welcome!
It’s getting to the time of the year where there’s too much to play and not enough time to play it. There’s so much great cinema coming out from October - December that we’re spoilt for choice! If you’re looking for the big and brash, look no further than Megalopolis and Joker: Folie à Deux, or perhaps The Outrun (cover) fits the Autumn mood better.
October also means spooky season is here, and with it the return of Horror-ford Film Festival! Our third year brings plenty of new and classic horror films including a Beetlejuice Double Bill, The Shining and Cuckoo
Radix Film Club also continues this month with a 35mm screening of 90s German hit Run Lola Run!
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Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English subtitles.
Firebrand (15) UK, 2h 1min
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Tickets £8/Concession
£7.50
Under 16’s £6
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11am films Monday to Friday include a pre-film pastry & tea or coffee.
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September Fri 27 11am, Mon 30 2.30pm
October
Tue 1 5pm, Thu 3 5pm
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
LEE (15) UK/USA, 1h 56min
September Fri 27 5pm, Sat 28 5pm (Subs), Mon 30 7.30pm
October
Tue 1 11am, Wed 2 7.30pm Thu 3 2.30pm
The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
September
Fri 27
2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sat 28 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.30pm, Mon 30 11am & 5.30pm
The Critic (15)
UK, 1h 41min
Director: Anand Tucker
October
Tue 1 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Wed 2 5.30pm, Thu 3 11am & 7.30pm, Fri 4 2.30pm, Sat 5 2pm, Mon 7 7.45pm, Tue 8 11am, Wed 9 5.30pm (Subs), Thu 10 11am, Tue 22 2.30pm, Fri 25 11am, Tue 29 11am, Thu 31 11am
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Ian McKellen, Mark Strong
Set in 1930s London, follow a feared theatre critic, his loyal assistant, a newspaper owner and an actress who has been devastated by excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.
October
October
Mon 7 11am, Tue 8 5.30pm, Wed 9 11am, Thu 10 2.30pm
My Favourite Cake (12A)
Iran, 1h 37min
Director: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Cast: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli
Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening. Foreign language with English subtitles.
The Outrun (15)
UK, 1h 58min
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Dillane
Fri 4 11am, Sat 5 11.15am, Mon 7 2.30pm (Subs), Tue 8 2.30pm, Wed 9 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Thu 10 5.15pm, Fri 11 11am & 5pm, Sat 12 2.30pm (Subs), Mon 14 2.30pm, Tue 15 11am, Wed 16 2.30pm, Thu 17 7.45pm
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns home, to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot.
“It’s a lovely film” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
October
October
Fri 11 7.30pm, Mon 14 11am, Tue 15 2.30pm, Wed 16 11am, Thu 17 5pm (Subs)
Megalopolis (Cert TBC)
USA, 2h 18min
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza
Long touted as ‘The Greatest Film Never Made’, this 4 decade long project is finally here!
Cesar Catilina, an artist in favour of a utopian future in New Rome, battles the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved.
Fri 18 11am, Mon 21 2.30pm, Tue 22 5.15pm, Wed 23 7.30pm, Thu 24 5.30pm
Sugarcane (15)
Canada/USA, 1h 47min
Director: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
“Sugarcane is soul-shaking. It’s profoundly evocative, with spoken memories and moments of inability to muster the words gut-punching with equal measure.”
- 4/4, Peyton Robinson, rogerebert.com
October Tue 22 11am, Thu 24 2pm
The Count of Monte-Cristo (12A)
France, 2h 58min
Director: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Stars: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich behind his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the men who betrayed him. Foreign language with English subtitles.
deux (cert tbc)
USA, 2hr 18min
October
Fri 18 2.30pm, Sat 19 2pm (Subs), Mon 21 5pm, Tue 22 7.30pm, Wed 23 2.30pm, Thu 24 7.45pm, Fri 25 5pm, Sat 26 2pm, Mon 28 5pm (Subs), Wed 30 7.30pm, Thu 31 1.30pm
Director: Todd Phillips
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while in Arkham State Hospital. Upon release, the pair embark on a doomed romantic misadventure. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the Joker which earned him his Best Actor Academy Award in 2020.
French Film Festival UK early bird!
No Dogs Or Italians Allowed (2022, 12A)
France/Italy, 1hr 10min
October
Mon 21 11am, Wed 22 6pm, Fri 25 2.30pm
Director: Alain Ughetto
Alain Ughetto uses the medium of claymation to tell the story of the Ughetto family and their tricky migration from Northern Italy to start a new life in France.
“One of the most innovative and moving cinematic journeys that I’ve ever experienced.” - Ethan, Cinema Programming Assistant
Age of Panic (2013, 15) France, 1hr 34min
October Thu 24 11am, Tue 29 7.45pm Keep an eye out for more French Film Festival UK titles in November
Director: Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Cast: Laetitia Dosch, Vincent Macaigne
On 6 May 2012, the day of the second round of the French presidential election, TV journalist Laetitia is late leaving home for her assignment covering the events on Rue de Solférino when her ex, Vincent, shows up a day late to his court-appointed time to visit their two daughters.
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Beetlejuice (1988, 12A)
USA, 1hr 32min
October
Wed 16 6pm
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice (12A) USA, 1hr 45min
October
Fri 11 2.30pm, Wed 16 7.45pm, Thu 17 3pm
If you’re going to summon him, you’ve got to say the name three times right? In that case we’d best do a Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice screening! Enjoy a double-bill of Tim Burton’s horror-comedies at this year’s Horror-ford!
Back in 1988 the spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. In the present day after an unexpected tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River...
Halloween isn't kind to writers...
October
Mon 21 8pm
Tenebrae (1982, 18) Italy, 1hr 41min
Director: Dario Argento (Suspiria)
An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work. Foreign language with English subtitles.
The Shining (1980, 15) USA, 2hr 26min
October Fri 25 8pm, Tue 29 2pm
Director: Stanley Kubrick (Lolita)
Part two of our ‘look how nasty it is being a writer’ pairing! Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer’s block but he discovers the hotel’s dark secrets.
Cuckoo (15)
USA, 1hr 42min
October
Sat 26 7.45pm
Director: Tilman Singer
Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens
The Substance (18)
USA, 2hr 20min
October Mon 28 7.30pm, Tue 29 5pm (Subs)
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Stars: Margaret Qualley, Demi Moore
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father in the German Alps with his new family. But something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise as Gretchen is plagued by strange noises...
A fading celebrity decides to use a blackmarket drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
“It’s demented and absurd in the best way possible.” - Katie Rife, The AV Club
Classic Film club Dog Friendly Screening
Bride of frankenstein (1935, PG)
USA, 1hr 15min
Scooby Doo (2002, PG)
USA, 1hr 29min
October
Wed 23 11am
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester
October
Sat 26 11am
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Matthew Lillard
Frankenstein wants to get out of the evilexperiment business, but when mad scientist Dr. Pretorius kidnaps his wife, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
Bring your dog along to our Family Saturday screening of this revived noughties hit! Our studio will be flat floored to accommodate for the whole family and your fluffy friends!
The Courtyard Cinema is thrilled to announce that for this year’s Horror-ford Film Festival we will be hosting a BFI Film Academy Young Programmers presents Film Club Takeover in partnership with Film Hub Midlands and our film club, Radix! The Courtyard’s Young Film Programmers have put together a crazy night of werewolf and vampire action!
Our Studio will be a casual caberet layout with a bar at the back of the space to keep the Halloween fun coming!
October Thu 31 8.30pm
TWILIGHT (2008, 12A, 35MM)
USA, 2h 2min
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
“This is the skin of a killer, Bella!”
October Thu 31 6pm
GINGER SNAPS (2000,
USA, 1h 48min
Director: John Fawcett
Special guest Maddie Mew will be performing a musical interlude between films!
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Actors: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle
We thought we’d amp the teen angst to 11 and kickstart the evening with some iconic hormonal horror from 2000! Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
“I get this ache... And I, I thought it was for sex, but it’s to tear everything to fu**ing pieces”
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Enjoy a musical performance before the screening including songs from the soundtrack performed by local artist Maddie Mew. Are you Team Jacob or Team Edward this Halloween?
BFI Film Academy Young Programmers presents a Halloween Double-Bill Film Club Takeover on behalf of Film Hub Midlands, and supported by National Lottery.
Radix Film Club continues with the iconic 90s action film Run Lola Run this October before we travel to Afghanistan for the unbelievable documentary, Hollywoodgate. Radix is commited to providing one off screenings of radical cinema and filmmakers who push boundaries. Stick around after screenings to discuss the films and have a drink with 10% o !
October
Mon 14 6.30pm
Radix Film Club presents:
Run Lola Run (1998,15, 35mm)
Germany, 1h 17min
Director: Tom Tykwer
Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu
Radix Film Club is bringing back the German mega-hit Run Lola Run on a glorious 35mm print.
After her boyfriend Manni loses 100,000DM, Lola has 20 minutes to raise the money and deliver it before anyone finds out. Told from three perspectives and featuring a killer 90s dance soundtrack, Run Lola Run is small-scale low-budget action filmmaking at its best!
November
Mon 11 6.30pm
Radix Film Club presents:
Hollywoodgate (12A)
USA/Germay, 1h 31min
Director: Ibrahim Nash’at
“That little devil is filming again”
Following the departure of western forces in 2021, Ibrahim Nash’at’s film documents the inner circles of the Taliban as they rebuild American military equipment and regain power. Made with special permission from the Taliban, Hollywoodgate propogates questions of intent, control and personal accountability in documentary filmmaking. Stick around after to chat about all of this!
Dates and Times coming very soon! Check in with Box Office or at courtyard.org.uk
PADDINGTON IN PERU (CERT TBC)
Actors: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Olivia Colman, Jim Broadbent, Antonio Banderes
Paddington is back for thirds! Everyone’s favourite Peruvian bear is returning to the big screen with yet another all star cast, his iconic duffle coat, and enough marmalade sandwiches to go around!
Global Stage on Screen:
Ambigious
Mon 7 Oct, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12-£10
Outside a kindergarten, a chance encounter over a mobile screenshot connects middleaged Chan Chi Yung with Wang Xia, a housewife. Their ordinary lives continue while their children have fun together in the playground.
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am October
Fafunia Snoozy Stories (Live)
Sat 5 Oct, 11am
Inside Out 2 (U)
Sat 12 Oct, 11am
Despicable Me 4 (U)
Sat 19 Oct, 11am
Dog Friendly Screening: Scooby Doo (2002, PG)
Sat 26 Oct, 11am
Live Screenings Coming Soon
Matthew Bourne presents:
Edward Scissorhands
Wed 2 Oct, 7.15pm
Tickets: £16
The MET Opera:
Les Contes d'hoffmann
Wed 9 Oct, 6pm
Tickets: £18-£16
The Royal Ballet:
Alice's Adventures in wonderland
Tue 15 Oct, 7.15pm
Tickets: £18-£16
