Mildred Pierce (Channel 13 Monday at noon):...
Mildred Pierce (Channel 13 Monday at noon): The trenchant 1945 film of James M. Cain’s novel which won Joan Crawford an Oscar for her role as a driven, self-made restaurateur betrayed by her nasty daughter (Ann Blyth). (2:00)
Europa 51 (Bravo Wednesday at 5 p.m.): One of the fabled, ill-fated but now greatly admired postwar collaborations of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. (2:00)
Born to Win (Channel 11 Friday at 3 a.m.): Undeservedly obscure 1971 film directed by Czech emigre Ivan Passer and starring George Segal as an heroin addict. With Karen Black, Paula Prentiss and Hector Elizondo. (2:00)
Ossessione (Z Saturday at 3 p.m.): Luchino Visconti’s sublime 1942 version of James M. Cain’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” regarded as the first film in the neo-realist style. With Massimo Girotti and Clara Calamai. (2:21)
The Spirit of the Beehive (Z Sunday, March 4 at 2:30 a.m.): Spanisch director Victor Erice’s masterful reverie, an exquisite enigma in which everyday life is juxtaposed against a sensitive child’s acutely responsive imagination. The remarkable Ana Torrent stars. (1:39)
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