“The Cowboy and the Lady,” co-starring Merle Oberon, from a script by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on original story by Leo McCarey and Frank R. Adams, was one of Gary Cooper’s compromised films of the late 1930s, due to the flawed tale and change of directors. When William Wyler bowed out, he was replaced by H.C. Potter.

The score for Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows” was composed by four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman, for “Milk,” “Big Fish,” “Men in Black,” “Good Will Hunting.”

Written and directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, and boasting imagery by Kohei Sugiyama, “Gate of Hell” is a dramatically compelling feature, set in the twelfth century.

John Fowles’ best-selling novel was remarkable not only for the painfully romantic story it told, but also for the author’s 20^th Century observations, which were threaded throughout the 19^th Century story.

In this funny and enjoyable farce, based on an original screenplay by John Cleese and Charles Crichton, Kevin Kline, who won the supporting Oscar, steals every scene he is in due to comic timing and impressively physical performance.