Monday, Sept. 28
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Woody Allen’s film about romantic mix-ups among couples weekending on a country estate is a droll pastiche of Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night. (1982) 10 p.m., TCM
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Tuesday
Anna and the King of Siam
The original, nonmusical version of The King and I, starring Irene Dunne as a governess in the 19th-century royal court of Siam. With Rex Harrison. (1946) 6 a.m., FMC
Wednesday
The Station Agent
Peter Dinklage stars as a loner who acquires unsought friends when he inherits an abandoned train depot. With Patricia Clarkson. (2003) 3:15 p.m., IFC
Thursday
Analyze This
Robert De Niro sends up his own tough-guy roles as a mobster who seeks psychological counseling from an understandably apprehensive therapist, played by Billy Crystal. (1999) 8 p.m., AMC
Friday
Manhattan
The soaring music of George Gershwin and the black-and-white cinematography of Gordon Willis highlight Woody Allen’s romantic comedy, a National Film Registry selection. (1979) 6:15 p.m., IFC
Saturday
No Country for Old Men
A drug deal gone awry releases a tide of senseless violence in Joel and Ethan Coen’s stark drama, which won a Best Picture Oscar. Adapted from the Cormac McCarthy novel. (2007) 6:50 p.m., Starz
Sunday
The Swan
Grace Kelly became a real-life princess shortly after playing a fictional one in this romantic comedy, in which her royal protagonist faces an arranged marriage. (1956) 10:30 a.m., TCM
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