Tokyo Story (Z Sunday at 11 a.m.):...
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Tokyo Story (Z Sunday at 11 a.m.): Yasujiro Ozu’s quiet masterpiece about an elderly couple’s visit to their grown children, who don’t have much time for them and who are not as successful as their parents had imagined. (2:15)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (TNT Monday at 5 p.m., again at 8 p.m.): A brand-new, comprehensive documentary on the late, legendary director. (2:00)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (Channel 11 Wednesday at 1 a.m.): The campy Larry Cohen cult film with Broderick Crawford as the formidable director of the FBI. (2:00)
The Heiress (Channel 5 Friday at 3:30 a.m.): William Wyler’s fine film from Henry James’ “Washington Square,” in which a rich but plain Olivia de Havilland is pursued by handsome Montgomery Clift. (2:00)
I’m No Angel (Channel 5 Saturday at 3:15 a.m.): Mae West was never better as a carny dancer turned lion tamer who conquers high society and vamps Cary Grant as well; this is the one in which she ad-libbed, “Beulah, peel me a grape.” (1:45)
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