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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