Atomic Blonde (2017)

Premiere Movies (Pay TV), 8.30pm

The secret-agent movie has either evolved or become very dumb, depending on one's point of view. The most-hyped trend, apart from CGI replacing genuine action sequences, has been the "emergence" of the kick-ass female heroine. In David Leitch's Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron plays Her Majesty's government's top MI6 agent, Lorraine Broughton. She heads to Berlin just before the Wall falls to locate a crucial piece of microfilm. In a murky world of deceit and betrayal, and deadly martial skills, no man is her equal. Yes, Lorraine is very much a character of the moment, but she is also just part of a long cinematic tradition. Look at all the women who have outsmarted James Bond, or 1959's Operation Amsterdam, where Eva Bartok's Anna is far smarter and braver than all the male agents put together. Despite the PR, there is nothing new or revolutionary about Atomic Blonde because women have always been powerful and heroic on screen. Scott Murray

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

NITV, 8.30pm

NITV is increasingly the best channel for music documentaries, and Rumble is another celebration of an under-recognised part of music history – the contribution to American music of American Indian musicians. From blues to R&B and rock, there's a host of American Indian performers and sounds that informed the musical evolution, from legendary guitarist and inventor of the power chord Link Wray (the film takes its title from his groundbreaking 1958 instrumental hit Rumble – the only instrumental song banned from US radio for "glorifying juvenile delinquency") to Jimi Hendrix, blues singer Howlin' Wolf, folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Neville Brothers and even metal drummer Randy Castillo. The American Indian heritage of most of these big names was unknown – or at least kept quiet – for much of their careers. Along with great archival footage there's a host of talking heads here paying homage to the hitherto untold story of the American Indian contribution. Kylie Northover

Sunday Arts Up Late: The First Monday in May

ABC, 9.10pm

The first instalment of this new season of arts documentaries focuses on the collision of art and fashion, the biggest celebration of which is arguably the annual Met Gala at New York's Met Museum – which takes place on the first Monday in May where the world's largest fashion collection is housed. (Much to the annoyance of some old-school art purists.) Filmmaker Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) follows Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and Met Gala chair Andrew Bolton, the curator who conceived of the show, for an astonishing eight months as they plan the annual event and the exhibition itself, China: Through the Looking Glass, which actually seems bizarrely secondary to the celebrity-filled ball that kicks things off. To be fair though, the exhibition drew more than 750,000 visitors during its four-month run – but this film is more for lovers of fashion (and perhaps the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada) than art. KN