Monday, June 22
Mon Oncle (1958)
In French comic Jacques Tati’s most lauded film, bumbling Monsieur Hulot struggles with technology at the sterile home of his adoring young nephew. 10:45 a.m., IFC
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Stanley Kubrick directed the film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel about a professor besotted with an underage girl. With James Mason, Shelley Winters, and Peter Sellers. 12:15 a.m., TCM
Friday
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Long before it spawned a Broadway hit, Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera inspired a rock musical from director Brian De Palma. Paul Williams stars in the cult curiosity. 8 p.m., FMC
Saturday
Angela’s Ashes (1999)
A gritty film version of Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir about growing up poor in Ireland and Brooklyn, starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. 11:30 p.m., Flix
Sunday
David Copperfield (1935)
MGM’s highly entertaining all-star version of the Dickens classic features Freddie Bartholomew as young David and W.C. Fields as a memorable Mr. Micawber. 10 a.m., TCM
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Nepal chooses toddler as its new ‘living goddess’Under the Radar Girls between two and four are typically chosen to live inside the temple as the Kumari – until puberty strikes
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October 5 editorial cartoonsCartoons Sunday's political cartoons include half-truth hucksters, Capitol lockdown, and more
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Jaguar Land Rover’s cyber bailoutTalking Point Should the government do more to protect business from the ‘cyber shockwave’?
