CATCH A CLASSIC
Directed by Stanley Kubrick TCM, beginning at 8 p.m.
Just a couple of days ahead of what would have been legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s 96th birthday (he was born July 26, 1928, and died March 7, 1999, at age 70), Turner Classic Movies is airing four renowned movies that he directed. Up first is his third feature, The Killing (pictured), a 1956 film noir heist that he also cowrote with Jim Thompson, adapting Lionel White’s novel Clean Break. Sterling Hayden leads the cast. Next is
(1957), the iconic World War I-set anti-war drama starring Kirk Douglas. Following that is the Best Picture Oscar-nominated dystopian sci-fi/crime film
(1971), which earned Kubrick Oscar
Orange Paths of Glory A Clockwork
nods for directing and for his screenplay adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ novel. Malcolm Mcdowell delivers his most legendary performance as Alex, one of the gang members who engages in “ultra-violence.” Another Best Picture nominee closes out tonight’s lineup: (1975), an epic historical drama led by Ryan O’neal as the title character. Kubrick again received Oscar nominations for directing and for his screenplay, based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel “The Luck of Barry Lyndon.”
Barry Lyndon
investigators worked the case, the evidence didn’t seem to add up, leading them to suspect that this was more than a robbery gone wrong.
Sea Change:
The Gulf of Maine, A NOVA Special Presentation
PBS, 10 p.m. ■ New Series
This new docuseries explores how European settlers changed the Gulf of Maine, causing a lasting impact hundreds of years later.
Wayne Brady: The Family Remix Freeform, 10 p.m. ■ New Series
TV host/actor Wayne Brady takes fans behind the scenes into his home life in this new unscripted series following his blended family, alongside ex-wife Mandie Taketa and their 21-year-old daughter Maile, as well as the 3-year-old son Taketa shares with her current partner, Jason Fordham.
The Ark Syfy, 10 p.m.
In the new episode “Kill or Be Killed,” the arrival of new crew members presents questions of who can be trusted and what to do with them.