Sunday

“Desperate Housewives”

ABC at 9:00 p.m.

Gaby and Carlos’ divorce reaches new levels of bitterness; Lynette co-owns a new business venture; Susan struggles with her love for two men.

Monday

“Heroes”

NBC at 9:00 p.m.

The police arrive at Niki’s doorstep looking for her fugitive husband; Claire confesses to her father; Hiro and his friend get jumped.

Tuesday

“Veronica Mars”

CW at 9:00 p.m.

Logan enlists Veronica’s help in sorting through his financial records when he’s informed his inheritance is running low.

Shortbus

Writer/director John Cameron Mitchell explores the lives of several present-day New Yorkers as they navigate the comic and tragic intersection of love and sex. Male and female, straight and gay, the characters find one and other – and eventually themselves – when they converge at a weekly underground salon called Shortbus, a mad nexus of art, music, politics and polysexual carnality.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Debut writer/director Dito Montiel’s coming-of-age drama exudes rawness and authenticity as it tells the story of Dito (Robert Downey Jr.), who flees one summer because he is torn between his ill father, his domineering friend and protector, the neighborhood war and the lustful temptations of youth. Fifteen years later, he returns to Queens in search of redemption.

Marie Antoinette

Betrothed to King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court, which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal, and rebels against the isolated atmosphere of Versailles. Stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned and ultimately beheaded by her own subjects, the queen of France became a toxic symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century monarchy that incited to the French

Revolution.