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“If you want the ultimate, you’ve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.” - Patrick Swayze as Bodhi (Point Break, 1991)
June is here and with it the highly anticipated The Salt Path (cover) starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. That’s not all though as we bring comedy dramas The Friend and The Ballad of Wallis Island alongside action packed flicks Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Warfare and Sinners! The World War II documentary Riefenstahl is also a fascinating chronicle of a life intertwined with art and the Third Reich.
We’re also launching our Turning 50 season, with 5 legendary films from 1975 coming back to the big screen. First up, RADIX Film Club screens Al Pacino’s legendary performance in Dog Day Afternoon!
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Audio Description Available
Check at Box Office or online for the latest available Audio Described films.
Subtitles
Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English subtitles.
May
Fri 23 7.45pm, Sat 24 2pm (Subs), Tue 27 11am, Thu 29 7.45pm
Parthenope (15)
Italy, 2h 17min
Director: Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Youth)
Cast: Celeste Dalla Porta, Gary Oldmam, Dario Aita
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino. Born in the Bay of Naples in 1950, Parthenope searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. Includes Italian language which is subtitled in English. Our Sat 24 May, 2pm screening will feature Hard-of-Hearing subtitles.
Film Prices
Tickets £9.50 - £7
Member Prices
Courtyard Club & Card £3
Friends & Patrons 10% off courtyard.org.uk/memberships
Breakfast Movies
11am films Monday to Friday include a pre-film pastry & tea or 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.
June
Tue 3 2.30pm, Wed 4 11am, Thu 5 4.30pm (Subs), Thu 19 11am
The Friend (15)
USA, 1h 59min
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray
When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creative inner life.
- Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert
Warfare (15)
USA, 1hr 35min
April Tue 29 5.30pm
June 3 7.45pm, Sat 7 11am, Wed 18 11am
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
Ocean with David Attenborough (PG)
USA, 1h 52min
UK, 1h 35min
Director: Toby Nowlan
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
Travel on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.
June
Wed 4 8pm, Thu 5 2pm, Wed 18 5.15pm
Director: Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
Cast: Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Charles Melton
A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
Sinners (15) USA, 2hr 18min
June Wed 4 5.15pm, Wed 18 7.30pm
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
June
Fri 6 11am & 2pm, Sat 7 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Mon 9 2.30pm, 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Tue 10 11am, Wed 11 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Thu 12 2.30pm (Subs), 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Fri 13 11am & 7.30pm, Mon 16 11am, Tue 17 2pm & 8pm, Wed 18 11am, Thu 19 2.30pm, Wed 25 2.30pm, Thu 26 11am
The Salt Path (12A)
UK, 1h 50min
Director: Marianne Elliott
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs
The profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor and Moth Winn’s 630-mile trek along the beautiful but rugged Cornish, Devon and Dorset coastline. After being forcibly removed from their home, they make the desperate decision to walk in the hope that, in nature, they will find solace and a sense of acceptance. With depleted resources, only a tent and some essentials between them, every step along the path is a testament to their growing strength and determination. Tickets for our Breakfast Films are selling especially fast, so we’d recommend booking well in advance!
June Sat 7 5pm, Thu 12 11am, Mon 16 5.15pm (Subs), Thu 19 5pm
Riefenstahl (15)
April Tue 29 5.30pm German, 1h 55min
Director: Andres Veiel
Explore the life of one of the most controversial filmmakers of all time, Leni Riefenstahl. With complex ties to the Nazi regime, she long held a defiant stance against accusations that she empowered, or even knew, of the Nazi’s actions.
June
Fri 20 7.45pm, Sat 21 5pm, Mon 23 11am, Tue 24 2.30pm, Wed 25 11am, Thu 26 7.45pm (Subs), Fri 27 11am, Sat 28 7.45pm, Mon 30 2.30pm
The Ballad of Wallis Island (12A)
UK, 1h 40min
Director: James Griffiths
Cast: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Carey Mulligan
Charles, an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island dreams of getting his favourite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles desperately tries to salvage his dream gig.
July Tue 1 11am “A gloriously British movie... One of the funniest I’ve ever seen!” - Tori Brazier, Metro
April Tue 29 5.30pm
June Sat 28 5.30pm, Mon 30 7.45pm
Hallow Road (15)
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
USA, 1h 52min
UK/Ireland, 1h 20min
Director: Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow)
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Rosamund Pyke, Matthew Rhys
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
A couple race to their daughter’s side in the middle of the night after she hits a pedestrian with her car.
“Despite its vaguely-generic title, this well-crafted close-quarters suspense from British-Iranian director Babak Anvari is firmly-written, -shot and -acted.”
- Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
1975, the Vietnam War was ending, Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party, and the Bay City Rollers dominated the radio. All the while, the world of cinema saw a sleugh of soon-to-be iconic films pass through the lenses. Now 50 years on, 1975 is a year marked by industry defining works and cult classics. Following previous screenings of Wanda (Dir. Barbara Lowden) and Jeanne Dielman (Dir. Chantel Ackerman) in 2025, we couldn’t resist bringing even more back to the screen they belong to.
June - September
Tickets £7.50 - £3
July
Mon 7 2.30pm, Tue 8 7.45pm
Picnic at hanging rock (12A)
Australia, 1h 48min
Director: Peter Weir
June Mon 23 6.30pm
Film Club Presents:
Dog Day Afternoon (15)
USA, 1h 59min
Director: Sidney Lumet (Serpico)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
RADIX kick off our screenings with a nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
As always you can get 10% off drinks after the screening in our Cafe Bar and stick around to chat all things 70s cinema!
Cast: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls’ school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
“Peter Weir’s 1975 parable of imperial anxiety and sexual hysteria... is a classic of Australian new wave cinema” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
April
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
July 2.30pm, Wed 30 7.45pm
Slade in flame (PG)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
UK, 1h 31min
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Richard Loncraine
Noddy Holder, Don Powell, Tom Conti
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Light the Rock n’ Roll spark with a flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England’s seventies working class society and music scene.
“The Citizen Kane of Rock’n’Roll movies!”
Fred Madison, a saxophonist, is accused under mysterious circumstances of murdering his wife Renee. On death row, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton, leading a completely different life. When Pete is released, his and Fred’s paths begin to cross in a surreal, suspenseful web of intrigue, orchestrated by a shady gangster boss named Dick Laurent.
- Mark Kermode
April
Tue 29 5.30pm
Dates & Times To Be Confirmed - Join our waiting list with Box Office to be the first to hear!
Jaws (12A)
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
2h 4min
USA, 1h 52min
Director: David Lynch
Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw
Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?
When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
“But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means ‘friendship’.”
Screened on a wonderful 35mm print, courtesy of Park Circus. Keep an eye out for more 35mm screenings throughout 2025!
- Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn
Sep 13 1.30pm (Q&A to follow the film)
May Sat 3 5pm
Mulholland Drive (2001, 15)
Barry Lyndon + Q&A (12A)
5min
USA, 2h 27min
Director: David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick (The Shining)
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Witness this period epic on the big screen followed by a Q&A with the editor, Tony Lawson, to discuss his process and the experience of working with a filmmaker as notorious as Stanley Kubrick.
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An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband’s aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am
Ocean with David Attenborough (PG) Sat 21 Jun, 11am
Sat 7 Jun, 11am
Lilo & Stitch (PG)
Karate Kid: Legends (PG)
Mr. Sleepybum (Live) Sat 28 Jun, 11am
Sat 14 Jun, 11am
Karate Kid: Legends
A Streetcar Named Desire [2014]
Starring Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Ben Foster
Thursday 5 June, 7pm Wednesday 18 June, 7pm
Monday 23 June, 1.30pm
Saturday 28 June, 1.30pm (Subtitled)
Tickets: £16
By George Orwell
