SUNDAY

JULY 3

2016

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

There are some wonderful things on TV tonight, if you know where to find them – which, I guess, is where Best Bets comes in. Start on TCM, for example, with a triple feature of three of the best movies made by one of the cinema’s all-time best directors, Stanley Kubrick. The festival of quality begins at 8 p.m. ET with 1975’s Barry Lyndon, a masterpiece of 18^th-century melodrama photographed in the style of some of the era’s most renowned canvases. Ryan O’Neal stars as an Irish social climber in a very stuffy olde England, and Marisa Berenson is his beautiful co-star. The movie includes a dueling scene that is quietly, amazingly tense.

THE HUNT

BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Sir David Attenborough is one of my true TV heroes: A man who’s been making superb nature documentaries for more than half a century – closing in on three-quarters – and has never wavered, in energy or quality. This newest documentary series of his is called The Hunt, and expect, as always, the most amazing photography of the most astounding creatures in action. And this time, virtually every scene is life or death.

RAY DONOVAN

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

In last week’s season premiere, it looked as though Ray (Liev Schreiber) had found a way to escape the clutches of the newest ruthless powerful figure out to hire and control him. And then the painting arrived. Expect, this week, for him to get in more trouble, with Marisol, the manipulative beauty played by former Cosby Show kid Lisa Bonet (pictured). As for dis dad, Mickey (Jon Voight), the way he was rudely awakened by the female detective in last week’s climax, we can presume he, too, has big-time problems this week.

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

TCM, 11:15 p.m. ET

Made in 1968, this is nothing short of a movie masterpiece – a great, thoughtful, expansive science fiction film that’s no less breathtaking as it approaches its golden anniversary. The prologue, with the humanoid apes and the monolith, is enough to secure this film’s place in history – but Kubrick, and 2001, are just getting started.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON

Syfy, 11:30 p.m. ET

Twilight Zone marathons aren’t only for New Years, apparently. At 11:30 p.m. ET tonight, Syfy launches one for the July 4 holiday, so get set – for more than a day of classic, randomly ordered Zone episodes.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

TCM, 2:00 a.m. ET

Made in 1971, this is the movie that made me want to be a critic – because it disturbed me so much when I first saw it, yet was so obviously excellent in every respect, that I kept going back to the movie theater to watch it again, focusing on different aspects each time. Based on Anthony Burgess’ dystopian futuristic novel, it’s one well-crafted set piece after another, with Malcolm McDowell’s thuggish delinquent an unlikely yet charismatic “hero.”

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