Monday, Dec. 7
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Sweet teen comedy starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings as young music fans who search for an elusive band, and find each other instead. (2008) 11 p.m., Starz
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Tuesday
Grease
This adaptation of the Broadway musical, set in the ’50s, became one of the highest-grossing films of the ’70s. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star. (1978) 8 p.m., AMC
Wednesday
The Roaring Twenties
In the last of the three films in which they co-starred, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart portray Army buddies who turn to bootlegging after World War I. (1939) 9:30 p.m., TCM
Thursday
The Hunt for Red October
Alec Baldwin portrays maverick CIA analyst Jack Ryan and Sean Connery is a renegade Soviet submarine commander in the film version of Tom Clancy’s techno-thriller. (1990) 5 p.m., AMC
Friday
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton’s classic novel about race relations in South Africa became a powerful film thanks to sensitive performances by Canada Lee, Charles Carson, and Sidney Poitier. (1951) 8 p.m. TCM
Saturday
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Uma Thurman stars as an assassin on a quest for vengeance in Part 1 of Quentin Tarantino’s vivid, violent homage to action-exploitation genres. (2003) Midnight, IFC
Sunday
The House on 92nd Street
The pseudo-documentary style of this film noir about the FBI’s pursuit of a Nazi spy ring influenced such later films as The Naked City. Charles Booth’s screenplay won an Oscar. (1945) 9 a.m., FMC
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