THURSDAY: Alexander Nevsky. (1938) Sergei Eisenstein's epic of 13th century warfare in Russia scarcely veils its gung-ho John Wayne-style plumping for Josef Stalin and his then-tough policy towards Hitler's Germany. CH.2. 8 p.m. B-W. 2 hrs. 30 min.

FRIDAY: Rodan (1956) and King Kong (1933). Back-to-back you get to see trillion-year-old bird monster terrorize Japan for about the 738th time and for the 738th time you can see the giant ape climb the world's third tallest building (fie, New York) and swat off biplanes like brushing off panhandlers. CH.56. 8 p.m. B-W. 3 hrs.

SATURDAY: Elmer Gantry (1960) Thrice-Oscared fictional "Marjoe" about evangelism in the old Midwest. Burt Lancaster stars in Richard Brooks's film from the Sinclair Lewis novel. CH.4. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. 45 min.

BSO. A look at the Boston Symphony's new music director, Seiji Ozawa, and a little foreground from Berlioz and Mozart. CH.5. 10 p.m. Color. 60 min.

MONDAY: Women of the Year. Ladies' Home Journal, taking its cue from the Pudding one supposes, presents a panoply of awards to members of the distaff gender for every accomplishment from business and economy (Katherine Graham, president of the Washington Post Company) to encouraging national beautification (Mary Lasker). Also, Helen Reddy sings her unabashed libber hit, "I Am Woman." CH.7. 10 p.m. Color. 60 min.

WEDNESDAY: South Pacific. (1958) I first saw this stinker at the age of six. I 'hated it then and I most likely still would if I watched it again. Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi sing the kind of Rodgers & Hammerstein music that makes you wish you were watching the Red Sox and Tigers on channel 4. CH.5. 8 p.m. Color. 3 hrs. Last of the Mohicans. (1963) An intriguing reversal of the American habit of casting white Midwesterners as Indians and foreigners provides about all the entertainment in this Mexican stab at Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking classic. Starring Jose Marco and Luis Induni. CH.5. 2:30 a.m. Color. 2 hrs.