The Courtyard Film Guide - May 2023

May 2023

Rye Lane

One Fine Morning

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

welcome!

Make the journey to the cinema this May for Jim Broadbent’s return in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. The Duke star never fails to pull at the heartstrings and deliver a spectacular performance!

Speaking of journeys, why not travel to Bhutan (Lunana), South Korea (Return to Seoul), Galacia (The Beasts) or France (One Fine Morning) with this month’s programme!

“If you need to keep the kids or grandkids entertained this month, don’t miss Super Mario or Dungeons & Dragons!”

- Simon, Head of Film

Film Prices

Tickets £8/£7.50 Concession

Under 16’s £6

Front 2 rows minus £1

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Audio Description Available

Check at Box O ce or online for the latest available Audio Described films.

Subtitles

Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English subtitles.

April

Fri 28 11am, Sat 29 2.30pm

Magic Mike's Last dance (15)

USA, 1hr 52min

Director: Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven)

Stars: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek, Ayub Khan-Din

Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an o er he can’t refuse.

Good News!

We’ve removed the £1.50 transaction fee from our cinema events.

Breakfast Movies

11am films Monday to Friday include a pre-film pastry & tea or co ee.

Tickets £8.

Relaxed Screening

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

Film Fanatics

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

Lunana: A Yak in the classroom (PG)

Bhutan, 1hr 49min

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji

Stars: Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung

After rave reviews and sold-out screenings in Borderlines Film Festival, we had to bring it back! Exiled to the most remote school in the world, an apathetic young teacher finds his life transformed by the spiritual strength he encounters in Lunana. Ugyen wants to go to Australia but is instead assigned to a remote school high in the mountains of Bhutan, an eight-day trek away. But there are bright-eyed children eager to learn, new friends, locals Michen and Salden – plus yaks.

Shot in staggeringly beautiful locations, Dorji’s directorial debut explores with gentle humour the potential for finding contentment in unexpected places (a concept key to Bhutan, which famously declared Gross National Happiness its most important measure of success). Foreign language with English subtitles.

April

Tue 25 11am & 7.30pm Wed 26 11am & 7.30pm

Allelujah (12A)

UK, 1hr 39min

May Thu 4 11am

Director: Richard Eyre (Iris)

Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Judi Dench

For anyone who missed it (I mean really, where were you?!) we’ve got one final screening of Allelujah for you! A warm and deeply moving story about old age and a small Yorkshire hospital based on Alan Bennett’s stage play of the same name.

May Sat 6 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)

Little EgGs: An African Rescue (U)

Mexico, 1hr 28min

Director: Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste

Stars: Marcelo Barcelo, Mauricio Barrientos

Toto and his friends must rescue his egg children after they’re taken away for a gourmet food event in Africa. They encounter hungry crocodiles, a trio of clueless hippos, lots of crazy monkeys and even the King of the Jungle himself.

The unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry (pg)

UK, 1hr 47min

Director: Hettie Macdonald

Stars: Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton

A seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s named Harold one day learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He embarks on a walk, only to keep going for 450 miles until he reaches Queenie’s hospice, much to the despair of his wife Maureen.

Baby Friendly Screenings:

Have a newborn but still want to get out? No need to worry about finding a babysitter or feeling isolated as a new parent. Our Baby Friendly film screenings at The Courtyard are the perfect way to get out of the house, meet other parents and enjoy a movie just for you in a welcoming and open environment.

With every pilgrimage you’ve made to The Courtyard since we reopened you’ve helped to keep us not only running, but thriving! With an evergrowing community of cinemagoers, we promise to keep bringing you diverse programmes and learning from you all month on month.

May Tue 2 2.30pm (Subs), Wed 3 11am, Fri 19 5.15pm, Mon 22 5.15pm

God's Creatures (15)

UK, 1hr 40min

Director: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer

Stars: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi

Following the blistering success of Aftersun, don’t miss Paul Mescal’s latest feature. In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.

May

Mon 15 5pm, Tue 16 5pm, Fri 19 2.30pm, Tue 23 11am

One Fine Morning (15)

France, 1hr 52min

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Stars: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory

With a father su ering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an a air.

Foreign language with English subtitles

May Fri 19 7.45pm, Wed 24 5pm

In the Court of the crimson king: King Crimson at 50 (15)

UK, 1hr 26min

Director: Toby Amies

What began as a straightforward documentary about the cult rock band King Crimson as it turned 50, mutated into an exploration of time, death, family, and the transcendent power of music to change lives. But with jokes.

“This unflinching portrait is like an episode of The O ce but with huge drum kits” - The Guardian

May

Mon 22 2.30pm (Subs), Thu 25 11am, Fri 26 7.45pm

Rye Lane (15)

UK, 1hr 26min

Director: Raine Allen-Miller

Stars: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Poppy Allen-Quarmby

Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance. The perfect comedy this spring!

“Sunny south London romcom hits the sweet spot” - Mark Kermode, The Guardian

May

Mon 22 7.30pm, Tue 23 5pm, Wed 24 2pm, Thu 25 7.45pm

The Beasts [As Bestas] (15)

France, Galicia, Spain, 2hr 17min

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera

A middle-aged French couple moves to a local village, seeking closeness with nature where their presence inflames two locals to the point of outright hostility and violence. Foreign language with English subtitles.

“Breathtakingly tense Galician thriller... a superbly acted drama!” - Wendy Ide, The Guardian

May

May

Thu 25 5pm, Sat 27 7.45pm, Tue 30 5.15pm, Wed 31 5pm

Renfield (15)

USA, 1hr 33min

Director: Chris McKay (The LEGO Movie)

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina

Loved What We Do in the Shadows? Then have we got the horror-comedy for you! R.M. Renfield decides to leave his centuries-long line of work as a henchman and familiar to Count Dracula and finds a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with a feisty but perennially aggressive tra c cop named Rebecca Quincy. Plus, who doesn’t love a Nicholas Cage film from time to time?!

Fri 26 2.30pm, Sat 27 5pm, Tue 30 7.45pm

The Blue Caftan [Le Blue du Caftan] (15 TBC)

France, Morocco, Belgium, 2hr 2min

Director: Maryam Touzani

Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui

Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much her husband is moved by his presence. Foreign language with English subtitles.

May Fri 26 5.15pm

Return to Seoul [Retour à Séoul] (15)

France, South Korea, 1hr 59min

Director: Davy Chou

Stars: Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han

A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

Foreign language with English subtitles.

June Thu 1 7.30pm (Subs) courtyard

Family Time!

April

Sat 29 11am

Sun 30 7.30pm

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

USA, 1hr 32min

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic

Voice Actors: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Seth Rogen

From the creators of Despicable Me and Minions, enjoy the adaptation of one of the world’s biggest video game franchises! While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers Mario and brother Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest.

May

Sat 13 11am, Sat 27 2pm (Cosplay), Tue 30 2pm (Relaxed)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A)

USA, 2hr 14min

Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein

Stars: Chris Pine, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on a quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Grab your armour, cloaks and your 20-sided dice for our Cosplay Screening! Audiences are encouraged to come dressed ready for adventure, but everyone is welcome!

Our Relaxed Screenings feature subtitles, reduced lighting and sound and the room to move around freely. Relaxed screenings are open to everyone but may benefit individuals with autism spectrum conditions, learning di culties or sensory and communication di culties.

Good

Tickets £16

Buy tickets for 4 or more ROH or MET screenings at one time, and get them for £12.50 each.

The marriage of figaro

Thu 27 Apr, 6.45pm

the sleeping beauty

Wed 24 May, 7.15pm

il trovatore

Tue 13 Jun, 7.15pm

Tickets £18, Conc £15

Good (15)

Thu 20 April, 7pm

Thu 4 May, 7pm (Subs)

Best of Enemies

Wed 31 May, 7pm

Thu 15 Jun, 7.45pm Fleabag (15)

Vermeer: The blockbuster exhibition

Tue 18 Apr, 7.45pm (Sold out)

Fri 28 Apr, 2.30pm (Subs)

Tokyo stories

Tue 23 May, 7.45pm

Tickets £15

New season coming soon!

Champion - Live

Sat 29 Apr, 5.55pm

Don giovanni - Live

All the best opera on our big screen from £15

Sat 20 May, 5.55pm

die zauberflote - live

Sat 3 Jun, 5.55pm

Tickets £18, Conc £15

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Little Eggs: An African Rescue (U)

Sat 6 May, 11am

All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am

May Family Saturdays! Sat 13 May, 11am

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A)

The Nosy Little Troll (Live)

Sat 20 May, 11am

Workshop Tbc

Sat 27 May, 11am

Johnny Cash Roadshow

Thursday 22 June, 7.30pm

Tickets: £27

Only show to be endorsed by the Cash Family! The Johnny Cash Roadshow is back and better than ever. Award winning Clive John pays homage to Cash’s career as the Man In Black, alongside his iconic wife June Carter (Meghan Thomas) and a genuine top of the league band playing double bass, fender telecaster and acoustic guitars, drums, piano, trumpet and four part vocal harmonies.

The Mousetrap

Monday 26 June - Saturday 1 July

Tickets £32.50 - £26.50

As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a stately countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst! One by one, the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts. Which one is the murderer? Can you solve the mystery before another “mouse” goes SNAP?