Saturday Cinema

It's almost time for Halloween! And this week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel takes a timely look at the work of British actor William Henry Pratt -- better known as Boris Karloff.

It's the time of the year when we think about scary movies, so you might want to turn on an extra light or two, although Lynne Warfel's pick this week may make you laugh: it's the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy, 'Young Frankenstein', featuring music by John Morris.

We're creating the perfect soundtrack for Halloween and trick-or-treating, with your help. Visit our online ballot to vote for your favorite Creepy Classics as we build our playlist for Friday, Oct. 30.

'Dances with Wolves' changed both Kevin Costner's career as an actor and director as well as the place of Westerns in American film history. On Flicks in Five, we hear John Barry's Oscar-winning score.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel takes a look at the career of one of film history's great leading men -- Clark Gable. We'll hear music from the score to Gable's final film, 'The Misfits'.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses the 1955 musical film version of 'Kismet'. We'll hear some of Borodin's melodies, and a song featuring actors Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, and Vic Damone.

One of Hollywood's most lauded director-composer collaborations was that between David Lean and Maurice Jarre for 1984's 'A Passage to India'. This week on Flicks in Five, we'll hear Jarre conducting his own music for the film.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at the career of Ron Howard, and shares music from his 1995 film, 'Apollo 13'.

One of Robin Williams's most memorable roles was that of unconventional teacher John Keating in 1989's 'Dead Poets Society'. In this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel will share some of Maurice Jarre's music from that award-winning film.

He considered film music to be 'operas without words' and his movie scores earned three Oscar nominations -- including one win for Best Original Score. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and shares music from his soundtrack to 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'.