Carlton Cinema

An entertaining black comedy, with a tongue-in-cheek sensibility, about the killing of eight top British theatre critics in a particularly hideous way. Each death parodies the demise of a character in a separate Shakespeare play, and the finger points at ham Shakespearian actor Edward Lionhart. But baffled police cannot comprehend the situation, for he committed suicide years ago

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

Romantic western in which a former Confederate soldier and his ten-year-old daughter travel west after the end of the Civil War. Along the way they meet two women who survived an enemy attack, and romance soon blossoms, but danger also lurks in the form of Union soldiers

Zany British comedy about three elderly ladies who flee their old folks’ home when they discover they are going to be separated, planning to escape to an Irish island. Together they elude the police, army, navy and air force, hopping on to a speedboat and narrowly avoiding a trip to Russia.

Romantic comedy about a divorcee who meets and falls in love with a married man while on jury service. While the couple continue their illicit affair, tension builds in the jury room when one of the jurors pushes for the death penalty in the case of a woman on trial for murdering her husband because he asked for a divorce

Documentary profiling one of the world’s greatest movie stars, revealing how, beneath his suave exterior, Grant was a complex and sensitive individual

Light comedy in which an English industrialist (Cary Grant in his last film) finds himself sharing an apartment in an overcrowded Tokyo during the Olympics. Everything goes smoothly until the couple are accused of being spies and arrested by the Soviet security forces.

Tricked into coming to England from France by the madam of a brothel and her boss, Malou believes she is being employed as a companion. A cab-driver, with whom she has had a one-day marriage to get a passport, realises she will be coerced into prostitution and leads London’s cabbies to her rescue. Featuring Michael Caine and novelist Jackie Collins in early roles.

Exotic melodrama about a seedy gambling den which faces imminent closure due to pressure from an English businessman. The owner discovers that the man's daughter is one of her best clients, and attempts to blackmail him

Series of documentaries taking an overview of British cinema. This programme looks at the British drama genre, from ‘The African Queen’ to ‘Oliver Twist’

Historical action adventure about a French nobleman who loses his rightful inheritance while away serving his country. He enlists the help of a Dutch spy to help re-establish his fortune, as they attempt to recover a jewel known as the Star of India

Drama in which an archaeologist leaves his fiancee for a woman who loves the wild side of life, but the relationship is complicated when blackmail rears its ugly head

Slapstick tale about a college student who accidentally discovers a serum that makes things invisible. When a gang of crooks gets wind of the substance, they decide to go after it - but the staff of Medfield College need the serum to win an annual science bursary that will save the school from closing. A madcap struggle between scholars and hoods ensues. Sequel to ‘The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes’

A look at the career of actress Annette Bening, who has starred in films including ‘Bugsy’, ‘The American President’ and ‘American Beauty’

Thriller. A suburban couple's lifestyle is enlivened by the arrival of new neighbours, and before long the husband is talked into a wife-swapping deal. But the next morning, his temporary partner is found bludgeoned to death - and he finds himself arrested for killing her

Portrayal of gangster-legend Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel who was head of LA’s various rackets. While in Hollywood, Bugsy succumbs to the lure of glamorous West Coast life and the charms of starlet Virginia Hill with whom he starts a tempestuous affair. His lust for power drives him to devise his own legacy by establishing a casino in Nevada, and in so doing he creates the city of Las Vegas