Schedule notes for January 31-February 1, 2020

Today is the final day of January, whicih means that tomorrow starts the annual 31 Days of Oscar on TCM, when every movie shown has been nominated for an Oscar (well, barring the odd error here and there). This year's overarching theme is "360 Degrees of Oscar", or a sort of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" type thing where each movie has at least one person in common with the movie before it. The month kicks off tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM with The Entertainer, an excellent if profoundly sad movie about Laurence Olivier playing a beach resort entertainer who isn't good enough to succeed, doesn't know any other life, and has a completely messed up life because of that.

Over on FXM, the first day of the month has often meant that some stuff that hasn't been on in a while is showing up. Tomorrow morning sees two movies that I don't think have been on in ages, with one I'm more certain about. First, at 7:45 AM is Murder, Inc., about the 1930s Mob, which earned Peter Falk an Oscar nomination. Later in the day, at 11:15 AM, is The Incident, in which Martin Sheen and Tony Musante terrorize a group of late-night el train passengers. It's highly worth watching if you haven't seen it before.

Both of these movies will also be on FXM on Sunday. I'm assuming they'll show up more later in the month, but I've been busy and haven't had time to check the schedule further than to the end of this week.