Monday, June 8
Dirty Harry (1971)
Clint Eastwood played a brutal San Francisco cop in what is arguably his most iconic film, spawning four sequels as well as an entire urban-avenger genre. 8 p.m., AMC
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Tuesday
Away From Her (2006)
Julie Christie was Oscar-nominated for this moving drama about a long-married couple facing Alzheimer’s, adapted by director/screenwriter Sarah Polley from an Alice Munro story. 11 a.m., Showtime
Wednesday
The Lady Eve (1941)
Superb Preston Sturges comedy starring Henry Fonda as a bookish heir who strays into the crosshairs of a cunning con woman (Barbara Stanwyck, at her best). 8 p.m., TCM
Thursday
The Pianist (2002)
Star Adrien Brody and director Roman Polanski both won Oscars for this poignant drama about a Jewish musician’s struggle to survive in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
11:45 a.m., IFC
Friday
Cat People (1942)
The classic of atmospheric suspense concerns a young fashion artist (Simone Simon) struggling with a strange legacy. Part of the National Film Registry. 6:30 p.m., TCM
Saturday
The Dark Knight (2008)
Christian Bale dons the cape and cowl of Batman for the second time; Heath Ledger won a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar as his deranged nemesis, the Joker. 8 p.m., HBO
Sunday
Mon Oncle d’Amerique (1980)
New Wave auteur Alain Resnais based this award-winning intellectual satire on the theories of philosopher Henri Laborit, who appears as himself. Gérard Depardieu stars. 8 a.m., IFC
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