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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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Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English subtitles.
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Tickets £8/Concession £7.50
Under 16’s £6
Member Prices
Courtyard Club & Card £3
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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.
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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
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
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
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
Billy Elliot the musical Live (20th anniversary)
Sun 30 Mar, 7.30pm
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tue 15 Apr, 7.30pm
Miss Saigon25th Anniversary
September Family Saturdays!
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am
My Neighbour Totoro (1988, u)
Sat 7 Sep, 11am
The Mummy (1999, 12A)
Sat 14 Sep, 11am
Henry Clutterbuck & the musicians of bremen (Live)
Sat 21 Sep, 11am
Imaginative Story Play for Families (Workshop)
Sat 28 Sep, 11am
Dementia Friendly screenings
Hosted in the Nell Gwynne Studio with free tea and coffee included. Tickets £5, carers go free.
Calamity Jane (1953, U)
Fri 13 Sep, 10.45am
Singin' in the rain (1952, U)
Fri 21 Mar, 10.45am
Summer Holiday (1963, U)
Fri 27 Jun, 10.45am
Dementia Friendly events receive financial assistance from:
Sat 12 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £29.50-£28.50