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Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!

Saturday Cinema: More Top 100 Movies from the AFI

Saturday Cinema: More Top 100 Movies from the AFI

Saturday at 10 a.m., join host Lynne Warfel for classical music from the movies. Today's theme continues from last week, presenting music from all-time great movies (according to the American Film Institute). Plus, some thoughts from the Cube Critics about depicting writers' lives in film.

Flicks in Five: The Magnificent Seven

Flicks in Five: The Magnificent Seven

As we head into the awards season for movies, it's interesting to consider the nominee who didn't win on the day, but Elmer Bernstein's score has outlived the film itself to become part of our popular culture.

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Saturday Cinema: All-Time Great Movies according to the AFI

Saturday Cinema: All-Time Great Movies according to the AFI

Saturday at 10 a.m., join host Lynne Warfel for classical music from the movies. Today's theme is music from all-time great movies (according to the American Film Institute). Plus, some thoughts from the Cube Critics about film reboots.

Flicks in Five: 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'
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Saturday Cinema: Chaplin, Hitchcock and Comedies

Saturday Cinema: Chaplin, Hitchcock and Comedies

Saturday at 10 a.m., join host Lynne Warfel for classical music from the movies. Today's theme is Chaplin, Hitchcock and comedies. Plus, the Cube Critics provide a video that looks at artificial intelligence in film.

Flicks in Five - Sunset Boulevard

Flicks in Five - Sunset Boulevard

Franz Waxman gave the same chilling effect as his score to "The Bride of Frankenstein" in the score of "Sunset Boulevard," the story of the mental disintegration of a silent film star.

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Flicks in Five & Saturday Cinema: It's A Wonderful Life

Flicks in Five & Saturday Cinema: It's A Wonderful Life

For Flicks in Five and Saturday Cinema, Lynne Warfel revisits Frank Capra's masterpiece about George Bailey's redemption in Bedford Falls. She continues in the spirit of the season with music from other holiday classics; plus a Cube Critics video that looks at the best films of 2013.

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Flicks in Five: White Christmas

Flicks in Five: White Christmas

It started as a "pop" song by Irving Berlin that Bing Crosby debuted at Christmastime 1941, but didn't get much notice until late in 1943 when servicemen and women requested it to the top of the charts.

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Saturday Cinema: 'Scrooge' and other holiday picks
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Flicks in Five: 'Scrooge'

Flicks in Five: 'Scrooge'

The 1970 musical by Leslie Bricusse is a beautifully filmed version of the classic "A Christmas Carol" with Albert Finney, Alec Guiness and an all-star British cast.

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About Saturday Cinema

Exploring the best in film music, with host Lynne Warfel. Listen live at 10 a.m. central every Saturday on YourClassical Radio — now 2 hours! And be sure to follow us on Letterboxd!

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