Monday, Oct. 12
Margot at the Wedding
Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) directed this tragicomic tale of the uneasy reunion of two estranged sisters. Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh star. (2007) 2:25 p.m., Showtime
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Tuesday
Field of Dreams
An Iowa farmer (Kevin Costner) builds a baseball diamond at the behest of a disembodied voice. James Earl Jones co-stars in the mystical sports drama. (1989) 5:30 p.m., AMC
Wednesday
The Mark of Zorro
This classic swashbuckler climaxes in what some consider filmdom’s greatest sword fight, between masked avenger Tyrone Power and villain Basil Rathbone. (1940) 8:15 a.m., FMC
Thursday
Paper Moon
Ten-year-old Tatum O’Neal became the youngest actor to win an Oscar, as the daughter and partner in crime of a Dust Bowl grifter. Peter Bogdanovich directs, and father Ryan O’Neal co-stars. (1973) 8 p.m., TCM
Friday
Crimes and Misdemeanors
In one of Woody Allen’s best films, a doctor finds a radical solution to the problem of an inconvenient mistress. With Martin Landau and Anjelica Huston. (1989) 5 p.m., IFC
Saturday
Slumdog Millionaire
This feel-good hit about a teen who goes from the streets of Mumbai to the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? won eight Oscars, including Best Picture. (2008) 8 p.m., HBO
Sunday
Les Misérables
This lavish adaptation of Victor Hugo’s tale of revolution and redemption stars Fredric March as escaped convict Jean Valjean and Charles Laughton as his implacable pursuer. (1935) 11 a.m., TCM
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