Drama

13 April 2010

The Invisible Dot NW1 8AH[map]

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig. The man became a celebrity in the 1920s due to his superlative ability to look and act like whoever was around him.

2 April 2010 to 8 April 2010

Prince Charles Cinema WC2H 7BP[map]

A tempestuous tale of five destinies colliding in blood, anguish, hope and love. A portrait of flawed misfits with precious little to live for.

26 April 2010

Riverside Studios W6 9RL[map]

While the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of the Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. One of them, Lilly Wust (Köhler), is married and the mother of four sons. The other, Felice Schragenheim (Schrader), a Jewess and member of the underground.

19 March 2010 to 25 March 2010

hmvcurzon Wimbledon SW19 1QB[map]

A widow tries to arrange a marriage for her daughter who is past the suitable age of marriage, according to the norms of Japanese culture. Three gentlemen step in with the intention of marrying the mother, and the arrangements become complicated.

10 April 2010

The Epsom Playhouse KT18 5AL[map]

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WW1, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to go to the same boarding school her late mother went to. She has problems with the headmistress, who tries stop Sara's creativity and ruin her confidence. When they hear that Sara's father has been killed in the war and that his estate has been taken over by the British Government, the headmistress makes Sara a servant. Sara's belief that "every girl is a princess" is put to a test.

26 March 2010 to 1 April 2010

Sun & Doves SE5 9NS[map]

An overworked womanising, drug-using director tries to keep up with his girlfriend, ex-wife and daughter whilst working on his new Broadway show.

2 April 2010 to 8 April 2010

Phoenix Cinema N2 9PJ[map]

British comedy drama set in the 19th Century. An Oxford don (Michael Palin) becomes drawn to an American mother and her daugther when holidaying in the Alps. When the two women later turns up at the University, the other Fellows are outraged as women are not allowed on campus grounds.

9 April 2010 to 15 April 2010

Barbican Cinema EC2Y 8DS[map]

A moving tale of one woman's struggle for happiness through deprivation and mental illness. Redemption finally comes when she leaves the mental institution and finds success as a writer.

19 March 2010 to 25 March 2010

Apollo Cinema West End SW1Y 4LR[map]

Jenny's life is transformed when she meets a charismatic older man who introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, art auctions, and late-night suppers. Soon her plans to study at Oxford are replaced with a more alluring type of education.

19 March 2010 to 25 March 2010

Coronet Cinema W11 3LB[map]

Jenny's life is transformed when she meets a charismatic older man who introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, art auctions, and late-night suppers. Soon her plans to study at Oxford are replaced with a more alluring type of education.

2 April 2010 to 8 April 2010

David Lean Cinema CR9 1ET[map]

Jenny's life is transformed when she meets a charismatic older man who introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, art auctions, and late-night suppers. Soon her plans to study at Oxford are replaced with a more alluring type of education.

9 April 2010 to 15 April 2010

The Exhibit SW12 9SG[map]

Jenny's life is transformed when she meets a charismatic older man who introduces her to a glittering new world of classical concerts, art auctions, and late-night suppers. Soon her plans to study at Oxford are replaced with a more alluring type of education.

16 April 2010 to 22 April 2010

BFI Southbank SE1 8XT[map]

One of the earliest Film on Four successes was novelist Neil Jordan's first feature, a stylish neo-noir thriller reflecting the troubled situation in Northern Ireland. Stephen Rea excels as a showband saxophonist who witnesses a murder and finds himself taking a trip into dark, vengeful and violent territory.

26 April 2010

Riverside Studios W6 9RL[map]

A drama set in Berlin in April 1945 and in a partially destroyed building people wait in the basement, having survived night time bombing raids and the Red Army is poised to march in and seize Berlin.

12 March 2010 to 1 April 2010

ICA: Institute of Contemporary Arts SW1Y 5AH[map]

Krister wakes up bloodied and distressed in what appear to be unfamiliar surroundings. Deeply affected by his experience he tries to regain some normality by setting about his daily routine, but his initial distractedness and sarcasm soon give way to more menacing, erratic and brutal behaviour. Unable to find any peace in the banalities of the quotidian, Krister is forced to face up to the personal horror of what has gone before.

15 April 2010

Gipsy Hill Tavern SE19 1QH[map]

An ambitious young clerk lends his apartment to his boses so they can have liaisons with their girlfriends but his scheme backfires.