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Movies & TV

What to watch this week

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Thursday, May 27

ROUGH CUTS: CAMPAIGN, THE MAKING OF A CANDIDATE Doc follows Toronto mayor David Miller ‘s successful assault on City Hall. Includes riveting footage of Hizzoner in a session with NOW’s senior editorial board. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated 4 am Saturday

THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN The Pope of Mope, Morrissey , continues a week-long stand promoting his new CD, You Are The Quarry. Just don’t call it a comeback (see Sunset Blvd. Sunday). Tomorrow night, Irish songbird Dido comes into the curmudgeon’s sights. 12:35 am on CBS/CHCH

Friday, May 28

THE VIEW The Sopranos’ Edie Falco and R&B crooner Usher – who’s just topped the U.S. charts with three consecutive singles – join the ladies to witness the further very public unravelling of Courtney Love . 11 am on ABC/CTV, repeated 10 pm Monday on Star

HENRY MILLER IS NOT DEAD 1996 documentary fuses interview segments with the late controversial author of Tropic Of Cancer, film clips and a stream-of-consciousness format punctuated by the equally avant music of Laurie Anderson . 4:30 am on Bravo

Saturday, May 29

MALCOLM X (1992, dir Spike Lee, w/ Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett) Subdued biopic tracks the rise of the Nation of Islam leader from street hustler to charismatic political figure. 9 pm on History, repeated at 1 am

Sunday, May 30

MOULIN ROUGE! (2001, dir Baz Luhrmann, w/ Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor) Glitzy music video finds composer McGregor obsessed with bad girl nightclub singer Kidman in gay fin de siécle Paree. Watch for a cameo by Kylie Minogue . 9 pm on Bravo/MuchMore Music, repeated midnight on MuchMoreMusic and Monday 2 pm on Bravo and MuchMoreMusic

ONE FROM THE HEART (1982, dir Francis Ford Coppola, w/ Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski) Known as the rarely screened film that bankrupted Sofia’s dad’s Zoetrope Studio, this lavish but wayward Vegas musical gets extra points for its superb Tom Waits soundtrack. 11:30 pm on Bravo

Monday, May 31

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW Former SNL comic Molly Shannon admires guest Christina Aguilera ‘s sophisticated new fully clothed look. Xtina then belts Beautiful, from her recent Stripped CD. 10 am on CBS, Toronto1

Tuesday, June 1

IN A FIX The home-improvement network’s latest Trading Spaces knockoff features not two sexually ambiguous carpenters but a team of nine scantily attired demolition experts of varying genders. Hands off Justin, girls, he’s mine. Bonus: a rockin’ theme song and travelling music from Hüsker Dü and Sugar’s Bob Mould . 7 pm Tuesday to Thursday on TLC

Wednesday, June 2

OH SUSANNA: LIVE AT THE REDEEMER Vancouver-based alt-country crooner Susie Ungerleider performs songs that evoke the spirit of prairie sodbusters in this Calgary concert film. 9 am on Bravo

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