I have a triple affinity for director Robert Altman. First, he was a fabulously influential and experimental director, pushing the boundaries regarding the way audiences would accept both sights and sounds – he was a true maverick (and a truly nice guy, when I interviewed him). Second, he directed some fabulous movies, from his well-regarded classics MASH and Nashville to such underappreciated cult classics as Brewster McCloud and my personal favorite, Images. And third, he came up from television, clocking about a decade on everything from Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Millionaire to Maverick, Bonanza and Combat! This new biography of Altman covers some of that ground, at least. It’s directed by Ron Mann, who did Comic Book Confidential, and includes home movies provided by Kathryn Altman, Robert’s widow. And if Altman whets your appetite for seeing more, Epix is happy to oblige, and follows the documentary, at 9:45 p.m. ET, with 1973’s The Long Goodbye, starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe, and at 11:45 p.m. ET by 1980’s Popeye, with Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall as Popeye and Olive Oyl.