Start the weekend — and next week — right with these films airing May 1-8. All times ET.
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Perhaps not in the same league as Wilder’s masterpiece Some Like It Hot, but this iconic send-up of marriage and what happens when the wife and kids are away — and a peculiar blond bombshell moves in upstairs — still stands as one of the great American film comedies. Fox Movie Channel, May 1, 8:13pm ET
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Sometimes it feels like the Coen Brothers try a bit too hard for the Lynch-like feeling in their films. This wasn’t one of those times. Their Depression-era retelling of Homer’s “The Odyssey” is delightfully mischievous, with solidly amusing performances from leads George Clooney and John Turturro. Boasts a Grammy-winning soundtrack, as well. CMT, May 3, 8pm ET
Man Bites Dog (1992)
The subject of Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel’s “documentary” is charming, witty, intelligent – and a brutally prolific serial killer. Over the course of this disturbing satire, the line between observer and participant bends, blurs and disappears completely. Not for the faint of heart as it is very graphic. IFC, late night May 3, 12:25am ET
The Proposition (2005)
An Australian Western, The Proposition is a startling tale of redemption by betrayal as a lawman captures two of four renegade, murdering brothers and offers one of them pardon — and his younger brother’s life — if he can track down and kill the gang’s leader, their oldest brother. Brutally compelling, but not for the faint of heart. IFC, May 5, 8:15pm ET
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Depp before Pirates and DiCaprio before Titanic shine in this quirky film — is there another kind for Johnny Depp? — about a grocery store clerk forced to take on way too many family responsibilities, including the care of his autistic younger brother. WE, May 2, 1:30pm
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