Good Film Broadcasts, Week Of November 29th, 2009

Hunger

  • Sunday, 5:35 AM, The Sundance Channel
  • Another film in the “not for the squeamish” category, this film dramatizes the various protests of IRA members in a British prison in Belfast in 1981.

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

  • Sunday, 8:30 AM, Turner Classic Movies
  • The 1939 classic with Charles Laughton.

Jaws

  • Monday, 7:30 AM, HBO

White Heat

  • Monday, 1:30 PM, Turner Classic Movies

The Lady From Shanghai

  • Monday, 8:00 PM, Turner Classic Movies
  • Regular readers of this blog (yes, both of you) will know I’m a big Orson Welles fan.  This may be my personal favorite; it’s just so wonderfully strange.

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

  • Monday, 9:45 PM, Turner Classic Movies

The Grapes Of Wrath

  • Tuesday, Midnight, Turner Classic Movies

Rear Window

  • Tuesday, 2:15 AM, Turner Classic Movies
  • As I’ve mentioned before, this movie is perfect.

Snatch

  • Tuesday, 3:10 AM, HBO2

Take The Money And Run

  • Tuesday, 6:00 PM, Turner Classic Movies

The Wrestler

  • Tuesday, 8:00 PM, HBO

The Dark Knight

  • Wednesday, 5:15 PM, HBO2

Angels With Dirty Faces

  • Thursday, 1:30 AM, Turner Classic Movies
  • A chance to see Humphrey Bogart playing a supporting role, getting slapped around by the star.

I’m A Cyborg But That’s OK

  • Thursday, 6:30 AM, The Sundance Channel
  • Just look at that title; you know you want to see this one.  From Park Chan-wook, the director of Sympathy For Mr. Vengence and Oldboy.

Jurassic Park

  • Thursday, 6:45 PM, HBO

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eight Dimension

  • Thursday, 8:00 PM, IFC

Ran

  • Friday, 12:30 AM, The Sundance Channel
  • It wouldn’t be right to let a week go by without once again touting Tatsuya Nakadai.

Apocalypse Now Redux

  • Friday, 2:30 AM, HBO

The 400 Blows

  • Friday, 7:30 AM, Turner Classic Movies
  • François Trouffaut’s classic of the French New Wave.

Heathers

  • Friday, 7:15 AM, IFC
  • One of the most quotable movies of the 1980′s.

The Wicker Man

  • Saturday, 2:00 AM, Turner Classic Movies
  • A strange little classic cult horror film from the 1970′s.  Don’t worry, it’s not the recent remake.

Eagle Eye

  • Saturday, 6:00 PM, HBO

Office Space

  • Saturday, 8:00 PM, IFC

Adaptation

  • Saturday, 10:00 PM, The Sundance Channel
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