Thief (18)
Steely urban loner Frank (James Caan), a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker, has a romantic yearning for home and family and civilian life. Keen to embrace every-day domesticity with new flame Tuesday Weld, Frank pulls one last job leaving the criminal world behind. Having always worked independently, his mistake is to throw in his lot with the Mob who have other plans for him…
The Barbican, Silk Street, EC2, May 24, 4pm. Details: 020 7638 8891, barbican.org.uk

 

The Film World of Jean Paul Gaultier
This sensational film season has been curated by the famous fashion designer and includes some of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s best work as well as camp classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Barbican, Silk Street, EC2, May 22 until May 29.

Stow Film Lounge Presents:
American Hustle (15)

Brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of New Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Friday, May 23, 7.45pm

The Lego Movie (U)
Ordinary Lego construction worker Emmet, thought to be the prophesied ‘Special’, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.
Saturday, May 24, 10.30am
Orford House Social Club, Orford Road, E17. Details: stowfilmlounge.com