The Courtyard: Film Guide February 2023

“For all you cinephiles, don’t miss our David Lynch features including Blue Velvet and the new documentary Lynch/Oz.

Breakfast Movies

Relaxed Screening Screenings with raised lighting, lowered volume and a relaxed area.

Film Fanatics

” - Simon, Head of Film Matilda

Book for 2 films with this symbol and get 20% o , book for 3 or more to get 30% o .

February Sat 4 11am (Free pre-activity from 10.30am)

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Voice Actors: Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke

Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.

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January

Fri 20 11am, Sat 21 2.30pm, Mon 23 5.15pm, Tue 24 7.30pm (Subs), Wed 25 2.30pm, Thu 26 11am, Sat 28 5.15pm, Mon 30 2.30pm, Tue 31 11am

February

Wed 1 11am, Thu 2 2.30pm, Mon 6 5pm (Subs), Tue 7 11am, Thu 9 11am

A man called otto (15) USA, 2hr 6min

Stars: Tom Hanks, Rachel Keller Tom Hanks’ latest comedy-drama is sticking around a little longer! He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him ‘the bitter neighbour from hell’ but some are able to break through his spiky exterior. A remake of the novel and 2015 Swedish film, A Man Called Ove

January

Fri 20 2.30pm, Sat 21 7.30pm, Mon 23 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Tue 24 11am, Wed 25 11am & 5pm, Thu 26 2.30pm (Subs), Fri 27 11am, Sat 28 7.45pm, Mon 30 7pm (Subs), Tue 31 7pm

Whitney Houston: I wanna dance with somebody (12A) USA, 2hr 24min

From the writer of Bohemian Rhapsody comes this joyous, emotional, heart-breaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time. Starring Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci and Tamara Tunie.

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Wed 1 2.30pm, Thu 2 11am & 7pm

Wed 1 7.30pm, Mon 6 11am, Tue 7 5pm (Subs), Wed 8 11am

Till (12A)

Sat 28 2.30pm, Mon 30 11am, Tue 31 2.30pm USA, 2hr 10min

Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother’s ability to change the world.

February Fri 3 11am, 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Sat 4 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Mon 6 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Tue 7 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Wed 8 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Thu 9 2.30pm & 7.45pm (Subs), Fri 10 11am, Sat 11 2.30pm, Sun 12 3pm, Mon 13 11am, Tue 14 2.30pm, Wed 15 11am

empire of light (15) UK/USA, 1hr 59min

Director: Sam Mendes (1917, Skyfall)

Stars: Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth

Sam Mendes’ latest picture follows a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and a new employee longing to escape the town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community. Including a Golden Globe Nominated performance from Olivia Colman.

Interested in 35mm and classic cinema screenings? Keep an eye out in the coming months for our Cult Classic and Film on Film Screenings as we continue our educational content!

Cult Classic: Blue Velvet (1986, 18)

February Sat 4 5pm USA, 2hr

Director: David Lynch (The Elephant Man)

Cast: Isabella Rosellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper

With Lynch/Oz coming this February, plus David Lynch’s performance as John Ford in The Fabelmans, we wanted to revisit one of his earlier and most iconic features. The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Wed 8 5pm, Thu 9 5pm

Lynch/oz (15)

USA, 1hr 48min

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

Victor Fleming’s film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work, from Mulholland Drive to Twin Peaks. For more Lynch content check our screenings of Blue Velvet and The Fabelmans

“Curtains pull back to reveal

February

Tár (15)

USA, 2hr 38min

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is David Lynch” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Fri 10 2pm, Sat 11 7pm, Sun 12 7pm, Mon 13 2pm (Subs) & 7pm, Tue 14 11am, Wed 15 2pm, Thu 16 11am

Director: Todd Field (Little Children)

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss

Having achieved an enviable career, renowned conductor and composer Lydia Tár is at the top of her game. Whilst juggling work and family, she takes on more challenges alongside the release of her memoir. However, forces that even the imperious maestro can’t control slowly chip away at Lydia’s elaborate facade, revealing dirty secrets.

Winner of Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama at the 2023 Golden Globes!

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February

Tue 14 5.15pm

Roman Holiday (1953, u)

USA, 1hr 58min

Director: William Wyler

Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert

For all those classic romantics we’ve got Audrey Hepburn’s iconic rom-com. A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

Fun Fact: The film’s Oscar for Best Story was credited to Robert Rich, a pseudonym for Dalton Trumbo who had been blacklisted by Hollywood!

Valentine's Platter (£13 per person)

Why not make a night of it and enjoy our Valentines Platter to take into the film! It includes: Focaccia, olives, meats, cheeses and either a 125ml Red/White wine, Gin & Tonic or a Soft Drink.

February

Tue 14 7.45pm

Dirty Dancing (1987, 12A)

USA, 1hr 40min

Director: Emile Ardolino

Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach

Whether it’s for Valentine’s or ‘Galentine’s’, Dirty Dancing just hits all the right notes! Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from the Peace Corps. Hoping to enjoy her youth while it lasts, she’s disappointed when her summer plans deposit her at a sleepy resort in the Catskills with her parents. Her luck turns around, however, when the resort’s dance instructor, Johnny (Patrick Swayze), enlists Baby as his new partner.

February

Fri 17 5.15pm, Sat 18 11am, Mon 20 11.15am, Tue 21 5.15pm, Wed 22 11.15am (Relaxed), Sat 25 10.45am

puss in boots: the last wish (Cert TBC)

USA, 1hr 42min

Voice Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek

Puss in Boots has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives. Enjoy a free pre-activity from 10.30am on Sat 18.

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February

This smart, sweet, and funny film proves some franchises only get better with age.” - Rotten Tomatoes

March

Fri 17 11am, Sat 18 5.15pm, Tue 21 11am, Wed 22 5.15pm (Subs), Mon 27 5.30pm

Enys men (15)

UK, 1hr 36min

Director: Mark Jenkin (Bait)

Thu 2 5.30pm

Stars: Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe

Following the success of his debut feature Bait at 2020’s Borderlines Film Festival, Mark Jenkins returns with another Cornish hit. Set in 1973 on an island o the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer’s observations of a flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her, as well as the viewer, to question what is real and what is a nightmare.

babylon (18)

USA, 3hr 9min

Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Cast: Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jean Smart

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. With an all-star cast, the La La Land, Whiplash and First Man director is back down to earth alongside collaborating composer Justin Hurwitz.

- “A Cinematic Marvel” BBC

Borderlines Film Festival Turns 21

It all began in 2003. Since then, Borderlines has become a synonym for cinema. Great cinema. Cinema you can revel in and talk about with friends old and new as spring nudges winter out.

In 2023, we o er you a soupçon of French cinema, an inroad into Latin America, a foothold on landscape, viewpoints into female activism, the best new releases and a plethora of previews, silent films with live musical accompaniment and classics to delight and stimulate.

The UK’s largest and most vibrant rural film festival will be present in 21 venues across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Malvern and the Welsh Marches for 17 glorious film-laden days. Wherever you are, don’t miss out. Friday 3 - Sunday 19 March 2023

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