The Courtyard Film Guide September 2024 by The Courtyard Hereford

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Why not start this month’s ﬁlm guide with a haiku - Love watching a film? What better time to visit, and watch more for less!

Whether you’re looking for a twisting and turning thriller (The Critic, Trap), a good laugh (Kneecap, Between the Temples) or something a little spookier as we approach Halloween (Starve Acre, Alien: Romulus) we should have a ﬁlm for you this September.

For the ﬁrst time at The Courtyard Cinema we’re also bringing you screenings from Odyssey Film Festival, a national festival presenting the best in Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan cinema. Check out Page 5 for our ﬁrst 3 screenings!

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Audio Description Available

Check at Box Oﬃce 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.

Film Prices

Tickets £8/Concession £7.50

Under 16’s £6

Member Prices

Courtyard Club & Card £3

Friends & Patrons 10% off courtyard.org.uk/membership

Breakfast Movies

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

Relaxed Screening

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

Film Fanatics

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

Still Screening

It Ends with us (15)

Friday 23 August - Thursday 5 September

Kensuke's Kingdom (PG, £3 tickets!)

Friday 23 - Saturday 31 August

Mr. SMith Goes to washington (1939, U)

Wednesday 28 August, 11am

Network (1976, 15)

Thursday 29 & Friday 30 August

Wilding (PG)

Friday 30 August, 7.30pm

Longlegs (15)

Saturday 31 August, 7.45pm

Treasure (12A) Germany/France, 1h 51min

Sky Peals (12A) UK, 1h 31min

September

Mon 2 2.30pm, Tue 3 11am, Wed 4 7.30pm, Thu 5 11am, Mon 9 11am

A neurotic businesswoman takes her father Edek (Stephen Fry), a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to Poland to make sense of her family’s past.

September

Mon 2 5.30pm, Tue 3 7.30pm, Wed 4 2.30pm

Adam Muhammed works nightshifts at a fast food restaurant in a motorway service station. A directionless and unassuming man, he lives a lonely life. Upon hearing that his father has died Adam ﬁnds himself in search of answers.

September

Mon 2 7.30pm, Tue 3 5.15pm (Subs), Wed 4 11am, Tue 10 5.15pm, Wed 11 11am

Crossing (15)

Sweden/Turkey, 1h 46min

Director: Levan Akin

Cast: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli

Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to ﬁnd her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets a lawyer named Evrim. As Lia weaves her way through the city’s backstreets, Tekla starts to feel closer than ever. Foreign language with English subtitles.

- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Fri 6 11am, Mon 9 2.30pm, Tue 10 2.30pm, Wed 11 7.30pm, Thu 12 11am

Widow Clicquot (15)

USA, 1h 30min

Director: Thomas Napper

Cast: Haley Bennett, Leo Suter, Natasha O’Keeffe

The story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 1800s.

“The Film is a rich blend of historicity and poetry, revealing Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin’s story in a nonlinear fashion that starts out deeply romantic, turning more pragmatic as she leans into her power as a businesswoman.” - Katie Walsh, LA Times

September

Fri 6 2.30pm, Sat 7 5.15pm (Subs), Mon 9 7.30pm, Tue 10 7.30pm, Wed 11 2.30pm, Thu 12 2.30pm

Alien: Romulus (15)

USA, 1h 59min

Director: Fede Alvarez

Stars: Isabela Merced, Cailee Spaeny, Archie Renaux

In space noone can hear you scream. But at The Courtyard Cinema, we can all hear you unwrapping a boiled sweet.

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Sat 7 11am (Dubbed), Mon 9 5.30pm, Thu 12 6pm

My Neighbour Totoro (1988, U)

Japan, 1h 26min

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

After the huge success of The Boy and the Heron, we’re bringing back one of Miyazaki’s most beloved ﬁlms to the big screen. When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. Our Family Saturday screening will be dubbed whilst Monday 9 & Thursday 12 will be foreign language with English subtitles.

Swan Song (15)

Canada/USA, 1h 43min

September

Tue 10 11am, Wed 11 5.15pm

An immersive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s leading ballet companies as it mounts a new production of Swan Lake. Ballet icon Karen Kain, on the eve of her retirement, directs the National Ballet of Canada.

The Mountain Within Me (12A) UK, 1hr 29min

September Fri 13 11am, Wed 18 5.15pm

After suffering a catastrophic spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson’s world changed forever. Follow Ed’s journey of recovery as he tackles the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas as well as challenges closer to home.

Between the Temples (15)

USA, 1hr 51min

September

Fri 13 2.30pm (Subs), Mon 16 11am, Tue 17 5.15pm, Wed 18 11am, Thu 19 2.30pm

Director: Nathan Silver

Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane

A cantor in a crisis of faith ﬁnds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.

“Small in scale but big in heart” - Nikki Baughan, Screen Daily

Kneecap (18) Ireland, 1hr 45min

September

Fri 13 5.45pm, Mon 16 2.30pm, Tue 17 11am, Wed 18 7.30pm, Thu 19 5.15pm (Subs)

Director: Rich Peppiatt

Stars: Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai, Michael Fassbender

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

Radix Film Club Classic Film club

I Saw the Tv Glow (15)

USA, 1hr 40min

September

Mon 16 6.30pm

Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Cast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

The Third man (1949, PG) UK, 1hr 44min

September Wed 25 11am

Director: Carol Reed

Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to postwar Vienna, only to ﬁnd himself investigating the mysterious death of a friend, Harry Lime.

“Of all the movies I have seen, this one most completely embodies the romance of going to the movies.” - Roger Ebert (1996)

Boat People [Tau Ban no hoi] (1982, 15)

Hong Kong, 1hr 49min

Odyssey is a UK based independent film festival engaging with Greater China via a unique theme each year, this year’s theme being ‘Food & Travel’. During the festival period, It showcases over 60 films, hosts discussion panels and exclusive Q&As online and offline across the country in different cities.

All three ﬁlms will be foreign language with English subtitles. Keep an eye out for more titles in October!

Chungking Express [Chung Hing sam lam] (1994, 12A)

Hong Kong, 1hr 42min

September

Tue 17 7.45pm, Thu 19 11am

Director: Ann Hui

Stars: George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths.

“...unquestionably one of the most important ﬁlms in Hong Kong cinema, and yet it’s only with increasing distance that we begin to appreciate how inﬁnitely evocative – as all great art is – this political thriller has managed to be” - Time Out

September Tue 17 2.30pm, Thu 19 7.30pm

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Stars: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld ﬁgure, the other with a ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

“A personal favourite of mine. A master at work prior to his international hit In the Mood for Love” - Ethan, Cinema Programming Assistant

September Mon 23 2pm, Thu 26 7.30pm

Lust, Caution (2007, 18)

Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China, 2h 37min

Director: Ang Lee

Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen

During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political ﬁgure, Mr. Yee. Based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang.

September

Fri 20 11am, Sat 21 5.30pm (Subs), Mon 23 7.45pm, Tue 24 2.30pm, Thu 26 5.15pm

Starve Acre (15)

UK, 1h 38min

Director: Daniel Kokotajlo

Actors: Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Arthur Shaw

An idyllic rural family life of a couple is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. Based on the hit 2019 novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is a spectacular entry into the British folk horror catalogue.

“Triumphantly eerie” - The Hollywood Reporter

September

Fri 20 2.30pm, Sat 21 7.45pm, Mon 23 5.15pm (Subs), Tue 24 11am, Thu 26 2.30pm

Trap (15)

USA, 1h 45min

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan

From the mastermind behind The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village comes yet another tense affair. A man and his teenage daughter realise they’re at the centre of a dark and sinister event while watching a seemingly normal live concert.

For more thrills, keep an eye out for this year’s Horrorford Festival programme for this October!

Sat 21 2.30pm, Mon 23 11am, Tue 24 5.15pm, Thu 26 11am

Sing Sing (15)

USA, 1h 45min

Director: Greg Kwedar

Stars: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for a crime he didn’t commit, ﬁnds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other men in this story of the transformative power of art.

“[the ﬁlm’s] commitment to the truth of its characters, and of life itself, is rare and precious.” - Matt Zoller Seitz, rogerebert.com

September

Fri 27 11am

Mon 30 2.30pm

Firebrand (15)

UK, 2h 1min

October Tue 1 5pm Thu 3 5pm

Director: Karim Aïnouz

Actors: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law

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.

“Jude Law is scarily good as a murderous Henry VIII” - Kevin Maher, The Times

September

Fri 27 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sat 28 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.30pm, Mon 30 11am & 5.30pm

The Critic (Cert TBC)

UK, 1h 35min

Director: Anand Tucker

September

Fri 27 5pm, Sat 28 5pm (Subs), Mon 30 7.30pm

Lee (15)

UK/USA, 1h 56min

Director: Ellen Kuras

October

Tue 1 11am, Wed 2 7.30pm, Thu 3 2.30pm

Stars: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard, Andy Samberg

The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

“She [Winslett] gives us a restless, ﬁerce, independent woman who found her voice as a witness to war, and paid the psychological price.” - Caryn James, BBC Culture

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

Stars: Gemma Arterton, Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville

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.

For the ﬁrst time in the UK, audiences can experience representative stage works from Asia in cinemas! This season features a mixture of well-known western classics, in an Eastern interpretation, and some original stories. Share your passion for the stage with audiences from another continent.

WRITING IN WATER

Wed 11 Sep, 7.30pm

Ambiguous

Tickets £12

Concessions £10

Book for 4 or more for just £8!

Mon 7 Oct, 7.30pm

The Diary of Song

Wed 13 Nov, 7.30pm

Principle

Mon 2 Dec, 7.30pm

Uncle Vanya

Wed 8 Jan, 7.30pm

Under the roofs of shanghai

Wed 29 Jan, 7.30pm

Electra

Mon 24 Feb, 7.30pm

Writing in Water

Tickets £16

CinemaLive presents their 2024-25 season of West-End productions on the big screen! Experience the power and magic of both classic and new titles on the musical circuit!

Miss saigon (25th anniversary)

Tue 24 Sep, 7.30pm

The Phantom of the Opera at the royal albert hall

Sun 3 Nov, 7pm

girl from the north country

Thu 5 Dec, 7.30pm

Les Misérables (40th anniversary)

Tue 4 Feb, 7.30pm