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welcome!
The cold weather and spooky-season are upon us! We’ve got some big crowd pleasers this month with A Haunting in Venice, Michael Caine’s The Great Escaper and the long awaited Miracle Club (Cover). We also welcome Babak Jalali for a Q&A with his latest film Fremont
For Halloween we bring you Horror-ford Vol. 2! A fright-filled film festival, not for the faint hearted, including a 35mm screening of Aliens and a special double-bill from our new Young Film Programmers
“If you’re looking for a scare this Halloween, look no further than the addictive ritual games of Talk to Me!”
- Ethan, Film Programming Assistant
Film Prices
Tickets £8/£7.50 Concession
Under 16’s £6
Front 2 rows minus £1
Member Prices
Courtyard Club & Card £3
Friends & Patrons 10% o courtyard.org.uk/membership
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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.
September
11am films Monday to Friday include a pre-film pastry & tea or co ee.
Relaxed Screening
Screenings with raised lighting, lowered volume and a relaxed area.
All film tickets for September are still £5!
(excludes event cinema and live screenings)
Fri 22 5.30pm, 90s Quiz follows the film
Young Film Programmers present
Clueless (1995, 12A) - free screening
USA, 1hr 33min
Step into the 90s with us as we show the beloved teen classic, Clueless, on the big screen. Relive the fashion, drama, and hilarity of Beverly Hills’ most iconic high school. Cher’s witty one-liners, unforgettable outfits, and matchmaking escapades await you!
But that’s not all! Test your knowledge at our 90s quiz after the film. We’ll have you reminiscing about the era of slap bracelets, boy bands, and dial-up internet!
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Barbie (12A)
USA, 1hr 54min
September
Tue 19 11am & 7.30pm, Tue 26 2.30pm
Oppenheimer (15)
USA, 3hr
September
Tue 26 7pm (Subs)
The cinematic event of the year, ‘Barbenheimer’, certainly didn’t disappoint! With packed screenings in August, it’s clear there’s still the appetite for more of these big-screen experiences. Whether you were jet-setting in the summer and missed out, or you’ve been waiting to see them again, now is your chance! Plus our September screenings still cost only £5 per ticket!
September
Tue 26 11am, Thu 28 5.30pm (Subs)
Scrapper (12A)
UK, 1hr 25min
Director: Charlotte Regan
Stars: Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson
October Mon 2 5.30pm, Wed 4 5.30pm, Mon 9 7.45pm
Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
“A lot of the working-class cinema I grew up watching was so joyless. Endless trauma. The characters were allowed one moment of happiness in the whole film, looking at a sunset on their balcony... I like joyful films. My favourite cinema experiences are ones where I leave feeling happier than when I went in.”
- Charlotte Reagan, Director.org.uk
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October
A Haunting in Venice (12A)
USA/UK, 1hr 43min
Director: Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express)
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly
In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer. Don’t miss the latest cinematic experience adapted from the brilliant mind of Agatha Christie.
September Fri 29 11am
2 11am, Tue 3 5.30pm (Subs), Wed 4 2.30pm, Thu 5 5pm, Fri 6 11am (Subs), Tue 10 11am
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (12A)
USA, 1hr 31min
Director: Nia Vardalos
Members of the Portokalos family reunite in Greece for a hilarious and heartwarming trip full of love, twists and turns. From the franchise that has kept audiences laughing at wedding chaos since 2002. See it for just £5 at our first screening!
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29 2.30pm
September Fri
Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor Mon 2 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Tue 3 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Wed 4 11am & 7.30pm (Subs), Thu 5 11am & 2.30pm, Fri 6 5.15pm, Sat 7 5.15pm, Mon 9 2.30pm, Tue 10 5pm, Wed 11 2.30pm (Subs), Thu 12 2.30pm, Wed 18 5.15pm, Tue 24 11am
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Fremont + Q&A (12A)
USA, 1hr 32min
Director: Babak Jalali
Stars: Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
Join us for an in-person Q&A with Director Babak Jalali after the film on Wednesday 11 October, 7.45pm as we discuss fortunes and all things Fremont.
October
The Old Oak (15)
UK, 1hr 53min
Director: Ken Loach
Stars: Trevor Fox, Debbie Honeywood, Neil Leiper
From the iconic British Director of I, Daniel Blake, Kez and The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
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Wed 11 7.45pm (Q&A), Thu 12 5.30pm, Mon 16 11am, Thu 19 7.45pm
Fri 6 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Sat 7 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Mon 9 11am & 5.15pm, Tue 10 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Wed 11 11am & 5.15pm, Thu 12 11am & 7.30pm, Sat 14 5.15pm, Mon 16 2.30pm, Wed 18 11am, Thu 19 2.30pm
October
The Great Escaper (cert tbc)
UK, Runtime TBC
Director: Oliver Parker
Stars: Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, John Standing
20 Days in Mariupol (18) Ukraine, 1hr 35min
November Wed
October Mon 16 5.15pm
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
In conjuction with our exhibition ‘A Nation at War’, we’ve been granted special access to this brand new documentary. As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the city of Mariupol struggle to document the war’s atrocities.
Squaring
the circle (15) UK, 1hr 41min
For those who missed it... The story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time.
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Fri 13 11am & 2.30pm, Sat 14 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Mon 16 7.30pm (Subs), Tue 17 11am, Wed 18 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Thu 19 11am (Subs) & 5.15pm, Fri 20 11am, Sat 21 11.15am, Mon 23 11am & 7.30pm, Tue 24 11am, Wed 25 11am, Thu 26 11am, Fri 27 2.30pm, Sat 28 2.30pm, Mon 30 5.15pm (Subs)
Based on a true story that made national news about a pensioner who in 2014, absconded from his care home in Hove, Sussex UK to attend an event in France marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Michael Caine stars in this heart-warming journey. 1 5.15pm, Thu 2 2.30pm
October Tue 24 5pm
Director: Anton Corbijn
The Miracle Club (12A)
UK/Ireland, 1hr 30min
Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Stars: Laura Linney, Dame Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates
Downton Abbey and The Lady in the Van star, Dame Maggie Smith is back on The Courtyard screens for almost a whole month! A hard-knocks community in outer Dublin marches to its own beat, rooted in traditions of loyalty, faith and togetherness. There’s just one tantalising dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom and escape the gauntlet of domestic life: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. And with a little benevolent interference from their cheeky and rebellious priest, close friends Lily, Eileen, Dolly and Sheila are the ‘lucky’ few to win this ticket of a lifetime at their riotous local ra e night.
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October Fri 20 2pm, Sat 21 2.30pm, Mon 23 2.30pm (Subs), Tue 24 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Wed 25 7.45pm, Thu 26 7.45pm (Subs), Fri 27 11am, Sat 28 7.45pm, Sun 29 2pm, Mon 30 11am, Tue 31 2.30pm October Wed 1 7.30pm, Thu 2 7.30pm, Fri 3 2pm, Sat 4 2pm (Subs), Sun 5 2pm, Mon 6 11am (Subs), Tue 7 11am, Wed 8 11am, Thu 9 2pm
Horror-ford
Horror-ford returns! Volume 2 of our annual horror film festival has arrived, and as with all sequels, we’ve gone bigger and scarier than ever before! Revisit classics of the genre, lost treasures and the latest frights on the menu. Book for 4 or more of our Horror-ford screenings to get tickets for just £5, if you dare...
Aliens
35mm screening (1986, 15) USA, 2hr 17min
October Tue 24 7.45pm
Director: James Cameron
“Get away from her you B*tch!” Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself faced with a familiar foe. Screened on Theatrical Cut 35mm print in all its glory!
Christine (1983, 18) USA, 1hr 50min
October Sat 28 5.30pm
Director: John Carpenter (Halloween)
Horror icons Stephen King and John Carpenter collide in this thrilling adaptation. Chaos ensues when a 17 year-old boy becomes obsessed with a car that is possessed by a dark evil. How do you kill something that can’t possibly be alive?
The Exorcist (1973, 18) USA, 2hr 12min
October Mon 30 8pm
Director: William Friedkin
So controversial was The Exorcist that it was banned from home video release from 1984 - 1999! Thankfully it was never banned for cinema release in Hereford and this year we can celebrate the life of the recently passed William Friedkin.
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Casper (1994, PG)
USA, 1hr 40min
October Sat 28 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
Director: Brad Silberling
Looking for a way to get the kids into their first horror film? Look no further than Casper, everyone’s favourite friendly ghost! When a father and his daughter move into a crumbling mansion, they must rid the property of wicked spirits.
Young Film Programmers present
A double feature for a night that promises to be a hauntingly good time. Bring your friends, or a cushion to hide behind, and brace yourself for a night of supernatural thrills.
The Craft (1996, 15)
USA, 1hr 41min
talk to me (15)
Australia, 1hr 35min
October Tue 31 6pm
Director: Andrew Fleming
Sarah Bailey is the new girl in town, struggling to fit in at her high school. She soon befriends a group of three outcast students. Little does she know that they are practicing witches with dark powers. Together, they form a coven and begin to harness supernatural abilities. But as their power grows, so does the danger. Will they use their magic for good or succumb to the darkness within?
Why We Love It: The Craft is a timeless cult classic with bite. With its bewitching storyline, phenomenal performances, and killer looks it’s a spellbinding experience that you won’t want to miss.
October Tue 31 8pm
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new high-stakes party game until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. This feature debut is assured, bold and a frantic bolt of adrenaline in this year’s horror movie season.
Why We Love It: Talk to Me is a horror film like no other. After terrifying horror fans at Sundance, we are proud to bring the hand of horror to Hereford. One of the most terrifying films of the year, Talk to Me will have you clinging onto the arm rests for dear life. Would you play the game?
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Exhibition on screen
October Mon 30 2.30pm
November Thu 9 7.30pm (Subs)
Klimt and the kiss
1hr 30min
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most recognised and reproduced paintings in the world. Painted in Vienna around 1908, the evocative image of an unknown embracing couple has captivated viewers with its mystery, sensuality and dazzling materials ever since it was created. But just what lies behind the appeal of the painting – and just who was the artist that created it?
Tickets: £15
October
Family Saturdays!
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am
The Princess & the Frog (U)
Sat 7 Oct, 11am
Wonky (Live)
Sat 14 Oct, 11am
WorkShop (TBC)
Sat 21 Oct, 11am
Horror-ford: Casper (1995, PG)
Sat 28 Oct, 11am
Herefordshire's family festival
LIVE FAMILY SHOWS THIS HALF TERM!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tuesday 31 October, 11am
Family Concert: Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes with Toyah Willcox
Wednesday 1 November, 3pm
Snug & Grub Catch a Bug
Thursday 2 November, 11am
Meet Pippi Longstocking
Friday 3 November, 11am
Tickets £8.50 - £3
Family Festival Fun Day
Fairytale Theme
Wed 1 Nov
All events will be low cost or free with activities throughout the day!
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