Films of the week
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Tonight, BBC2, 12.50am
Celine Sciamma’s beautifully photographed drama is set in 18th-century France and stars Noémie Merlant as an artist who travels to a remote island off Brittany to paint a reluctant bride, and promptly falls in love with her. With Adèle Haenel.
★★★★★
Murder on the Orient Express Sunday, RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Hercule Poirot is taking a break on board the Orient Express when an American businessman is found stabbed to death, leaving behind a train jammed with potential suspects. With Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley.
★★★
Glass Sunday, Channel 4, midnight
In M Night Shyamalan’s atmospheric superhero sequel, grizzled vigilante David Dunn is on the trail of a murderer with multiple personalities when he encounters an evil scientist who’s trying to harness other people’s powers. With Bruce Willis.
★★★★
The Front Runner Monday, TG4, 9.30pm
Jason Reitman’s fact-based drama stars Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart, the dashing Colorado senator who’s become the much-fancied frontrunner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination when details emerge of an illicit love affair.
★★★
Le Mans 66 Tuesday, Film Four, 9pm
Entertaining action drama based on a true story and starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, an engineer who joins forces with a temperamental British driver to mastermind Ford’s bid to win the prestigious Le Mans 24-hour race.
★★★★
Elvis Wednesday, Sky Cinema Drama, 8pm
Colourful biopic charting Elvis Presley’s path from childhood poverty in Mississippi to global stardom. And in the mid-1960s, when a string of bad films had damaged his brand, he hatched a plan to rebound spectacularly in a stage-managed TV special. With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks.
★★★
Spider-Man: Homecoming Wednesday, BBC1, 11.40pm
After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker is trying to juggle his newfound superpowers with life as an ordinary high-school student when a flying villain unleashes chaos in New York City. Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey and Marisa Tomei star.
★★★★
Lost in Translation Thursday, Sky Cinema Drama, 9.55pm
When ageing film star Bob Harris arrives in Tokyo to shoot a whiskey commercial, he forms an intense connection with Charlotte, a much younger woman who’s been abandoned by her new husband in a cavernous high-rise hotel. With Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson.
★★★★
Spectre Friday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm
After causing a right old mess in Mexico City, 007 is suspended from duty and goes off the grid to track down the leaders of a highly organised criminal network. With Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ben Whishaw.
★★★★
Float Like a Butterfly Friday, RTÉ2, 9.40pm
Gritty drama starring Hazel Doupe (above) as Frances, a young Traveller girl who idolises Muhammad Ali and must overcome misogyny and prejudice to fulfil her dream of becoming a boxer. With Lalor Roddy, Johnny Collins, Hilda Fay.
★★★★