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9:00 PM Sundance
A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2002 HOL): All but ignored during his lifetime, English folk-rock singer Nick Drake began to transform into a legend during the '90s and is now considered one of the foremost practitioners of the style and an iconic source of inspiration for 21st century wyrd folkies. This brief (48 minute) Dutch documentary summarizes Drake's life and examines his brief three album output, and while it does what it does in fine fashion, it could really have been at least half an hour longer. Nonetheless, for anyone who's ever enjoyed (if that's the right word) one of Drake's poignant, frequently heartbreaking songs (my favorite is At the Chime of a City Clock), this is essential viewing.

5:25 AM IFC
Story of Women (1988 FRA): Isabelle Huppert stars as Marie, a Frenchwoman struggling to keep food on the table during the Nazi occupation, in this uncharacteristically serious Claude Chabrol drama. With husband Paul (Francois Cluzet) away and with no visible means of support, Marie begins to earn extra francs by supplying back alley abortions and renting her spare room to a prostitute (Marie Trintignant). Her standard of living rapidly improves, and she even gets a new boyfriend (Nils Tavernier) — but when Paul unexpectedly returns home, he doesn't take kindly to the changes and alerts the Vichy authorities to his wife's transgressions. This tragic tale, based on true events, is one of Chabrol's best, and airs again at 11:35 AM.

5:00 PM Turner Classic Movies
It Happened Tomorrow (1944 USA): How have I gone all my life without previously seeing this Rene Clair-helmed fantasy? Produced in between two of the director's greatest films, I Married A Witch and And Then There Were None, It Happened Tomorrow stars Dick Powell as a newspaper editor who can foresee the future, including, presumably, this film's two Academy Award nominations (Best Music and Best Sound).

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