The Courtyard Film Guide November 2023

November 2023

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November is here and with it The French Film Festival UK UK! We’ve got five of the year’s most anticipated French films screening, including the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme D’or winner Anatomy of a Fall. Meanwhile Martin Scorsese is back with his dramatic thriller Killers of the Flower Moon starring long time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

This month we’re also kicking off The Courtyard Cinema Film Club with a screening of the Swedish hit We Are the Best! Enjoy the film plus tea and coffee, and space to discuss the film with other attendees.

You can expect at least one Film Club screening per month Film Prices from our Young Film Programming team!

Tickets £8/£7.50 Concession Under 16’s £6 Front 2 rows minus £1 Member Prices Courtyard Club & Card £3 Friends & Patrons 10% off

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

Audio Description Available Check at Box Office or online for the latest available Audio Described films.

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

Subtitles Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English subtitles.

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Aliens (1986, 15, 35mm)

THE EXORCIST (1973, 18)

Casper (1994, PG)

THE CRAFT (1996, 15)

CHRISTINE (1983, 18)

TALK TO ME (15)

Tue 24 Oct, 7.45pm

Sat 28 Oct, 11am

Sat 28 Oct, 5.30pm

Mon 30 Oct, 8pm

Tue 31 Oct, 6pm Tue 31 Oct, 8pm

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November Thu 2 7.45pm, Mon 6 5.15pm (Subs), Thu 9 11am

A HAUNTING IN VENICE (12A) USA/UK, 1hr 43min Director: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan Back by popular demand, Kenneth Branagh has done it again! 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.

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

November 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

The Miracle Club (12A) UK/Ireland, 1hr 30min The Miracle Club is still on its tour! Dame Maggie Smith and the club are making their journey from Ballygar to the sacred French town of Lourdes.

November Fri 3 7.30pm, Sat 4 5pm, Mon 6 2.30pm, Thu 9 5pm (Subs)

Foe (15) USA/UK/Australia, 1hr 50min Director: Garth Davis (Lion) Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierce Academy-Award nominees Saoirse Ronan (Little Women, Brooklyn) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun) star in this sci-fi thriller, adapted from Iain Reid’s 2018 novel.

Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal.

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November Fri 3 5pm, Sat 4 7.30pm, Mon 6 7.30pm (Subs), Tue 7 2.30pm, Sat 11 2.30pm

The Creator (12A) USA/UK, 2hr 13min

Director: Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Monsters) Stars: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe, Madeleine Yuna Voyles Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself.

November Fri 10 2pm (Subs), Sat 11 7pm, Mon 13 11am, Wed 15 7pm, Thu 16 2pm

Killers of the flower moon (15) USA, 3hr 26min Director: Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman) Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser One of the greatest living filmmakers, Martin Scorsese, returns to the big screen, chronicling one of America’s most infamous crime sprees. In the 1920s, members of the Osage Native American tribe of Osage County, Oklahoma, are murdered after oil is found on their land, and the newly formed FBI decides to investigate. Adapted from David Grann’s 2017 best-selling book of the same name.

"A Masterpiece" - Rolling stones

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The Nettle Dress (12A)

Seaside Special

UK, 1hr 8min

Germany, 1hr 30min

November Fri 10 11am, Sat 11 5.15pm, Wed 15 2.30pm

November Mon 13 5.30pm, Wed 15 5pm, Mon 27 11am,

Director: Dylan Howitt

Director: Jens Meurer

After the death of his beloved wife, textile artist Allan Brown embarks on a seven-year endeavor to weave a hand-spun dress from stinging nettles foraged in the woods surrounding his home.

Follow the town of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast as it prepares for its annual end of pier variety show, a burlesque mix of song and dance, standup comedy and slapstick performed twice a day for three months, in the summer of 2019, set against the backdrop of clashing views over Brexit.

(Cert TBC)

- The Guardian

November Fri 17 11am, Mon 20 5pm, Tue 21 11am, Wed 22 5.15pm, Thu 23 2pm, Tue 28 11am, Thu 30 11am

Nobody has to know (12a) Belgium/France/UK, 1hr 39min Director: Tim Mielants, Bouli Lanners Stars: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Andrew Still Phil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, played by Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.

Some foreign language with English subtitles.

November Fri 17 2.30pm, Mon 20 11am, Tue 21 5pm, Sat 25 5.15pm, Wed 29 11am

Typist artist pirate king (Cert TBC) UK, 1hr 48min Director: Carol Morley Stars: Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee Typist Artist Pirate King stars Monica Dolan as the reallife artist Audrey Amiss, who, in a last-ditch mission to get some recognition for her talent, manages to persuade her psychiatric nurse (Kelly Macdonald) to take her on a road trip back to Sunderland, where her story began.

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French film festival 13-23 November 2023

Welcome to the 31st French Film Festival UK! We’re bringing you five spectacular and unique films, including Cannes Film Festival’s Palme D’or winner, Anatomy of a Fall. All films are foreign language with English subtitles. Book for all 5 films for £25!

THE Taste of Things [La Passion de Dodin Bouffant] (12A)

Two Tickets to Greece [Les Cyclades] (15)

France, 2hr 14min

France, 1hr 50min

November Mon 13 7.30pm, Mon 20 2.30pm

November Tue 14 7.30pm, Wed 22 11am

Stars: Juliette Binoche, Pierre Gagnaire

Stars: Olivia Côte, Kristin Scott Thomas

Peerless cook Eugénie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years.

However, while he schmoozes the rich and famous in the dining room, she remains in the kitchen but is clearly hugely responsible for his august reputation.

Recently divorced, Blandine is struggling to find her footing again, so when her former best friend Magalie (Call My Agent’s Laure Calamy) suddenly resurfaces, she allows herself to be spontaneous for a change and books a trip to the Greek Islands!

Driving Madeleine [Une Belle Course]

The Nature of Love [Simple Comme Sylvain] (15)

(15)

France, 1hr 31min

France, 1hr 51min

November Wed 15 11am, Fri 17 5.30pm

November Thu 16 11am, Tue 21 7.30pm

Stars: Line Renaud, Dany Boon

Stars: Magalie Lépine Blondeau

When a taxi driver takes a 92-year-old woman to a retirement home in Paris, he asked to take an unusual route through parts of the city significant to her life. At first distracted with his own problems, he discovers her life has been anything but ordinary.

Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy teacher, is in a stable 10 year-long relationship before she meets Sylvain, a local craftsman rennovating their home. Upon meeting, Sophia’s world is turned upside down.

Opposites attract, but will it last?

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November Fri 17 7.45pm, Sat 18 2.30pm, Mon 20 7.30pm, Tue 21 2.30pm, Wed 22 7.30pm, Thu 23 11am

Anatomy Of A Fall [Anatomie D'une Chute] (15) France, 2hr 30min

Director: Justine Triet Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud When a frustrated writer dies of suspicious causes, the clues he left behind would appear to implicate his wife.

If the death in the French Alps was a suicide then what follows is incredibly cruel, as his grieving wife is hauled into court and tried for his murder. The 2023 Palme d’Or winner is a thrilling drama that we’ve been waiting to bring to The Courtyard audience.

November Wed 22 2.30pm

The Courtyard Cinema film club presents: we are the best [Vi är bäst!] (2013, 15) Sweden, 1hr 42min

Our young programmers are kicking off The Courtyard Cinema Film Club by celebrating teenage angst, rebellious joy and punk rock. Two 13-year-olds living in 1980’s Stockholm, won’t let their lack of musical talent prevent them from forming the greatest punk band of all time. This screening features a musical introduction from local band Jazz Mags. Join us afterwards for free tea and coffee on The Courtyard Lounge to chat about the film and take a look at some punk zines!

November Mon 27 5.15pm, Tue 28 2.30pm

20,000 species of bees [20,000 especies de abejas] (12A) Spain, 2hr 8min Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Stars: Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain An 8-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires. Foreign language with English subtitles.

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November Fri 24 2.30pm, Sat 25 7.45pm, Mon 27 2.30pm, Tue 28 5.15pm (Subs), Wed 29 7.45pm, Thu 30 2.30pm (Subs)

December Fri 1 11am, Sat 2 7.30pm, Mon 4 7.30pm, Tue 5 7.30pm, Wed 6 7.30pm (Subs), Thu 7 7.30pm

Saltburn (cert tbc) UK, 2hr 7min Director: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) Stars: Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

November Fri 24 11am, Sat 25 2.30pm (Subs), Wed 29 5.15pm, Thu 30 7.30pm

December Sat 2 11.15am Sun 3 3pm

The Lesson (15) UK, 1hr 43min Director: Alice Troughton Stars: Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author JM Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Why not do a Richard E. Grant double bill with Saltburn?

November Mon 27 7.45pm (Subs), Tue 28 7.45pm, Wed 29 2.30pm, Thu 30 5.15pm

How to have sex (cert tbc) UK, 1hr 32min

Director: Molly Manning Walker Stars: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Shaun Thomas, Lara Peake Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. The feature film debut of Molly Manning Walker, cinematographer of last month’s Scrapper. “...this remarkably well-modulated first feature: It’s all alcopop-colored fun until it very much isn’t.” - Variety

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Thu 16 Nov, 7.15pm

skylight (15)

Mon 29 Jan, 7.15pm Dear england (15tbc) Thu 22 Feb, 7.15pm Vanya (15tbc) Tickets £16

Sat 2 Dec, 2.30pm

ANDRE RIEU'S 2023 MAASTRICHT CONCERT: white christmas Tickets £15

Tue 7 Nov, 7.15pm

Don quixote

Sat 18 Nov, 5.55pm

Tue 12 Dec, 7.15pm

X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X

Wed 31 Jan, 6.45pm

NABUCCO

The Nutcracker

Rusalka (encore) Wed 7 Feb, 7.15pm 9

manon

Sat 6 Jan, 5.55pm Sat 27 Jan, 5.55pm

carmen

Sat 23 March, 4.55pm

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Coming Soon Wonka How did Willy Wonka meet the Oompa Loompas? Where did he come from? How did he open his first chocolate shop? All will be answered in this scrumptious musical origin story this December!

Starring Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins

Live Events

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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

November Family Saturdays!

All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am

How to save the immortal (U) Sat 4 Nov, 11am

Paw Patrol: The mighty movie (U) Sat 11 Nov, 11am

trolls: band together (U) Sat 18 Nov, 11am

Little red riding hood (live) Sat 25 Nov, 11am

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