Courtyard Hereford Film Guide November - December 2014

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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2014 LIVE EVENTS LIVE SCREENINGS FILM CAFé BAR ExHIBITIONS EDUCATION BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION

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10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, 11am to 2.30pm - Sunday Tickets £6.80 Friends & Patrons £6.12 Courtyard Card (14-25) £3 Courtyard Club (13s and under) £3 Children Under 16 £4.80 Matinee Screenings £4.80* Concessions £5.80 Breakfast Movie (including a hot drink and pastry) £6.80* *Applies weekdays and term times only.

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Dave’s Faves Film of the Month as recommended by our film programmer David Gillam.

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Family Films

ExHIBITION AND LIVE SCREENINGS NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

METROPOLITAN OPERA

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

SATURDAY 8 7PM

TUESDAY 2 8PM

TUESDAY 13 8PM

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

REMBRANDT

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

MONDAY 24 7PM

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA TICKETS £18, CONCESSIONS £15

TICKETS £12.50, CONCESSIONS £10.50 NT LIVE

TICKETS £12.50 CONCESSIONS £10.50

JOHN (18)

METROPOLITAN OPERA

SATURDAY 29 8PM

TICKETS £14

SATURDAY 17 5.55PM

BILLy ELLIOT (ENCORE)

METROPOLITAN OPERA

THE MERRy WIDOW

TICKETS £14, CONCESSIONS £12.50 Met Opera Screenings Supported by:

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DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG TICKETS £18, CONCESSIONS £15

TICKETS £18, CONCESSIONS £15

More Live Screenings to be announced soon, look online for more information.

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WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAy (12A) DIRECTORS: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin STARRING: David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, Billy Connolly

UK, 2014, 1 hour 35 minutes

TUESDAY 9 8PM

TUESDAY 16 5PM

FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2.30, 8.15, SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2.30, MONDAY 3 6.00, TUESDAY 4 11.00, WEDNESDAY 5 2.30

A couple take their three children to Scotland for a big family gathering while in the midst of a difficult divorce, asking the kids to keep it a secret from their extended family.

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NOVEMBER FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 6.00, SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 7.30, MONDAY 3 2.30, 8.00, TUESDAY 4 2.30*, 6.00, WEDNESDAY 5 11.00, 7.45, THURSDAY 6 6.00

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (12A) DIRECTOR: Woody Allen STARRING: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins

USA, 2014, 1 hour 38 minutes *'Easy Screening' look online for more information

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Stanley Crawford is a grouchy, arrogant Englishman and is the most celebrated magician of his age. Driven by his aversion to phony spiritualists, Stanley goes on a mission to the magnificent Côte d'Azur mansion of the rich, gullible, American widow Grace who has fallen into the clutches of the alluring young clairvoyant, Sophie Baker.

TUESDAY 4 8.00, WEDNESDAY 5 6.00, THURSDAY 6 8.00

IDA (12A)

Winner Best Film London Film Festival 2013

DIRECTOR: Pawel Pawlikowski STARRING: Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik

Poland/Denmark, 2013, 1 hour 22 minutes, subtitles, B/W

Poland, 1962, naïve, innocent, orphan Anna is on the verge of becoming a nun, but is sent out into the world where she’s told a secret that sets her off on a heartwrenching quest to uncover the truth about her family.

On the journey with her aunt Wanda, a worldly, cynical Communist Party insider, she glimpses the prospect of a quite different life.

SATURDAY 8 11.00, SUNDAY 9 2.00

THE UNBEATABLES (UTBC) DIRECTOR: Juan José Campanella WITH THE VOICES OF: Rob Bryden,

Rupert Grint, Eve Ponsonby Spain/Argentina, 2013, 1 hour 37 minutes

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 11.00, SUNDAY 2 2.00

THE BOxTROLLS (PG) DIRECTORS: Anthony Staachi, Graham Annable WITH THE VOICES OF: Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg

Genius table football player Jake is too shy to declare his love for free-spirited Laura. With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Flash at table football. Years later Flash returns still holding a grudge and just when it looks like all hope is lost, the toy figures from Jake's football table come to life and embark on a wild adventure to save the day.

USA, 2014, 1 hour 37 minutes

Meet The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs. When the villainous Archibald Snatcher plots to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light".

SATURDAY 8 2.30, SUNDAY 9 8.15, WEDNESDAY 12 11.00, 2.30, 8.15

THE RIOT CLUB (15) DIRECTOR: Lone Scherfig STARRING: Sam Claflin, Natalie Dormer, Max Irons

UK, 2014, 1 hour 46 minutes

A film adapted from Laura Wade's controversial play about a group of privileged public-school psychos calling themselves ‘The Riot Club’, a secret society dedicated to dining, drinking and debauchery. This story of shirty rotten scoundrels has obvious parallels with the lives of many of our leading politicians, but takes in broader themes of Britishness, male posturing and ritual.

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SONGS FROM THE SHED FRIDAY 14 7.00

OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU (U)

NOVEMBER

SUNDAY 9 6.00, WEDNESDAY 12 6.00

WATERMARK (U) DIRECTOR: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

USA, 2013, 1 hour 31 minutes

In this film we see astounding aerial photography of pristine watersheds and ancient rice terraces, the world’s biggest dam being built, the wonder when deserts bloom for farming and the devastating impact when rivers dry up.

THE CADBURy SISTERS

Follow a comedic Clooney as he makes a getaway with two jailmates on a hunt for treasure and on the run from the powers that would aim to incarcerate them, including sirens, a cyclops and the KKK! Afterwards, bewitching songsters The Cadbury Sisters will be wooing the audience with their own folk creations plus some of the beautiful songs in T Bone Burnett’s score for this Coen classic.

“Beautiful harmonies and gorgeous vocals” Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 2

THURSDAY 13 7.30

RURAL MEDIA COMPANy PRESENT

ROMANy/GyPSy FILM NIGHT With the number of Roma in Britain now estimated at over 300,000 how many people really understand the conditions under which our new neighbours have been living in their home countries? Damian Le Bas, Editor of Travellers' Times will introduce the film and lead a Q&A after the screening.

In collaboration with songsfromtheshed.com, The Roses Tewkesbury and Curzon Clevedon

SATURDAY 15 7.30*, SUNDAY 16 2.00, MONDAY 17 7.30, TUESDAY 18 7.30, WEDNESDAY 19 7.30

EFFIE GRAy (15 TBC) DIRECTOR: Richard Laxton STARRING: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson,

Julie Walters, Greg Wise, Derek Jacobi UK, 2014, 1 hour 38 minutes *Friends Fundraiser Tickets £13 which includes a drink at a pre-film reception

AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER (12A) DIRECTOR: Danis Tanović STARRING: Nazif Mujic, Senada Alimanovic,

Semsa Mujic, Sandra Mujic Bosnia, 2013, 1 hour 12 minutes, subtitles

Winner Silver Bears Berlin International Film Festival 2013 for Best Actor and Best Director

Scrap collector Nazif struggles to make ends meet. His wife Senada cares for their two small daughters, but after she miscarries she is at risk of septicaemia and must be operated on immediately.

But Senada has no medical insurance so is refused treatment. “very moving” Guardian

Ruskin is obsessed with the teenage Effie, but thanks to his sexual dysfunction and her inexperience their marriage is never consummated.

Left to suffer through a loveless marriage, Effie finally finds happiness with Ruskin’s protégé, artist John Everett Millais.

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SONGS FROM THE SHED THURSDAY 20 7.30

NOVEMBER TUESDAY 25 8.15, WEDNESDAY 26 2.30

THE 78 PROJECT MOVIE (TBC) STARRING: John C Reilly, John Doe,

OH! WHAT A LOVELy WAR (PG)

Coati Mundi, Lavinia Joans Wright

DIRECTOR: Richard Attenborough

USA, 2014, 1 hour 36 minutes

STARRING: Ralph Richardson, Mereil Forbes,

DIRECTOR: Alex Steyermark

In the 1930s, legendary folklorist Alan Lomex travelled across rural America to capture some of the earliest field recordings of traditional songs using then state of the art 78rpm lacquer discs. He inspired a century of popular music by introducing the world to Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and Muddy Waters.

This special programme is supported by the BFI Film Audience Network via Film Hub South West & West Midlands In collaboration with songsfromtheshed.com, The Roses Tewkesbury and Curzon Clevedon

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John Gielgud, Maggie Smith UK, 1969, 2 hours 17 minutes

Based on Joan Littlewood’s famous stage musical this made dear departed Richard Attenborough’s reputation as a director. Its an all-star vaudeville show with lots of WWI songs sung by scores of well-known faces who mock the military top brass while sympathizing with the salt-of-the-earth working class who copped it in the trenches.

FRIDAY 21 7.30

LADIES NIGHT:

THE FULL MONTy (18) DIRECTOR: Peter Cattaneo STARRING: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson

UK, 1998, 1 hour 31 minutes

Friday night is ladies night. Come and watch The Full Monty, the classic northern romp that brought Robert Carlysle to the forefront of many women's minds!

Dress the part, bring all your drinks in from the bar and see if you can make use of some of the naughty props and play items we'll be gifting you! Ooh, cheeky!

This special event is supported by the BFI Film Audience Network via Film Hub South West & West Midlands

SATURDAY 22 7.30, TUESDAY 25 6.00, WEDNESDAY 26 8.45, THURSDAY 27 6.00

MAPS TO THE STARS (TBC) DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg STARRING: Julianne Moore,

Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack USA, 2014, 1 hour 52 minutess

The scarred Agatha arrives in Hollywood dreaming of meeting celebrities, while Havana a fading actress, tragic in her tantrums, desperation and obnoxious self-promotion, strives to land the role her mother once made famous.

WEDNESDAY 26 6.00, THURSDAY 27 2.30, 8.15

VIOLETTE (15) DIRECTOR: Martin Provost STARRING: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet

France, 2013, 2 hours 19 minutes, subtitles

The intimate story of one of France's boldest novelists, Violette Leduc, who suffered from feeling unwanted and unloved, but found her salvation through her writing. The portrait of Violette’s confidante Simone de Beauvoir is particularly appealing, a brisk, no-nonsense friend who introduces her to Genet and Camus, but refuses her love. With Simone’s encouragement Violette was among the first to write about women’s sexuality in a direct and open way.

“A beautifully crafted and performed period drama.”

Hollywood Reporter

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DECEMBER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER SATURDAY 29 11.00, 2.30

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) DIRECTOR: Jonathan Liebesman STARRING: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner

USA, 2014, 1 hour 41 minutes

Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles working with fearless reporter April O'Neil to save the city.

MONDAY 1 6.00, WEDNESDAY 3 8.00

HUMAN CAPITAL (15) DIRECTOR: Paolo Virzi STARRING: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,

Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino Italy, 2013, 1 hour 49 minutes, subtitles

Winner Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival 2014

A cyclist is hit by a jeep and so the destinies of two families become irrevocably intertwined in a tricky social dance of status, money and ambition. Despite their dire financial straits the Rovellis are struggling to keep their comfortable middle-class life together. While Carla, the conflicted wife and mother of the privileged detached Bernaschi family wrestles between love, family and obligation.

MONDAY 1 8.15, WEDNESDAY 3 6.00

20,000 DAyS ON EARTH (15) DIRECTORS: Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth STARRING: Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld,

Susie Bick, Arthur Cave USA, 2014, 1 hour 37 minutes

FRIDAY 28 11.00, 2.30, 8.30, SATURDAY 29 5.30, SUNDAY 30 2.00, MONDAY 1 DECEMBER 11.00, 2.30

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE yOU (15) DIRECTOR: Shawn Levy STARRING: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver,

Jane Fonda USA, 2014, 1 hour 43 minutes

In this wisecracking comedy the Foxman clan returns home when their father dies, bringing a revolving group of spouses, exes, old flames and new friends. But can they survive a week under the same roof? Confronting their shared history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humour, and heartache that only families can provide.

Winner Best Documentary Sundance Film Festival 2014

A smart, strange, thrilling film that reveals much about Nick Cave’s life and work. We spend one day on Earth with Cave, from dawn till dusk, via family, friends, a recording session and a gig, but it’s just a neat device, as much of the film plays out more like a highly staged thriller. It’s all a performance, but artifice co-exists with honesty and this approach perfectly serves an artist who has always been making and remaking his own mercurial image.

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FRIDAY 5 2.30, SATURDAY 6 8.00, SUNDAY 7 2.00, MONDAY 8 2.30 & 8.00, TUESDAY 9 2.30, WEDNESDAY 10 2.30, 8.00, THURSDAY 11 2.30, 8.00 Timothy

MR TURNER (12A) DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh

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STARRING: Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey,

Spall Winner of Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival 2014

Paul Jesson UK, 2014, 2 hours 30 minutes

An indelible portrait of the eccentric, masterful J.M.W Turner, a barber’s son whose sublime landscapes and wonderful seascapes have made him Britain’s favourite painter. This is a brilliantly choreographed, wonderfully rich tapestry that digs deeply into a complicated, contradictory life. Distinguished by a truly stunning performance from Timothy Spall that creates a vivid, soulful sense of the man and his times as Turner is overtaken and overawed by new technologies at the dawn of the modern age SATURDAY 6 2.30, SUNDAY 7 11.00

DOLPHIN TALE 2 (U)

MONDAY 8 6.00, WEDNESDAY 10 6.00, THURSDAY 11 6.00

71 (15) DIRECTOR: yann Demange STARRING: Jack O’Connell, Sean Harris, Sam Reid

UK, 2014, 1 hour 39 minutes

This utterly gripping first feature tells the story of a young, disoriented British soldier thrown in at the deep end of the Troubles who finds himself alone on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, the stark reality of the situation begins to look more like something from a foggy, street-lamp-lit nightmare.

FRIDAY 12 2.30 , MONDAY 15 8.15, WEDNESDAY 17 8.15

INTERSTELLAR (15 TBC) DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan

USA/UK, 2014, 1 hour 58 minutes tbc

Planet Earth is broken and humanity needs a new home but for the adventurers who want to conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage it means leaving their family and loved ones behind.

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USA, 2014, 1 hour 34 minutes tbc

This continues the story of the brave dolphin Winter, whose miraculous rescue and recovery made her famous around the world. Several years later the team who saved Winter's life must find her a companion so she can stay at the Clearwater Marine Hospital. Time is running out and if they don’t find her a companion soon they will lose their beloved Winter to another aquarium.

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (U) DIRECTOR: Les Mayfield STARRING: Richard Attenborough,

Elizabeth Perkins, Mara Wilson USA, 1984, 1 hour 50 minutes

Dear ‘Dickie’ positively sparkles in the role of the mysterious Kriss Kringle, giving a restrained, genuinely sweet performance as the plump, whitebearded department store Santa listening to the wish lists of toy-crazed kids. Enter the delightful funnyfaced Susan, a reluctant unbeliever, and Kringle is determined to prove he is in fact the genuine article.

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SUNDAY 14 2.00, MONDAY 15 6.00, WEDNESDAY 17 6.00

GHOSTBUSTERS(12A) DIRECTOR: Ivan Reitman STARRING: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver

SATURDAY 6 6PM

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USA, 2014, 1 hour 40 minutes

The quintessential modern classic is back on the big screen so fans can see their favorite paranormal psychologists as they save the world from ghosts, ghouls, and Mr. Stay Puft. It hits the target every single time - the effects, the sparky onscreen chemistry, a constant stream of cracking one-liners and of course, the appearance of the Marshmallow Man, which is as absurd as it is hilarious. Go on, take the kids!

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DECEMBER

SATURDAY 20 6.00, SUNDAY 21 11.00, 2.30, 6.00, MONDAY 22 6.00, TUESDAY 23 6.00, FRIDAY 26 2.30, SATURDAY 27 2.30, SUNDAY 28 2.00, MONDAY 29 8.00, TUESDAY 30 6.00, WEDNESDAY 31 2.30

PADDINGTON (U TBC) DIRECTOR: Paul King STARRING: Ben Whishaw (voice), Nicole Kidman,

Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent UK/France/Canada, 2014, 1 hour 38 minutes tbc

The must-see family film for all ages this Christmas follows the delightfully funny misadventures of a polite young bear with an endearing talent for comic chaos.

Despite the best efforts of the kindly Brown family good old Paddington finds himself threatened by a crazed taxidermist.

FRIDAY 26 5.00, SATURDAY 27 11.00, 5.00 SUNDAY 28 5.00, MONDAY 29 11.00, 6.00, TUESDAY 30 2.30, 8.15 WEDNESDAY 31 11.00

THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (U TBC ) DIRECTOR: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith WITH THE VOICES OF: Annet Mahendru,

Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich USA, 2014, 1 hour 32 minutes tbc

Super spy teams aren't born . . . they're hatched.

Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. This time, our farcical, feathered, flightless friends must help a chic undercover organization, North Wind fight off a threat from under the sea.

FRIDAY 26 7.00, SATURDAY 27 7.00, SUNDAY 28 7.00, MONDAY 29 2.30, TUESDAY 30 11.00

My OLD LADy (12A) DIRECTOR: Israel Horovitz STARRING: Maggie Smith,

SATURDAY 20 8.00, SUNDAY 21 8.00, MONDAY 22 8.00, TUESDAY 23 8.00

THE IMITATION GAME (15 TBC) DIRECTOR: Morten Tyldum STARRING: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley,

Charles Dance UK/USA, 2014, 1 hour 53 minutes

Based on the real life story of legendary code-breaker Alan Turing, this portrays the nail-biting race against time by his brilliant top-secret team to break the Enigma Code, during the darkest days of World War II. A truly original mathematician, Turing was crucial to Britain’s war efforts and later helped to develop the first computers, but died in disgrace after being prosecuted for his homosexuality.

Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas USA/France, 2014, 1 hour 47 minutes

Down-on-his-luck New Yorker Mathias (Kevin Kline) inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident as part of the deal.

But when he wants to sell the place, he's shocked to discover the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde (Maggie Smith), who has lived there with her daughter Chloé (Kristin Scott Thomas) for many years is not prepared to budge.