This week’s movies on TV present snowy situations: the ice age, a mountaintop, and the storm that blankets Bedford Falls.
Today
“Rushmore,” 7:30 p.m., Comedy Central. A delight from director Wes Anderson and star Bill Murray, whose new collaboration, “The Life Aquatic,” hits theaters in December. 1998.
“Touching the Void,” 10 p.m., Channel 9. Two friends climb a mountain in the Andes, but getting down is the hard part – especially after a blizzard strikes. A nail-biting true story, meticulously re-created. 2003.
Saturday
“From Russia With Love,” 2 p.m.; “Thunderball,” 5 p.m., Spike. James Bond in his greatest incarnation, which is to say: Sean Connery. “Russia” is still a trim Cold War thriller (1963), while “Thunderball” is a more pumped-up affair (1965).
“It’s a Wonderful Life,” 8 p.m., Channel 5. Welcome to Bedford Falls, where George Bailey (James Stewart in a career performance) wonders whether his life had any meaning at all. A beautiful piece of Americana directed by Frank Capra. 1946.
Sunday
“Ice Age,” 7 p.m., Channel 13. Hilarious animated film about prehistoric animals who find a baby, then become aware of a big change in the weather. 2002.
“Shrek,” 7 p.m., Channel 5. I am one of the only people alive who prefers “Ice Age” to this smash hit, a smirky tale of an ogre and a princess and a very amusing donkey. You’ll have to TiVo one of them tonight. 2001.
Monday
“Barton Fink,” 7 p.m., Fox Movies. The Coen brothers’ wild and weird one about a 1930s writer (John Turturro) who sells out and comes to Hollywood to write a wrestling picture. An inexplicable but memorable movie. 1991.
Tuesday
“Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” 8 p.m., Sundance. Wonderful documentary that finally highlights the Funk Brothers, Detroit studio musicians who created the sounds behind the Supremes, the Temptations, and Marvin Gaye, among countless others. 2002.
Wednesday
“Carousel,” 5 p.m., Fox Movies. There are some great songs in this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, a tale of a carnival barker who settles down, uncertainly. 1956.
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” 7 p.m., Turner Classic Movies. Adaptation of the stage hit about very morbid goings-on in an old house, featuring a demented Cary Grant performance. Directed by Frank Capra at full speed. 1944.
Thursday
“Lolita,” 7 p.m., Turner Classic Movies. A supremely perverse take on a scandalous novel, with James Mason as the man who becomes fixated on a nymphet. This was the movie Stanley Kubrick made before “Dr. Strangelove.” 1962.
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