Finals are done and I’m enjoying a glorious week of nothingness before my summer class begins, so this week I’ve got the full roster of recommendations: TCM, AMC, FMC, IFC, Reelz and a couple of streaming recommendations. As always, all times are listed in EST and subject to change. Films that I hope to record are marked with asterisks.

May 1

4:15 am on TCM – Gilda (1946)

6:00 am on FMC – Wake Me When It’s Over (1960)*

9:00 am on Reelz – The Real Rosies* – A documentary on women workers during WWII

12:30 pm on TCM – Blackboard Jungle (1955)

3:30 pm on IFC – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

4:15 pm on TCM – Trial (1955)

8:00 pm on AMC – The Breakfast Club (1985)

9:45 pm on TCM – Four Daughters (1938)

May 2

2:30 am on TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

6:00 am on FMC – Wintertime (1943)*

7:25 am on FMC – Margie (1946)*

9:00 am on FMC – Elopement (1951)*

11:45 am on FMC – My Wife’s Best Friend (1952)*

2:00 pm on TCM – The Locket (1946)

8:00 pm on IFC – The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

8:00 pm on TCM – Duel in the Sun (1946)*

May 3

8:35 am on FMC – If I’m Lucky (1946)*

11:30 am on FMC – Something for the Boys (1944)*

1:00 pm on FMC – State Fair (1962)*

6:00 pm on TCM – High Society (1956)

8:00 pm on TCM – Alice in Wonderland (1933)

May 4

3:00 am on TCM – Three Comrades (1938)*

10:45 am on TCM – The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

1:15 pm on IFC – Poltergeist (1982)

2:00 pm on TCM – Ocean’s Eleven (1960)

4:15 pm on TCM – The Caine Mutiny (1954)

6:30 pm on TCM – The Wild One (1953)

8:00 pm on TCM – Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

10:00 pm on TCM – Footlight Parade (1933)

May 5

12:00 am on TCM – 42nd Street (1933)

8:30 am on TCM – Roxie Hart (1942)

3:15 pm on TCM – Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

5:15 pm on TCM – Hello, Dolly! (1969)

May 6

2:45 am on TCM – Late Spring (1949)*

6:00 am on FMC – Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)*

11:00 am on TCM – The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

11:40 am on FMC – Kiss Them for Me (1957)

8:00 pm on TCM – The Shopworn Angel (1938)

May 7

12:00 pm on TCM – Strange Cargo (1940)*

8:00 pm on TCM – The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

10:00 pm on TCM – Crossfire (1947)*

11:30 pm on TCM – Out of the Past (1947)

For those who don’t have access to any of those movie channels, here are a few recommendations that are available for streaming!

The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant – available for free streaming to Amazon Prime members. I will be doing a Classics of the Corn post on this film next week! It’s also available for streaming on Netflix.

Arsenic and Old Lace – one of my favorite Cary Grant films, available on Amazon Prime

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – a musical starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell, available on Amazon Prime

Roman Holiday – one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn films, co-starring Gregory Peck. Available on Netflix for streaming.