welcome!
“I have no regrets, because I’ve done everything to the best of my ability” - Robert Redford
This is one of our biggest and most ambitious programmes we’ve ever produced, with six weeks of new releases, mini-seasons and retrospectives to close out autumn and step into the winter. At the core of this guide we have our annual offering from the French Film Festival UK and the highly anticipated release of Ralph Fiennes’ The Choral (cover).
For those excited by indie titles, keep an eye out for Urchin, The Mastermind and Deaf Meanwhile, RADIX Film Club continues with two retrospectives; a 35mm screening of Heat, and Paprika. We also wanted to celebrate the life and work of Robert Redford with a 60s double-bill plus All the President’s Men.
Audio Description Available
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Subtitles
Films which have either a HOH captioned screening or are in a foreign language with English 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.
The Courtyard Fri 31 Oct, 7.45pm Sat 1 Nov, 7.45pm Mon 3 Nov, 7.30pm (Subs) Tue 4 Nov, 2pm Wed 5 Nov, 2pm Thu 6 Nov, 7.45pm Mon 27 Oct, 6.15pm Mon 27 Oct, 8.30pm
Put your soul on your hand and walk (12A)
Iran/Palestine, 1h 53min
October Thu 30 7.30pm November Wed 5 11am
Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi connects with a Palestinian photographer documenting life in Gaza for 200 days. In original language with English subtitles.
November
Mon 10 11am, Wed 12 7.45pm
April
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Urchin (15)
The Smashing Machine (15)
UK, 2h 3min
October Fri 31 11am
November Sat 1 5.15pm, Tue 4 7.45pm
In what is already being called a transformative performance, Dwayne Johnson plays legendary UFC fighter Mark Kerr as he battles personal struggles.
UK, 1h 39min
USA, 2h 14min
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Director: Harris Dickinson
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Diane Axford, Angela Bain, Lacey Bond
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Popular British actor Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness, Babygirl, Where the Crawdads Sing) presents his debut film!
A young addict living on the streets of London is given a shot at redemption, but his road to recovery soon curdles into a strange odyssey from which he may never escape.
Deaf [sorda] (12a)
Spain, 1h 39min
November
Tue 4 5.15pm, Wed 12 2.30pm, Tue 18 11am
Angela’s deafness raises concerns regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she adapts to society lacking accommodations for the hearing-impaired. All screenings are in their original language with descriptive subtitles.
Islands (15)
UK, 2h 3min
November Tue 4 11am, Mon 10 2.30pm, Tue 11 5.15pm
Tom, a tennis pro washed up on a holiday island. Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he’s found an escape of his own.
Book 5 or more and get tickets for £6 each! (excluding Breakfast Movies)
Jean de Florette (1986, PG)
France, 2h 10min
Our screenings of Nouvelle Vague are sponsored by Hereford French Circle. Aimed at anyone with a love of France, its culture and language, Hereford French Circle holds monthly French conversation meetings on a Saturday as well as monthly French talks on a Friday evening between September and June. Visit our www.herefordfrenchcircle.org.uk for more information.
November
Fri 7 11am
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand
This year we present Claude Berri’s monumental two-part pastoral tragedy. When the naively idealistic tax collector Jean Cadoret unexpectedly inherits a family farm, he leaves the city for a new life in the community where his mother grew up.
November
Thu 6 2.30pm, Sat 8 7.30pm
Nouvelle Vague (cert tbc)
USA/France, 1h 45min
Manon des Sources (1986, PG)
France, 2h 4min
December
Tue 2 11am
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
The timeless story continues in the awardwinning sequel to Jean De Florette Jean’s daughter Manon has grown up into a beautiful and free-spirited young shepherdess on her father’s Provence farm, but she soon plots her revenge on old foes.
Director: Richard Linklater (The Before Trilogy)
Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin
The story of Jean-Luc Godard making Breathless, told by American director Richard Linklater in the form and spirit of the times. Styled as a mischievous declaration of love for the 1959 cult film, but also for a pivotal period of cinema that Linklater nostalgically revisits right down to techniques characteristic of the era.
More than the portrait of a man and his art, the film evokes a prolific period, symbolised by freedom of voice, improvisation, and an attachment to everyday poetry.
April
November
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Thu 6 5.15pm, Tue 11am
Shepherds [Bergers] (12a)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
USA, 2h 14min
France, 1h 53min
Director: Sophie Deraspe
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Félix-Antoine Duval, Solène Rigot
Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows Mathyas, an advertising executive from Montreal, as he moves to Provence to become a shepherd. He is soon joined by Elise, a civil servant who quits her job to be with him. In the mountainous landscapes of Southern France, they are tasked to transport the herd to a mountain near the Italian borde.
November
A Private Life [Vie Privée] (cert
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
USA, 2h 14min
France, 1h 43min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira
Rebecca Zlotowski’s anticipated follow-up to Other People’s Children stars Jodie Foster in a Frenchlanguage role as Lilian Steiner, a renowned psychiatrist investigating the death of one of her patients. She becomes deeply troubled and is convinced that it was murder. Foster is joined by an A-list cast including Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric and Virginie Efira.
Sat 15 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
ARCO (cert tbc)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
France, 1h 28min
USA, 2h 14min
Director: Ugo Bienvenu
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
The Courtyard’s Family Saturday screenings are the perfect opportunity to get the children in your life excited by cinema. This vibrant and adventurous animated film is a great entry point for anyone looking to introduce kids to French cinema.
Ten-year-old Arco’s time-tripping parents and sister return from their latest visit to the past, but Arco had to stay at home with his robot nanny called Mikki, who stores threatened cultural artefacts in its memory.
April
November
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Tue 25 4.30pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
USA, 2h 14min
Out of love [Les Enfants vont biens] (15)
France, 1h 51min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Nathan Ambrosioni
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Camille Cottin, Juliette Armanet, Monia Chokri
After many years, Suzanne and her two children unexpectedly show up at the home of her sister Jeanne. It initially looks like Suzanne is tentatively attempting to re-establish a relationship with her sister. But this illusion is shattered with the morning light: Suzanne is gone… Nathan Ambrosioni’s intimate film is a portrait of a woman forced to become a mother.
December
Thu 11 11am
April
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
The Musicians [Les Musiciens] (15)
USA, 2h 14min
France, 1h 42min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Grégory Magne
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Valérie Donzelli, Frédéric Pierrot
The story of four famous soloists who form a quartet, each playing a Stradivarius, and proceed to quarrel constantly during a week of rehearsal. It is hilarious and fascinating in the details it provides on how difficult it is to play chamber music. All the actors are musicians themselves, playing not only their characters but the music performed in the film. It’s a production as much for the ear as for the eye.
Monsieur Aznavour (15)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
France, 2h 14min
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon, Marie-Julie Baup
A cinematic tribute to one of the icons of French chanson, Charles Aznavour. This musical biopic stars Tahar Rahim in the title role. From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from France to Armenia to New York and other locations that marked the singer’s life, the film promises to plunge viewers into the heart of the 1950s, and the exceptional journey of an artist devoted to his art till the very end.
November
Fri 14 11am, Mon 17 7.45pm, Thu 20 11am, Thu 27 5.15pm
Dead of Winter (15)
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
USA, 2h 14min
USA, 1h 37min
Brian Kirk
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca
A woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl’s only hope.
The Guardian
RADIX Film Club is celebrating its 20th screening!
If you aren’t familiar, RADIX is your once a month opportunity to engage in unique cinema experiences from around the world. No two months are the same, and it’s the perfect opportunity to chat with fellow cinephiles after the film with 10% off at the bar!
April
November
Mon 10 6.30pm
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
(1995, 35mm, 15)
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Michael Mann (Thief, Collateral, Miami Vice)
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius 50min
For the 20th screening, we’ve gone big! When the opportunity presents itself to play one of the great action movies on 35mm, you have to take it! There will be an interval with hotdogs and drinks available.
A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
December
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Mon 8 6.30pm
USA, 2h 14min
Paprika (2006, 15)
Japan, 1h 30min
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Director: Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue)
It turns out we’ve never played an anime for the club! So, we thought we’d go to the abstract dream-world of Paprika. When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
April
November
Fri 14
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
5.45pm, Mon 17 2.30pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Holding Liat (15)
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Brandon Kramer
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius 1h 33min
After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home. Berlinale Documentary Award 2025 winner.
“Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising division”
- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
November
Fri 14
2.30pm & 8pm, Sat 15 5.30pm & 8pm, Mon 17 11am & 5.30pm, Tue 18 2.30pm (Subs) & 5pm, Wed 19 11am, Thu 20 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Fri 21 2.30pm, Sat 22 7.45pm, Mon 24 2.30pm, Tue 25 11am, Wed 26 2.30pm, Thu 27 11am & 7.45pm (Subs), Fri 28 11am, Sat 29 8pm, Sun 30 2pm
The Choral (12A)
UK, 1h 53min
Director: Nicholas Hytner (The Lady in the Van, The History Boys)
December
Mon 1 11am, Tue 2 2.30pm, Thu 4 2.30pm, Tue 9 5pm, Thu 11 11am
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, Emily Fairn, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms
A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army. Written by Alan Bennett.
April
November
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Fri 21 11am, Sat 22 5.15pm, Mon 24 8pm, Wed 26 11am, Thu 27 2.30pm (Subs), Sun 30 5pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
USA, 2h 14min
Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere (12A)
USA, 2h
Director: David Lynch
Director: Scott Cooper
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Odessa Young, Stephan Graham
Bruce Springsteen’s journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, Based on Warren Zanes’ book.
“I floated out of the theatre to Nebraska... and haven’t wanted to stop listening to it since... which is perhaps, ultimately, what we want from a biopic.”
- Adrian Horton, The Guardian
November Fri 28 5pm
November Fri 28 2.30pm
April Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
December Mon 1 8pm, Thu 4 6pm
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
The Mastermind (12A)
USA, 2h 14min
USA, 1h 50min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Josh O’Connor, Sterling Thompson, Alana Haim
In 1970, Mooney and two cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run.
“Kelly Reichardt pulls o a perfect slow heist movie” - Nicolas Rapold, Sight and Sound
December Mon 1 5pm, Thu 4 8.15pm
The Guardian
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
After the Hunt (15)
USA, 2h 14min
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius USA, 2h 19min
Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri
A college professor finds herself at a crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
“It’s an expertly controlled performance which demonstrates... why she could well be in line for her second Oscar, 25 years after Erin Brockovich” - Nicholas Barber, BBC Culture
ROBERT REDFORD
Barefoot in the park (1967, PG) USA, 1h 46min
Having worked both infront and behind the camera for six decades, we wanted to pay homage to the work of the great Robert Redford. We thought we’d start where it began back in the 60s, before reaching the iconic 70s release of All the President’s Men. We’re keen to play more, so let us know which titles you’d be most excited to see.
All tickets are £7.50 - £3
November
Wed 26 5.30pm
Director: Gene Saks
December Mon 8 11am
Cast: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Conservative young lawyer Paul Bratter marries the vivacious Corie Banks. Their highly passionate relationship descends into discord when they rent their first apartment.
December Thu 4 7pm, Fri 12 11am
all the president's men (1976, 15)
USA, 2h 18min
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid (1969, PG) USA, 1h 50min
November Wed 26 8pm
December Tue 9 11am
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse on their heels.
The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Four time Academy Award winner: - Best Sound
- Best Adapted Screenplay (William Goldman) - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jason Robards) - Best Art/Set Direction
April
November
Fri 28 8pm
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
December Mon 1 2.30pm, Tue 2 8pm
Bugonia (15)
USA, 2h 14min
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, Poor Things)
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the highpowered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
“Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia is an agressively wicked black comedy... [it’s] punishing, but Emma Stone can do no wrong”
- Stephanie Zacharek, Time
December
Tue 9 7.45pm, Thu 11 2.30pm
December
Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm
Die My Love (15)
Lost Highway (1997, 18) April
Sun 7 5.15pm, Thu 11 7.45pm
USA, 2h 14min
USA/Canada/UK, 1h 58min
Director: David Lynch
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek
In a remote forgotten rural area, a mother struggles to maintain her sanity as she battles with psychosis.
“[Lawrence’s performance is] the kind of performance you go to the movies for, one that connects so sympathetically... it takes a little courage to face it. But weirdly, by the end, this movie makes you feel more exhilarated than drained.” - Stephanie Zacharek, Time
Lost Highway (1997, 18)
Play it again, Yuki (15) + Q&A
USA, 2h 14min
Portugal, 1h 15min + 30min Q&A
+ Focus Throw (short film)
Director: David Lynch
UK, 5min
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Director: João Ganho
Away from music for 18 years due to a hand lesion, pianist Yuki Rodrigues returns to the spotlight. Her major breakthrough is the recording of her first album of original compositions. Both screenings will be preceded by an award winning short Focus Throw Directed by local film maker Kie Cummings. Play It Again Yuki will be followed by a live Q&A with the film’s director João Ganho & Producer Cláudia Pereira da Silva.
Tickets £16
Tue 11 Nov, 2.30pm Sat 22 Nov, 2.30pm Tue 2 Dec, 6pm Caravaggio
Mon 23 Mar, 2.30pm Sat 4 Apr, 2.30pm Thu 9 Apr, 6pm Turner & Constable
Tickets £16
Thu 23 Oct, 7pm Sat 1 Nov, 2.30pm
Thu 6 Nov, 10.45am Tue 11 Nov, 7.45pm Wed 12 Nov, 10.45am Mrs. Warren's Profession (12A) Starring: Imelda Staunton
Tue 18 Nov, 7.45pm Thu 20 Nov, 2.30pm John Cleese Packs it in Sat 15 Nov, 1.30pm La Boheme
Tickets £16
Wed 5 Nov, 7.15pm La Fille Mal Gardee (Opera) Sat 29 Nov, 1.30pm Arabella
Tue 25 Nov, 7.15pm Cinderella (Ballet)
Tickets: £18
Conc: £16
Tickets: £18
Conc: £16
Thu 18 Dec, 6.30pm Andrea Chenier
Fri 28 Nov, 7pm Thu 4 Dec, 10.45am Sat 6 Dec, 5pm (Subs) Thu 11 Dec, 7.45pm The Fifth Step (15 TBC)
Starring: Jack Lowden & Martin Freeman
All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am Family Saturdays!
Sketch (12A)
Sat 1 Nov, 11am
twice: one in a mill10n (PG)
Sat 8 Nov, 11am
Arco (pg)
Sat 15 Nov, 11am
Dora: Magic Mermaid Adventures (U)
Sat 22 Nov, 11am
THE GOLDEN PRINCESS (LIVE)
Sat 29 Nov, 11am
Le Voci: Sing in the season
Saturday 6 December, 7pm
Tickets: £12
Directed by Estelle van Warmelo
Written by Lyndsay Maples
Co-Written by Estelle van Warmelo