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“The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case, why are there still restauraunts? People still have kitchens at home!” - Michael Moore
“I’m honoured to be The Courtyard’s Cinema Development & Programming Coordinator! Keep an eye out for more fun events, especially from RADIX!” - Ethan Hargreaves
We’ve got a LOT of films coming for you this May! It’s an especially busy month for documentary fans with War Paint: Women at War, Twiggy (Cover) and many more. You can also visit 90s video shops with this month’s RADIX Film Club screening of Kim’s Video!
We also have exciting titles such as The Penguin Lessons, Parthenope and the long-awaited release of The Salt Path!
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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.
Monday 28 April, 7.30pm
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
Tuesay 29 April, 5.30pm
Mulholland Drive (2001, 15)
Saturday 3 May, 5pm
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.
One to One: John & Yoko (15)
Four Mothers (15) Ireland, 1hr 29min UK, 1hr 40min
April
Mon 28 11am, Tue 29 7.45pm
Director: Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards
May Thu 1 5pm
Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko’s world amid a turbulent era.
April
Fri 25 11am, Sat 26 2.30pm, Mon 28 5pm (Subs), Tue 29 11am, Wed 30 11am
Mr. Burton (12A)
UK, 2h 4min
Director: Marc Evans
April Mon 28 2.30pm, Tue 29 2.30pm
Director: Darren Thornton
May Thu 1 11am
Edward, an up-and-coming novelist is under pressure to embark on a US book tour while caring for his elderly mother.
May Thu 1 2.30pm
Cast: Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Harry Lawtey
The story of the wild school boy Rich Jenkins, and an English teacher who recognised his talent, Philip Burton. A moving, untold story of how Rich Jenkins became Richard Burton, the biggest star Wales has ever had.
Oh My Goodness! [Juste Ciele!] (12A)
France, 1h 27min
The Great Escaper (2022, 12A) UK, 1h 37min
May
Fri 2 11am, Mon 12 5.15pm
When the local nursing home finds itself in dire straits and in danger of falling to pieces, it’s down to the sisters of the convent of St. Benedict to find a way to help. Spotting a poster for a bike race with a €25,000 cash prize, the sisters might just have their answer.
May Thu 8 11am
To mark VE Day, we thought we’d bring back a powerful audience favourite. In their final feature films, Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson star in the story of a retired veteran sneaking away from his retirement home in Hove to travel to the beaches of Normandy.
May-stery Thrillers!
There’s been a slew of thrillers released so far in 2025, so we thought we’d bring three of the best together for you this May! “Deliciously satisfying” - Empire - Rogerebert.com
May
April
Fri 2 5.15pm, Thu 8 8.15pm, Mon 12 2.30pm, Tue 13 11am
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
When Autumn Falls (12A)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
France, 1h 44min
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
François Ozon
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko
Michelle, a retiree in Burgundy, is expecting her grandson Lucas but a mistake ruins her plans. She discovers her friend Marie-Claude’s son is being released from prison, reviving Michelle’s purpose. French language with English subtitles.
May
May 6 8.15pm, Thu 15 2.30pm
April Tue 29 5.30pm
Fri 23 2.30pm, Sat 24 7.45pm
Sat 3 5pm
The Amateur (12A)
Mulholland Drive (2001, 15)
3min
USA, 2h 27min
Director: David Lynch
James Hawes
Rami Malek, Lawrence Fishburne
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
33min
USA, 1h 52min
Director: Steven Soderbergh Black Bag (15)
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband, also a legendary agent, faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
Finally we have a remake of the 1981 crime-thriller starring John Savage and Christopher Plummer.
A CIA cryptographer, played by Academy Award winner Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), decides to take justice into his own hands after his wife is killed by terrorists.
May
Fri 2 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sat 3 2.30pm & 8pm, Tue 6 11am, Wed 7 11am, Fri 9 11am & 8.15pm (Subs), Mon 12 11am, Tue 13 2.30pm (Subs), Wed 14 2.30pm, Thu 15 11am, Wed 28 11am, Thu 29 2.30pm
The Penguin Lessons (12A)
UK, 1h 50min
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce
Buenos Aires, 1976: Tom begins a teaching job at an elite English boarding school. But Argentina is fraught with political violence and the military coup d’état interrupts teaching. On a weekend trip, Tom encounters a penguin drenched in oil and rescues it against his better judgment. In doing so, he unlocks its undying loyalty and, sneaking the flightless bird back to Argentina, begins a singular friendship that sees the penguin become an unwitting agent of change for the whole school.
Adapted from the bestseller by Tom Michell. A popular preview at 2025s Borderlines Film Festival, don’t miss your chance to see it!
i am martin parr (12a)
UK, 1hr 8min
May
Wed 7 8.15pm, Wed 14 11am, Mon 19 2.30pm, Thu 22 2.30pm
Director: Lee Shulman
Since the 1970s, Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times. Through this intimate road trip across England, discover the men who revolutionized contemporary photography.
Twiggy (12a)
UK, 1hr 34min
May Fri 16 11am, Fri 23 5.15pm
Director: Sadie Frost
The icon you know, the woman you don’t. Featuring contributions from Dustin Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Charlotte Tilbury, Joanna Lumley, and many more, Twiggy is an exploration of the model’s upbringing, career, relationships, and everything that has made her the woman she is today, and the first time the icon has told her story first-hand.
“... enjoyable study of tragicomic Britain’s inspired photographer” - The Guardian - The Telegraph
April
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
May 12 7.45pm, Tue 13 5.30pm
Intercepted (Cert tbc)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Canada/France/Ukraine, 1h 35min
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Oksana Karpovych
Sound and image stare each other in the face as Oksana Karpovych contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families. Russian and Ukrainian language with English language subtitles.
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
May
Sat 3 5pm
Tue 20 11am, Tue 27 7.30pm
Mulholland Drive (2001, 15)
War Paint: Women at war (12a)
UK, 1h 30min
USA, 2h 27min
Director: David Lynch
Margy Kinmonth
May
April
Tue 29 5.30pm
Mon 19 6.30pm
Radix Film Club:
The Straight Story (1999, U, 35mm)
Kim's Video (18)
USA, 1h 52min
USA, 1h 28min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Ashley Sabin, David Redmon
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
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?
Kim’s Video, an iconic video store in New York City, mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a rescue mission to ensure the eternal preservation of the beloved video collection.
Screened on a wonderful 35mm print, courtesy of Park Circus. Keep an eye out for more 35mm screenings throughout 2025!
For May’s RADIX screening we’ll be talking all about our memories of rental stores and what our first ever rentals were. We’ll also have a Mystery Video Swap Box so you can drop off and pick up new DVDs and Blu Rays. As always, you can get 10% off drinks after the screening in our Café Bar!
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
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.
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Shining a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking: when it’s life or death, what do women see that men don’t? “A must-see documentary” - FILMHOUNDS
Flow (U)
Latvia, 1h 25min
May
Sat 10 11am, Fri 16 5.30pm
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species and will have to team up with them despite their differences. Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature 2025!
May Fri 16 7.45pm, Sat 17 2.30pm, Thu 22 11am
The Return (15)
Italy/Greece, 1h 56min
a Minecraft movie (PG) USA, 1h 41min
May Sat 24 11am, Tue 27 5pm, Thu 29 11.15am, Fri 30 11.15am (Relaxed), Sat 31 3pm
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.
Director: Uberto Pasolini
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength. Another popular preview from Borderlines, and following the success of Fiennes’ Conclave, we can’t wait!
Bridget Jones: Mad
About the Boy (15) UK/USA, 2h 5min
May Tue 13 7.30pm
Following sell-out screenings throughout March and April, Bridget is back for one last screening! Now a single mother, Bridget is stuck in a state of emotional limbo whilst her family and friends encourage her to get back to dating!
Classic film club: the smallest show on earth (1957, U) USA, 1h 20min
May Wed 21 11am
A young couple inherit a debt-ridden old Cinema, and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there. In an endeavour to get a rival Cinema owner to increase his offer to buy the Old Bijou, they set about trying to turn the cinema around.
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, Antonio Annina, Margherita Aresti
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime. 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. But when tragedy strikes, and carefree romances lose their thrill, she decides to seek a deeper sense of purpose. Includes Italian language which is subtitled in English. Our Sat 24 May, 2pm screening will feature Hard-of-Hearing subtitles.
Point Break (1991, 15)
USA, 2hr 2min
June
Mon 2 5.45pm
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves is FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a gang of surfers, led by Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi, who are suspects in a series of bank robberies. Rarely seen on big screens in the UK in recent years due to rights issues, Kathryn Bigelow’s ultimate 1990s cult classic finally returns.
“Have you ever fired your gun up in the air and gone ‘ahhh’?” - Danny Butterman
The Surfer (15) USA, 1hr 29min
June Mon 2 8.15pm
Director: Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium)
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Julian McMahon
When a man returns to his beachside hometown in Australia, many years since building a life for himself in the U.S., he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the beach. Wounded, he decides to remain at the beach, declaring war against those in control of the bay. But as the conflict escalates, the stakes spin wildly out of control, taking him to the edge of his sanity.
June
Fri 6 11am & 2pm, Sat 7 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Mon 9 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Tue 10 11am, Wed 11 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Thu 12 2.30pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Fri 13 11am & 7.30pm, Mon 16 11am, Tue 17 2pm & 8pm, Wed 18 11am, Thu 19 2.30pm
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. Adapted from the bestselling 2018 memoir by Raynor Winn, who will be appearing at Hay Festival 2025 alongside director Marianne Elliott on Monday 25 May!
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am Family
Babe (1995, PG)
Saturdays! Sat 3 May, 11am
Flow (U)
Sat 10 May, 11am
Mufasa: The Lion King (PG)
Sat 17 May, 11am
The Minecraft Movie (PG)
Sat 24 May, 11am
Breathe (Live)
Sat 31 May, 11am
Babe
Six the musical live! (12A)
Monday 19 May, 7pm
Following three sold out screenings, the wives of Henry VIII are back one more time!
Tickets: £16
Tickets £18
Concessions £16
Buy tickets for 4 or more RB&O Screenings for £14 each
Wednesday 14 May, 5.15pm Wagner's die Walkure [opera]
Thursday 22 May, 7.15pm
ballet to broadway: Wheeldon works [ballet]
Tickets £18
Concessions £16
Buy tickets for 4 or more MET Screenings for £14 each
Saturday 17 May, 6pm Salome
Saturday 31 May, 6pm Il Barbiere di siviglia
Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo Love & Death [Encore]
Saturday 24 May, 5.30pm
Tuesday 27 May, 2.30pm
Tickets: £16
