Monday, Jan. 18
Starting Out in the Evening
Frank Langella drew critical acclaim for his performance as a once-esteemed novelist whose life is changed by a young graduate student. From Brian Morton’s best-seller. (2007) 8 p.m., Sundance
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Tuesday
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
This science-fiction version of Pinocchio began as a project by director Stanley Kubrick; Steven Spielberg completed it after Kubrick’s death. Haley Joel Osment stars. (2001) 10 p.m., HBO2
Wednesday
Mission to Moscow
This film about U.S. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies’ efforts to secure the Soviet Union as a World War II ally was once labeled pro-Soviet propaganda by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Walter Huston stars. (1943) 10 p.m., TCM
Thursday
Philadelphia
Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar as an AIDS-afflicted lawyer who sues his own firm for firing him. With Denzel Washington. (1993)
8 p.m., AMC
Friday
Somewhere in the Night
An amnesiac World War II vet (John Hodiak) becomes embroiled with mobsters in this thriller from Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve). (1946) 10:30 a.m., FMC
Saturday
The Squid and the Whale
Two young brothers choose sides in their parents’ bitter divorce battle, in this powerful, critically acclaimed drama. Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney star. (2005) 8 p.m., Sundance
Sunday
To Each His Own
Olivia de Havilland won the first of her two Best Actress Oscars as an unwed mother who gives up her son but remains devoted to him from afar. (1946) 8 p.m., TCM
