BADLANDS
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Today TCM salutes the movies of Warren Oates – and while Oates may be considered a relatively minor star in the Hollywood constellation, he’s still turned in some very impressive performances in a wide range of Hollywood films. Among them is this 1973 character study by the enigmatic director Terrence Malick, a gorgeously shot film based on an actual crime spree across the Midwest by a young psychopath and his seemingly willing young female accomplice. Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek star, and, as young actors, turn in almost unbelievably believable and unmannered performances as impulsive young killers.