Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
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
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