Film choice

Jubal (1956) FILM4, 12.40PM ★★★★

 Ernest Borgnine stars in this brooding western shot in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming, which reworks the plot of Othello. Borgnine stars as a cattle rancher with a much younger wife (Valerie French), who is driven into a jealous rage when cattlehand Rod Steiger suggests that she is having an affair with young drifter Jubal (a magnificent Glenn Ford). Murder is most definitely on the cards.

Pitch Perfect (2012) FILM4, 9.00PM ★★★

 The world of collegiate a cappella singing contests can’t be as heartless as Jason Moore’s sour comedy would have us believe. Anna Kendrick stars as Beca, an angst-ridden outsider who must shake up her uninspiring and monotonous group, while trying to handle how weird they all are. And, of course, there’s a handsome man (Skylar Astin) who catches her eye. It’s a little like Glee but without the schmaltz.

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) ITV4, 9.00PM ★★★★

 Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this warm-hearted marvellous western adapted from Forrest Carter’s novel and set during the American Civil War. Eastwood plays the Missouri farmer who, driven by memories of his family’s slaughter, becomes an outlaw when he refuses to join his Confederate comrades in surrender, in favour of seeking revenge on the men who murdered his kin.