Carlton Cinema

Strong, moody drama about adolescent anxieties and aspirations. A teenager strives to be like his adored brother and bring back the days of the gang. But his brother, knowing that his own life has gone nowhere, tries to steer him in a different direction. Stylised cult film based on S E Hinton’s novel

Moving period drama based on the memoirs of Victor Hugo’s youngest daughter, detailing her descent into madness when she falls for an English soldier who fails to return her affections. Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Oscar for her affecting portrayal of Adele

Classic adaptation of John Osborne’s kitchen-sink play in which a disaffected, working-class graduate takes out his grievances on his middle-class wife

When a young man’s older brother heads off to fight in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he marries the absent brother’s sweetheart, and the family struggles to reach stability with the issue when the older brother returns from war.

Adventure drama in which an American soldier of fortune, caught in China after the Second World War, poses as a clergyman who has been killed by bandits. He seeks refuge from the Chinese in a Catholic mission, but begins to doubt the propriety of his masquerade when he falls in love with a beautiful missionary. Based on the book by William E Barrett, the film was one of Humphrey Bogart’s last film roles

Family comedy told through the eyes of the young son, showing the trials and tribulations of a family in 40s America and their feud with their neighbours

A powerful screen adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s dramatic study of corruption and greed. A ruthless, avaricious woman sacrifices not only her relationships with her two brothers, but also the life of her husband in her desire to achieve wealth and social position

Touching drama. When an elderly widow is diagnosed as senile by her doctor and deemed incompetent by the courts, her son adds to the misery by trying to place her in a nursing home. But with the loving support of her granddaughter and the help of a young lawyer, Mrs Cimino begins a dogged fight to regain control of her estate and her independence

Classic satire on British industry in which an upper-class dimwit is thrown on to the shop floor by his crooked uncle in an attempt to provoke a strike. The plan comes off, but the dispute soon escalates to national proportions

A US Treasury agent arrives in London and teams up with a Scotland Yard detective to smash a counterfeiting ring. Together they infiltrate the gang responsible and are on the point of securing the organisation’s defeat when one of the men suspects the other of collaborating with the gang

Poignant romantic drama in which a busboy with a serious heart condition falls in love with a waitress but is too shy to tell her - until he saves her from being attacked by two men. They begin an affair, despite the fact that he is unused to physical affection and she has a string of broken romances behind her

Drama exposing the seedier aspects of the press. J J Hunsecker is New York’s most popular and most vicious columnist, providing millions of commuters with their daily fix of gossip on the rich and famous. But when he enlists the help of a publicity-hungry press agent to try to break up his sister’s romance with a young jazz musician, he comes to realise that even his influence has its limits