Films at The Courtyard 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 August.
Thu 1 & Sat 3
YOUNGER (PG)
Younger follows a group of female athletes in their 60s, 70s and 80s over the course of a year as they prepare to compete in masters competitions. In these competitions, athletes compete in age groups that span five years, 60-64, 65-69 etc. When an athlete moves up an age group, they are then the youngest, and this means they are more likely to win or break records. So, as they approach the top end of their classification, they look forward to being a year older and moving up to the next group where they will be the new kid on the block again. Dorothy, 85, loves the camaraderie of her gang (as she calls them). Joylyn, 69 hopes to keep going into her 80s and 90s. Sue, 69, says pole vaulting has helped her cope with cancer, twice. Noel, 74, loves the technical challenge of race walking. For all of them, training and competing in masters athletics is about being part of a supportive community, achieving personal goals and living a purposeful life full of adventures and fun. In doing so, these women show an energy, joyful determination, and fulfilment in older age, that offers a powerful antidote to lazy stereotypes around ageing.
Sat 3 – Thu 22
AGENT OF HAPPINESS (CERT TBC)
Amber, a happiness agent, travels the Bhutanese Himalayas surveying people’s happiness. On his remote mountain journey, he searches for fulfillment. Foreign language with English subtitles.
Fri 9 – Thu 22
FLY ME TO THE MOON (12A)
Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Fri 9 – Thu 22
TWISTERS (12A)
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Cooper, lured back to the open plains after a devastating encounter years prior, and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Fri 9 – Fri 16
THE COMMANDANT’S SHADOW (12A)
Following on from the Academy Award winning The Zone of Interest, this powerful documentary presents the life of Hans Jürgen Höss, the son of Rudolf Höss, the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz. Hans confronts his father’s involvement in the murder of over a million Jews during the Holocaust. Some foreign language with English subtitles.
Sat 10, 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
INSIDE OUT 2 (U)
Teenager Riley’s mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
Audio Description available.
Fri 16 – Wed 21
THELMA (12A)
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Sat 17, 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
INSPECTOR SUN AND THE CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW (PG)
After being fired from his detective job after a mission gone awry, Inspector Sun boards a seemingly normal plane for a much-needed vacation. When Dr. Spindlethorp receives a threat on his life, Sun is back on the case. Trapped in a web of lies, Sun must find his suspect before it’s too late.
Mon 19, 6.30pm
RADIX FILM CLUB PRESENT: BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999, 15)
It’s back to the 90s for this month’s Radix Film Club screening as we mark the 25th anniversary of this vibrant and rebellious comedy. A naive teenager is sent to a conversion camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian. But how could she be a lesbian? She’s a cheerleader!
Fri 23 – Tue 27
HEART OF OAK (U)
After the fantastic responses to Wilding, we thought we’d bring you another nature focused documentary with the beautiful Heart of Oak. Follows many families who inhabit the oak like a home, living together as in a proper society, with problems with the neighbours, education, solidarity, survival.
Fri 23 – Thu 29
CHUCK CHUCK BABY (CERT TBC)
Helen’s life is a grind, and like all the other women she toils with at the local chicken factory, is spent in service of the clock. She lives only for laughing with her friends at work, caring for Gwen, and music. When Joanne, the girl she secretly loved at school, comes back to town, Helen’s world is turned upside down.
Fri 23 Aug – Thu 5 Sep
IT ENDS WITH US (CERT TBC)
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.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Wed 28, 11am
MRS SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939, U)
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Thu 29 & Fri 30
NETWORK (1976, 15)
After our exploration of The New Hollywood with The Conversation and our screenings of 12 Angry Men, we thought we’d tie things up with Sidney Lumet’s legendary media ‘satire’ from the 1970s. A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Sat 31, 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
HAROLD & THE PURPLE CRAYON (CERT TBC)
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.
Audio Description available.
Sat 31, 7.45pm
LONGLEGS (15)
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
Fees & Tickets
£8 Concessions £7.50 Children Under 16 £6
Event Location
The Courtyard Centre for the Arts Edgar Street Hereford HR4 9JROrganiser: The Courtyard