CABARET
TCM, 10:15 p.m. ET
Whatever your opinion of the recent Les Miserables movie, or even of the less recent Chicago, neither of those musical films would exist without this groundbreaking predecessor, Bob Fosse’s brilliant 1972 big-screen version of Cabaret. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are brilliant, as is the way this entire film is edited and presented. Oh, and the music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb? More brilliance. One verse alone, from the title song, proves that point: “Start by admitting from cradle to tomb isn’t that long a stay / Life is a cabaret, old chum / Life is a cabaret.” Indeed.