Films at the Courtyard Cinema this month

Sit back and relax in The Courtyard Cinema with their intimate 120 seater Studio screening up to 4 films a day from Monday – Saturday. Or, you can immerse yourself in the big screen on the Main House stage.

From brilliant blockbusters to art-house films. Or, spectacular Live Screenings from around the world to local writers first work. Even, Borderlines Film Festival to Courtyard Family Saturday screenings. There’s something for everyone at The Courtyard Cinema.

Refreshments are included in the ticket price of regular Breakfast Screenings. Look out for pre-screening readings, debates, discussions and more! Remember to take a look on the website or ask Box Office if a film you want to see has anything extra happening.

See below for the fantastic range of films at The Courtyard Centre for the Arts this September.

Mon 2 – Wed 4
SKY PEALS (12A)
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.

Mon 2 – Thu 5
IT ENDS WITH US (15)
Adapted from the bestselling Colleen Hoover novel, Lily overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life. A chance meeting with a neurosurgeon sparks a connection but Lily begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents’ relationship.

Mon 2 – Mon 9
TREASURE (12A)
Ruth, a neurotic businesswoman from New York, takes her father Edek, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor on a journey to Poland to make sense of her family’s past. Edek’s hesitation to confront his past and his often-odd demeanor cause more than just one dispute between him and his daughter. The trip unfolds into a story that encapsulates the emotion of discovery and drama with humor. Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel Too Many Men by Lily Brett.

Mon 2 – Wed 11
CROSSING (15)
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.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.

Fri 6 – Thu 12
WIDOW CLICQUOT (15)
The story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.

Fri 6 – Thu 12
ALIEN ROMULUS (15)
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.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.

Sat 7 – Thu 12
MY NEIGHBOUR TOROTO (U)
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 on Saturday 7 will be dubbed whilst Monday 9 & Thursday 12 will be foreign language with English subtitles.

Tue 10 & Wed 11
SWAN SONG (12A)
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 film weaves together intimate scenes of the creative process and the dancers’ personal lives.

Fri 13, 10.45am
CALAMITY JANE (1953, U) DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SCREENING
Enjoy a cup of tea and a biscuit with a classic, nostalgic and feel-good movie at The Courtyard. The lights will be dimmed and the sound a little quieter for a dementia friendly experience. In the lonely Deadwood, Dakota, territory, sharpshooter Calamity Jane (Doris Day) falls for cavalry Lt. Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey) when she is forced to rescue him from the Indians. Recognizing that the women-starved townsmen long for a “real” woman, Calamity journeys to Chicago to bring back famous singer Adelaid Adams, but mistakenly brings her maid Katie instead. Heartbroken when Danny falls for Katie, Calamity all but ignores her jovial friend Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).

Fri 13 & Wed 18
THE MOUNTAIN WITHIN ME (12A)
When faced with life changing injuries, Ed Jackson harnessed the power of positivity and determination to deliver a future for himself, that most thought impossible.

Fri 13 – Thu 19
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES (15)
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.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.

Fri 13 – Thu 19
KNEECAP (18)
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.
Subtitled screening available.

Sat 14, 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
THE MUMMY (1999, 12A)
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

Mon 16, 6.30pm
RADIX FILM CLUB: I SAW THE TV GLOW (15)
Radix Film Club are thrilled to present the work of American non-binary Writer-Director Jane Schoenbrun on the big screen! An up-and-coming horror filmmaker after We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, I Saw the TV Glow is their first UK cinema release and is already being touted as ‘a one-of-a-kind masterpiece’ (Carlos Aguilan, The Playlist). 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.

ODYSSEY FILM FESTIVAL:

Tue 17 & Thu 19
BOAT PEOPLE [Tau Ban No Hoi] (1982, 15)
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its “New Economic Zones”. Foreign language with English subtitles.

Tue 17 & Thu 19
CHUNGKING EXPRESS [Chung Hing sam lam] (1994, 12A)
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents. Foreign language with English subtitles.

Mon 23 & Thu 26
LUST, CAUTION [Se, Jie] (2007, 18)
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.

Fri 20 – Thu 26
STARVE ACRE (15)
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.
Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.

Fri 20 – Thu 26
TRAP (15)
From the mastermind behind The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village comes yet another tense affair. A man and his teenage daughter realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event while watching a seemingly normal live concert.
Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.

Sat 21 – Thu 26
SING SING (15)
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 incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.

Wed 25, 11am
THE THIRD MAN (1949, PG)
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

Fri 27 Sep – Thu 3 Oct
FIREBRAND (15)
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.

Fri 27 Sep – Thu 3 Oct
LEE (15)
The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.

Fri 27 Sep – Thu 10 Oct
THE CRITIC (CERT TBC)
Set in 1930s London, revolves around a feared theatre critic named Jimmy Erskine, his loyal assistant, a newspaper owner who wants to get rid of the critic and an actress who has been devastated by the excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.

Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.