Carlton Cinema

The story of musical legend Charlie Parker, who changed the face of jazz with his stunning improvisational technique. The self-destructive tendencies of this genius led him however into a life of alcoholism, drug addiction and infidelity. The film won an Oscar for sound recording

Romantic comedy about a young virgin living in New York who desperately wants a baby but has developed a distrust of men since being jilted at the altar ten years earlier. Circumstances force her to take a closer look at two of her neighbours - a professional clown and a gynaecologist

Drama in which a young man leaves his father’s farm for the city where he gets a job in the shipyards. When he embarks on a relationship with the boss’s daughter, he is determined to better himself and exhibits an impressive flair for design, much to the annoyance of his colleagues

Engaging drama about a reclusive writer and journalist who crash-land in the Mexican jungle and find themselves on a strange plantation, as ‘guests’ of three mysterious and secretive men

Madcap comedy about an American comedian, played by Bob Hope, who goes to France to buy a new screenplay. Hope teams up with a French comic, played by Fernandel, and the pair stumble into an alien world of international crime

An embittered cavalry sergeant must take over a regiment and lead his troops back to safety after an ambush kills their commanding officer. When his men find themselves taking a route through dangerous territory, they suspect that he is looking for an excuse to kill some Apaches in revenge for the killing of his own wife and children some years before. As the men slowly come to believe that their sergeant has gone mad, drastic measures have to be taken

Action adventure set in the Philippines shortly after the Spanish-American war. A US marine doctor has to cope with both a cholera outbreak and a terrorist uprising, and teams up with a pair of mercenaries to thwart the terrorists’ plans to cut off the water supply

Melodrama about a playboy who becomes a doctor in order to restore the sight of a woman whose blindness he inadvertently caused. After his reckless behaviour is partly to blame for a doctor’s death, he tries to apologise to the man’s widow, but his efforts result in her losing her sight. The double tragedy prompts him to mend his ways and devote his life to medicine

Documentary series on British cinema. This edition focuses on the portrayal of women, examining films such as ‘The Gentle Sex’

A village prepares for a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Whimsical comedy about a young girl who believes her beloved uncle has been reincarnated as her horse. As the girl inherited her uncle’s estate, her relatives try to have her declared incompetent in a bid to get their hands on the late uncle’s money

Fellow stars and colleagues reflect on the life and work of Clint Eastwood. ‘The Man with No Name’ rapidly rose to become an international superstar, famous for his assured performances in Sergio Leone’s 60s trio of spaghetti westerns and in the ‘Dirty Harry’ movies. He has worked in the movie industry’s various capacities - producer, director and actor - winning Oscars for ‘Unforgiven’ in 1993

Thriller about a tough cop who stumbles on to a mafioso’s plot to settle a forty-year grudge by staging a massacre. The scheme to wipe out a rival mob faction involves using Vietnam veterans who have no links to organised crime

Thriller about a New York art restorer who unravels a web of deceit and murder following her husband’s mysterious death. When the woman’s apparently perfect husband is killed in an accident, her recent suspicions about his private activities are confirmed. As one shocking disclosure follows another, she discovers that the man she loved is capable of staging his own death as well as killing others to get what he wants