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James Toback’s 1983 Exposed (Channel 5 Sunday...

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James Toback’s 1983 Exposed (Channel 5 Sunday at 8 p.m.) is a drenchingly romantic thriller lots stronger in style than credibility in which an ambiguous angel of death (Nastassja Kinski) captivates a concert violinist (Rudolf Nureyev) and also a Paris-based terrorist (Harvey Keitel).

The 1977 Annie Hall (Channel 13 Sunday at 8 p.m.) is landmark Woody Allen, a declaration of maturity and a witty semi-autobiographical romance in which he stars with Diane Keaton.

The new TV movie Crossing to Freedom (CBS Sunday at 9 p.m.) is a World War II drama starring Peter O’Toole as a reluctant hero intent on leading a band of French children to safety in England.

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Twin Peaks (ABC Sunday at 9 p.m.) is the new David Lynch TV movie, which launches the series of the same name and lays bare the dark underside of a small Pacific Northwestern town.

King of the Gypsies (Channel 13 Monday at 8 p.m.) brought Peter Maas’ engrossing 1978 multi-generational saga to the screen in synthetic, all-star fashion.

Capital News (ABC Monday at 9 p.m.) is a new TV movie/series pilot set in a Washington newspaper and starring Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater.

The 1985 That Was Then, This Is Now (Channel 13 Tuesday at 8 p.m.) is a sincere film about two delinquents starring Craig Sheffer and Emilio Estevez (the latter adapted the script from an S. E. Hinton novel).

Forbidden Nights (CBS Tuesday at 9 p.m.) is a new TV movie starring Melissa Gilbert and based on American teacher Judith Shapiro’s experiences in China.

Switching Channels (Channel 5 Wednesday at 8 p.m.), that frenetic, misfired 1988 attempt to update “The Front Page” to the cable business, traps Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve in an enervating, joyless endurance course.

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Julien Temple’s Earth Girls Are Easy (Channel 11 Wednesday at 8 p.m.) is a jazzy, snazzy 1988 rock musical about a dumped-on Valley Girl (Geena Davis) who ushers three girl-crazy extraterrestrials (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans) around town after they crash-land in her swimming pool. Fluff, but fun.

Chariots of Fire (Channel 13 Wednesday at 8 p.m.), the 1981 multi-Oscar winner, traces the parallel lives of two very different British athletes who competed in the 1924 Olympics.

Break of Dawn (Channel 28 Wednesday at 9 p.m.) is an awkward yet moving biography of Pedro Gonzalez (Oscar Chavez), a Mexican singer who became an influential recording and radio star whose career ran afoul of corrupt, exploitative Anglo politicians.

The 1985 Stick (Channel 5 Thursday at 8 p.m.) took a gem of an Elmore Leonard novel and turned it into a mediocre Burt Reynolds vehicle.

Like all anthology comedies, the 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon (Channel 5 Friday at 8 p.m.) is a hit-and-miss affair, with the hits outweighing the misses to yield an amiable enough diversion.

Reckless (Channel 5 Saturday at 8 p.m.) is a shallow, irresponsible 1984 feature teaming then newcomer Aidan Quinn as a small-town Brando-Dean type entangled with bored rich girl Daryl Hannah.

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