Bugsy (TMC Sunday at 12:05 p.m.), written...

Bugsy (TMC Sunday at 12:05 p.m.), written by James Toback and directed by Barry Levinson, is about the life and times of gangster extraordinaire Benjamin Siegel (Warren Beatty). It is an overall satisfying 1991 film that delivers a full measure of stylish entertainment. Key developments are Siegel’s growing infatuation with good-time girl Virginia Hill (Annette Bening) and his dream of turning Las Vegas into a gambling mecca.

My Own Private Idaho (Bravo Sunday at 5 and 11:30 p.m.; Saturday at 5 and 11 p.m.) is Gus Van Sant’s highly idiosyncratic 1991 odyssey of two male hustlers, one gay (River Phoenix), the other straight (Keanu Reeves). This film is so distinctive and effective that it can even sustain a curious, counterproductive inclusion from Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I.