentially moved Europe closer to continent-wide warfare
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Africa could become the next frontier for space programsThe Explainer China and the US are both working on space applications for Africa
