Carlton Cinema

Thriller in which the police chief on a Caribbean island investigates the murder of a businessman. His job is made difficult when the chief suspect turns out to be an old friend who is always on the wrong side of the law. As his investigation continues, he finds himself torn between friendship, his black roots and the demands of his white bosses

Chiller about an architect who plunders an Egyptian tomb and awakens a vengeful spirit. He pays a high price for his obsession with the legend of Kara, a princess who murdered her father after a forced incestuous affair. At the moment he violates her tomb, his own daughter is born and possessed by Kara’s spirit

Adventure yarn about a Kenyan game warden whose efforts to set up a national game reserve bring him into conflict with ivory poachers

Finely acted study of the destructive power of unfounded rumour, tracing the downfall of two schoolteachers who are victimised by a pupil. Scripted by Lillian Hellman from her play ‘The Children’s Hour’. The theme of lesbianism has been changed to infidelity without undermining the power of the original

Powerful drama in which a crusading liberal attorney defends an embittered slum youth accused of killing a policeman

Comedy crime caper in which the wife of a detective helps him track down a criminal mastermind responsible for a series of jewellery thefts

Comedy in which a young woman who cannot resist a hard luck story jilts her wealthy fiance for his broke friend. When the two men’s situations are reversed, her marriage is threatened

Fictionalised film biography of Al Jolson which charts the rise of the famous vaudeville star. Songs include ‘April Showers’, ‘Avalon’ and ‘You Made Me Love You’, all dubbed by Jolson himself. The singer makes an appearance in long shot during the film’s ‘Swanee’ sequence

A diverting (if none too faithful) biopic of silent screen star Pearl White. Leaving the circus with a back injury, she was working as a secretary when she was spotted for the ‘Perils’ serial that won her fame and fortune. Recreates lots of silent-movie stunts and gags, features many silent-screen comics and songs by Oscar-nominated Frank Loesser

Comedy adventure in which two inept burglars kidnap a little rich kid and take him on the road with them, only to get more than they bargained for

Post-Cold War thriller in which two ageing spies from opposing sides find themselves unlikely allies. A CIA agent is reactivated by the Agency and entrusted with escorting a former State Department mole and a briefcase containing $2million to Berlin in exchange for a downed US pilot. It soon becomes apparent that this is far more than a simple swap, and that the pair are in deadly danger from both the CIA and KGB

Suspenseful horror film, based on a Stephen King novel, about a young girl with the power to start fires at will and who is pursued by government agents who wish to use her powers for their own nefarious ends. The mental powers are a result of her parents’ involvement in secret government experiments, and the girl and her father are forced to go on the run as the bad guys close in