Because you can come home again
“Con Artist”: Talk about your local fellas making good. Director Michael Sladek returns home (his family’s roots in Denver run deep and wide) from New York with a docu-comedy about artist Mark Kostabi. Brother Daniel, working the other coast, executive-produced the Lifetime movie “Prayers for Bobby,” which garnered Sigourney Weaver an Emmy nomination this year. In the ’80s, Kostabi was the star of a production-line process that gained him fame and a little infamy. Sladek meets up with Kostabi, still a character, long after that go-go moment. Kostabi, grifter or genuis? You decide. Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 9:30 p.m.
Because pride exists amid the ruins
“Garbage Dreams”: Three young Egyptians grow up in the trash trade on the outskirts of Cairo. Director Mai Iskander follows the friends as their recycling efforts (80 percent of the trash they collect) are endangered by global “green” trends.
Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 2:15 p.m.
Because good acting is never a bad thing
“Solitary Man”: Maybe it’s just us, but doesn’t Michael Douglas make some of the most interesting decisions when it comes to roles? He never, ever shies away from the disagreeable character. Here he plays a car magnate who hears frightening health news and goes on a bad-behavior spree before hooking up (no, not that way) with a college buddy played by Danny DeVito. Don’t miss Susan Sarandon in one of her three film-fest appearances.
Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 8 p.m.
