MOVIE
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
9Gem, 4.20pm

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a delicately written novel about justice in the 1930s American South. The citizens of Maycomb, Alabama, want to punish an Afro-American for a rape that possibly never occurred. Lawyer Atticus Finch believes in doing the right thing, with little interest in being well-liked, but his decision to defend the accused sees him ostracised and his children subjected to racist attacks. The remarkable film adaptation from scriptwriter Horton Foote and director Robert Mulligan shows many of the dramatic events through the eyes of Finch's daughter, Scout (Mary Badham), and her friend, Dill (John Megna). This makes excellent cinematic sense as Lee was the daughter of a Southern attorney and Dill her long-time friend, Truman Capote. This unflinching examination of bigotry in America in both novel and film were defining blows in the defeat of segregation. Shot in radiant black and white, the movie is close to perfect. Scott Murray

MOVIE
Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
7flix, 4.30pm

In 1987, there was a fabulous comedy called Adventures in Babysitting about what can go wrong when a teenager is babysitting an infant in Oak Park, Illinois. It was the first film as director by Chris Columbus (who had just written Reckless and would soon become famous for Home Alone and, later, even more famous with the first two Harry Potter movies). You have probably seen Adventures, but you might not realise it, given in Australia the title was changed to A Night on the Town. Today, 7flix is not showing Colombus' original, but a tele-movie remake. It has the honour of being the 100th Disney Channel Original Movie, even though, of course, it's not original. It has a young and largely unknown cast, who go about their tasks with manicured smiles, even when the children they should be protecting nearly lose life and limb. SM

Ambulance
Ten, 7.30pm