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The Courtyard Film Guide 2026

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welcome!

“Being a movie-maker means you get to live many, many lifetimes. It’s the same reason audiences go to the movies.”- Steven Spielberg

This June we’re making a small change to help provide you with more choice each month! We’re trialling having our Breakfast Movies at 10am, allowing us to fit an extra film screening in each day. We want to know how you feel about this change, so please let us know in your post-show survey email, or talk to a member of our staff.

It’s a busy month as we welcome Steven Spielberg (Disclosure Day, cover), Dustin Hoffmann (Tuner), Pride Month UK, CY35 and a collection of fascinating documentaries!

Film Prices

Tickets £9.50 - £7

Audio Description Available

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

If you do require audio description, you can book a specific ticket with Box Office or online which will let us know to keep a headset aside for you.

Subtitles

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

Member Prices

Courtyard Club & Card £3

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

Breakfast Movies

10am/11am films Monday to Friday include a pre-film pastry & tea or filter coffee.

No Adverts

These will not have adverts. Trailers will begin at the advertised time.

Relaxed Screenings

These screenings feature lowered sound, raised lighting and the freedom to move around the space.

Cinema Sundays!

For more information on what we’re offering on these days, visit: courtyard.org/cinema-sundays. Here’s what we’re bringing you this month:

Sunday 31 May

2pm: Merrily We Roll Along

5pm: The Christophers

Sunday 14 June

2pm: The Sheep Detectives

5pm: The Balloonists

Sunday 28 June

Sunday 7 June

2pm: The Sheep Detectives

5pm: Riverdance

Sunday 21 June

2pm: Moss & Freud

5pm: Tuner

2pm: The Mandalorian & Grogu

5pm: Disclosure Day

April

May

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

June

Fri 22 11am, Sat 23 2pm (Subs) & 8pm, Sun 24 5pm, Tue 26 2pm (Subs), Wed 27 8pm, Thu 28 11am

USA, 2h 14min

Director: David Lynch

Fri 5 8pm, Mon 8 10am, Thu 11 3pm, Thu 18 3pm

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (12A)

Director: David Frankel

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius USA, 2hrs

Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux

Almost twenty years after making their iconic debut, Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine.

May

Fri 29 11am, Sat 30 7.45pm, Sun 31 5pm

The Christophers (15)

UK/USA, 1h 40min

Director: Steven Soderbergh

June

June

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Tue 2 5pm, Thu 4 5pm, Sat 6 11am, Sun 7 2pm, Sun 14 2pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

The Sheep Detectives (PG)

USA, 2h 14min

UK, 1h 49min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Kyle Balda

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Nicholas Braun

Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.

It’s a mystery we know ewe’ll love!

Mon 1 11am, Tue 2 2.30pm & 7.45pm (Subs), Wed 3 11am, Thu 4 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Fri 5 10am, Mon 8 12.45pm, Thu 11 5.45pm (Subs) , Fri 12 10am, Wed 17 10am

Cast: Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, Jessica Gunning

The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some long ago abandoned canvases so they’ll have an inheritance when he dies.

- The Guardian

June

Fri 5 2.45pm

June

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 5 12.15pm, Mon 8 5.30pm, Thu 11 12.30pm, Fri 12 8pm, Thu 18 10am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Primavera (12a)

USA, 2h 14min

Italy, 1h 51mins

Director: David Lynch

Director: Damiano Michieletto

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Michele Riondino, Tecla Insolia, Fabrizia Sacchi

A talented violinist, Cecilia, confined in an orphanage, meets Vivaldi who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion.

Original Language with English subtitles

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Midwinter break (12a)

USA, 2h 14min

UK/Netherlands, 1h 30min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Polly Findlay

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds

A popular title with you all in May, we wanted to bring back this tense relationship drama. Retired long-time couple Stella and Gerry travel from their home in Glasgow to Amsterdam for an impromptu holiday, but as the hours pass, Stella and Gerry realize that their relationship has reached a crossroads.

“...a triumph” - Peter Bradshaw

April

June

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 5 5.30pm, Mon 8 3pm, Thu 11 8pm, Fri 12 2.15pm (Subs), Wed 17 5.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Rose of Nevada (15)

UK, 1h 54min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Mark Jenkin

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: George MacKay, Callum Turner, Emily Daglish-Laine

A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

“...a moving tale of personal versus communal sacrifice.” - Rafa Sales Ross, Little White Lies

June

Mon 8 8pm, Thu 11 10am, Thu 18 12.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Father Mother Sister Brother

(15)

USA, 1h 50min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Mayim Bialik, Vicky Krieps

Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

- The Guardian

June

April Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

June Sat 6 8pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Legally Blonde (2001, PG) - 25th birthday party

USA, 2h 14min

USA, 1h 38min

Director: Robert Luketic

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Coolidge, Luke Wilson

Calling all Gemini vegetarians! It’s been 25 years since Elle Woods taught us the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance so obviously, we’re celebrating with a Legally Blonde Birthday Party – sorority style. With a themed screening, snap cup, and some fun collabs it’s not one to miss. And remember, going to the cinema gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy, so get your tickets today sisters! Dress code: pink!

Fri 12 5.15pm, Tue 16 10am, Thu 18 8pm, Fri 26 2.45pm, Sat 27 5.15pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Orphan (15)

USA, 2h 14min

Hungary, 2h 13min

Director: David Lynch

Director: László Nemes

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Bojtorján Barabas, Andrea Waskovics

Following the Hungarian uprising of 1956, a young boy raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.

“Orphan’s immediacy should strike a chord” - Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

Pride month UK

Love Lies Bleeding (2024, 15)

@ the jam factory

USA, 1h 26min

Celebrate Pride Month with a selection of great LGBTQ+ stories on screen, including a visit to our friends at The Jam Factory!

RADIX Film Club: Saving Face (2005, 15)

USA, 1h 59min

June

Sun 7 8pm

Director: Rose Glass

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy M. O’Brian

Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who’s heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream until she’s pulled deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family. This is an unticketed free event, so be sure to arrive early.

The Birdcage (1996, 15)

USA, 1h 57min

June

Wed 24 8pm

Director: Mike Nichols

Cast: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s conservative parents.

Don’t miss the funniest film of the 90s!

June

Mon 22 6.30pm

Director: Alice Wu

Cast: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec

A lesbian Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations in this touching and hilarious gem. Join us after the film to chat and get 10% off drinks at the bar!

Fairyland (15)

USA, 1h 57min

June

Fri 26 12.15pm, Mon 29 8pm

Director: Andrew Durham

Cast: Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy

Following the sudden and tragic death of her mother, young Alysia is uprooted by her father Steve in hopes of restarting his life. They move to 1970s San Francisco where Steve develops his poetic and personal writing and begins to openly date men.

as above, so below

Underland (12A)

USA, 1h 19min

June Fri 12 12.15pm, Sat 13 1pm, Wed 17 3pm

Director: Rob Petit

Based on Robert Macfarlane’s bestseller, Underland, a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth, exploring worlds rarely glimpsed by human eyes, the unknown below our feet.

“Draws the viewer completely into the compelling, unnerving, alluring void”

- Nikki Baughan, Screen Daily

Explore the depths of the Earth and the heights of human travel in this pair of stunning documentaries.

The Balloonists (PG)

USA, 1h 26min

June

Sun 14 5pm, Mon 15 10am, Tue 16 8pm, Wed 17 12.15pm

Director: John Dower

Witness the thrilling journey of Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones as they set out to become the first team to successfully circumnavigate the globe - seeing off the competition, the threat of the weather and generally defying the odds in quite a bonkers way.

June

Mon 15 8pm, Wed 17 8pm, Thu 18 5.45pm

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (15)

Country, 1h 46min

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Director: Malcolm Venville

USA, 2h 14min

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Spanning five decades, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition charts their iconic rise from the pubs of East End London to the world’s biggest stadiums to become one of the biggest bands in music history. Packed with never-before-seen material, the film offers a rare and intimate look at the evolution of a band that marches to the sound of its own drum. This is Iron Maiden as you have never seen them before.

- Nick Ruskell, Kerrang!

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Tuesday 30 June, 8pm USA, 2008, 1h 50min, 12A

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Welcome to CY35, our celebration of movies on 35mm film! As the only cinema in Hereford that can play 35mm, we wanted to share some films you’ll love from now until September.

Saturday 6 June, 5.45pm France, 2001, 2h 2min, 15

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz

For its 25th anniversary we present the 5-time Oscar Nominee and fan favourite Amélie. Despite being caught in her own imaginative world, a waitress sets out to help people find happiness.

Cast: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters

It’s iconic, and it’s back! Sophie’s wedding is on the horizon and there’s three men ready to walk her down the isle. Which of her mother’s mystery ex-lovers will prove themselves to be her father?

Join us for the perfect summer celebration!

Monday 6 July, 7.45pm USA, 1993, 1h 37min, 18

Director: John Woo

Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

Monday 21 September, 6.30pm USA, 1984, 1h 32min, 18

Director: Alex Cox

From Fri 17 July - on sale soon! USA, Runtime TBC

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron

We can’t reveal much yet, but rest assured you’ll be seeing the biggest film of the year on 35mm with us from it’s release date!

Saturday 26 September, 5pm USA, 1958, 2h 8min, 12A

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak

Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez so with

The cult sci-fi/comedy/thriller hit of 1984 is coming to RADIX! A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet with a huge, $20,000 bounty–and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.

There aren’t many films as legendary and rewatchable as Vertigo, so we couldn’t resist!

A former detective juggles his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a woman he has been hired to tail.

June

Fri 19 10am, Sat 20 2pm, Mon 22 10am, Wed 24 12.30pm, Thu 25 3pm, Fri 26 5.30pm (Subs), Mon 29 10am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

My Mother's Wedding (15)

Director: David Lynch

USA, 1h 35min

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Director: Kristin Scott Thomas

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Kristin Scott Thomas

Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colourful group of unexpected wedding guests.

June

June

April Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

July

Wed 1 10am Thu 2 12.45pm

USA, 2h 14min

Fri 19 12.15pm, Sat 20 8.15pm, Sun 21 5pm, Mon 22 3pm, Tue 23 12.30pm, Wed 24 10am, Thu 25 12.30pm, Fri 26 10am, Tue 30 10am

Tuner (15)

USA, 1h 49min

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Director: Daniel Roher

Cast: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu

A talented piano tuner’s meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

We can’t resist a heist-romance-drama-thriller!

Fri 19 3pm, Sat 20 4.15pm, Sun 21 2pm, Mon 22 12.15pm, Tue 23 10am, Wed 24 3pm (Subs), Thu 25 10am, Mon 29 5.45pm, Tue 30 5.15pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Moss & Freud (15)

Director: David Lynch

UK, 1h 40min

Director: James Lucas

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Derek Jacobi, Ellie Bamber, Tim Downie

Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait.

“...there is something pleasant and heartwarming in following the journey these two characters go through in their self-discovery and friendship.” - Mae Trumata, The Upcoming

Agatha's Almanac (PG)

Canada, 1h 26min

UK Green Film Festival

Taking place each year, the UK Green Film Festival screens some of the very best films from around the world, exploring some of the big environmental issues of the day. Together, these films present deeply human stories of resilience, stewardship and resistance.

June

Sat 20 6.30pm

Director: Amalie Atkins

In a world shaped by speed and excess, 90-year-old Agatha Bock’s off-grid life offers another path. Fiercely independent and alone on her ancestral farm in Canada, Agatha cultivates heirloom seeds, vegetables and flowers entirely by hand, preserving generations of ecological knowledge and sustainable practice.

Home is the ocean (PG)

Switzerland, 1h 34min

June Wed 24 6pm

Director: Livia Vonaesch

For a Swiss family of eight, life unfolds at sea. For over 20 years, the Schwörers have sailed the globe, raising six children onboard while dedicating their lives to raise awareness about climate change, conduct field-based research in the world’s most remote regions and inspire young people to protect the planet.

June Thu 25 5.15pm

Missing Rio Doce (PG)

Brazil, 1h 12min

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Director: Claudia Neubern

USA, 2h 14min

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Nine years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, filmmaker Claudia Neubern returns to the Rio Doce. Here, a mining dam containing toxic waste collapsed, releasing poisonous sludge into the river which flows 650 km to the Atlantic Ocean. Retracing the path of the catastrophe, the film meets those whose lives, land and livelihoods were permanently transformed.

The Courtyard’s screenings of the UKGFF are proudly sponsored by Pedicargo. They do all sorts of stuff by bike; parcel delivery, trade waste recycling, inner city advertising and pedicab hire. Visit herefordpedicabs.com for more information.

June

Fri 26 8pm, Sat 27 8pm, Sun 28 5pm, Mon 29 3pm, Tue 30 2pm

June

USA, 2h 25min

Sat 27 11am, Sun 28 2pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

April Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

USA, 2h 14min

Star Wars:

The Mandalorian & Grogu (12A)

Director: David Lynch

USA, 2h 12min

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu.

Under 30s and Under 14s can get £3 tickets with FREE Courtyard Club and Card memberships!

July

Wed 1 12.30pm, Thu 2 10am, Wed 8 8pm (Subs), Thu 9 8pm

Director: Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) Disclosure Day (cert tbc)

Cast: Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Lucy Liu

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people. We are coming close to... Disclosure Day.

Merrily we roll along (15)

Sunday 31 May, 2pm

Runtime: 2h 25min

Spanning three decades, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonothan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.

Tickets: £16

Riverdance

25th

anniversary show (U)

Sunday 7 June, 5pm

Runtime: 2h

This 25th Anniversary production is a powerful and stirring reinvention of the show, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance.

Tickets: £16

The Playboy of the Western world (12A TBC)

Thursday 28 May, 7pm

Wednesday 10 June, 10.45am

Wednesday 17 June, 7pm

Saturday 27 June, 2pm (Subs)

Tickets: £16

Family Saturdays!

All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am

The Sheep Detectives (PG)

Sat 6 June, 11am

Shrek (2001, pg)

Sat 13 June, 11am

Snip Snap: Rapunzel Retold (live)

Sat 20 June, 11am

Star wars: the mandalorian & grogu (12A)

Sat 27 June, 11am

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