The Courtyard Film Guide September 2025 by The Courtyard Hereford

welcome!

“Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely di erent” - Stephen King

We begin with this quote as we welcome The Life of Chuck to the cinema, the latest King adaptation, this time from his beautiful 2020 novella of the same name. You can also catch Materialists, Bring Her Back, and Amadeus at the end of August!

On to the big news, The Roses and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will be dominating our screens this September. The hilarious new comedy from Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, followed by everyone’s favourite period drama are expected to be very busy, so we’d recommend booking early! Not excited by these? Maybe RADIX’s Sorry, Baby or Eddington are for you!

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.

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.

April

August

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 22 5.30pm, Thu 28 2pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

The Salt Path (12A)

USA, 2h 14min

UK, 1h 50min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Marianne Elliot

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs

Our busiest ﬁlm in recent years is back one last time! The story of husband and wife, Raynor and Moth Winn’s trek along the Cornish, Devon and Dorset coastline. After being forcibly removed from their home, they make the desperate decision to walk in the hope that they will ﬁnd solace and a sense of acceptance in nature.

August

April

Fri 22 8pm, Sat 23 7.45pm, Tue 26 2pm

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Bring Her back (18)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

New Zealand, 1h 44min

Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou (Talk to Me)

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Mischa Heywood

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

“A sensationally unhinged performance from Sally Hawkins... A chilling and wince-inducing occult horror.” - Katherine McLaughlin, Little White Lies

August

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April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Sat 23 4pm, Wed 27 10.45am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Amadeus (1984, PG)

USA, 2h 14min

USA/France, 2h 40min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Milos Forman

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge

Milos Forman’s 8-time Academy Award winner is making its return to the big screen. The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of his contemporary and rival, Antonio Salieri. Our 10.45am screening on Wednesday 27 is still a Breakfast Movie, we just have to get started a little earlier!

- The Guardian, Empire

Fri 29 5.15pm, Sat 30 8pm

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Mon 1 2pm (Subs), Tue 2 11am, Wed 3 2pm, Thu 4 11am

Materialists (15)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 1h 56min

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Celine Song (Past Lives)

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker ﬁnds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

“A ﬁlm with the costume of a romcom but a brain and heart to challenge easy tropes.” - John Nugent, Empire

August Fri 29 7.45pm, Sat 30 5.30pm

The Life of Chuck (15)

USA, 1h 50min

September Mon 1 11am, Tue 2 2pm, Wed 3 11am, Thu 4 2pm (Subs)

Director: Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game)

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor

A life-aﬃrming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

(out of four)

“You can take a lot of elements in this movie in more than one way, really. That’s a compliment to the ﬁlmmakers. A lot of movies barely have a point of view at all. This one is a prism in comparison. It gives viewers what David Lynch called ‘room to dream.’”

September

Mon 15 6.30pm (Subs)

Radix film club presents:

Sorry, Baby (15)

USA, 1h 43min

Director: Eva Victor

Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least.

This dark comedy drama marks the bold debut of writer, director and lead actor Eva Victor. At times laugh-out-loud funny, and at others a painfully honest account of recovery from trauma, Sorry, Baby is a tonally complex debut ﬁlm.

As always join us for 10% oﬀ drinks after the ﬁlm and let us know what you thought!

- Matt Zoller Seitz, rogerebert.com

Our Turning 50 season comes to an end with two titans of 1975. What better way to close things out than with Spielberg and Kubrick! Whether you’re seeing them for the ﬁrst time, or the ﬁftieth, we hope you enjoy.

Tickets £7.50 - £3

September Tue 9 8pm, Fri 16 11am

Jaws (12A)

USA, 2h 4min

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Roy Schieder, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community oﬀ Long Island, it’s up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

“You yell barracuda, everybody says, ‘Huh? What?’ You yell shark, we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July” - Mayor Vaughn

April Tue 29 5.30pm

September Sat 13 1.30pm

Barry Lyndon + Q&A (12a)

USA/UK, 3h 15min

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cast: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee

Redmond Barry, an Irish rogue, seeks to improve his social standing in 18th-century Europe. After winning the heart of a wealthy widow, he marries her and adopts her last name. However, his marriage is fraught with infidelity and financial mismanagement, leading to a decline in his fortunes and status. Join us for a Q&A with legendary editor Tony Lawson after the film!

Thank you to everyone who attended our screenings so far, we’ve had some great feedback and we plan on bringing you more themed seasons spread out across a few months. We’re currently working away at the rest of the year, and you know what it’s almost time for...

September

Fri 5 11am & 2pm, Sat 6 11am & 7.30pm, Sun 7 5pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Mon 8 11am, 2pm (Relaxed), 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Tue 9 11am, 2pm, 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Wed 10 11am, 2pm & 8pm, Thu 11 11am, 2pm (Subs), 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Fri 12 11am, 2pm & 8pm, Sat 13 5.30pm & 8pm, Mon 15 11am, 2.30pm & 7.45pm, Tue 16 11am, 2.30pm, 5.15pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Wed 17 5.15pm & 7.45pm, Thu 18 2pm & 4.30pm

The roses (Cert tbC)

USA, 1h 47min

Director: Jay Roach

Cast: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg, Allison Janey, Ncuti Gatwa, Kate McKinnon, Jamie Demetriou, Sunita Mani, Zoë Chao

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing - as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a laugh-out-loud reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

September

Fri 19 11am, 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm, Sat 20 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm, Mon 22 11am, 2.30pm, 5pm & 7.45pm, Tue 23 11am, 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm, Wed 24 11am, 2.15pm (Subs), 5pm & 7.45pm, Thu 25 10.30am & 1.15pm, Fri 26 11am & 2.15pm, Sat 27 7.45pm, Mon 29 11am, 2.15pm, 5pm (Subs) & 7.45pm, Tue 30 11am, 2.15pm, 5pm & 7.45pm (Subs)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (cert tbc)

UK/USA,

2h 2min

October

Wed 1 11am, 2.15pm & 7.45pm Thu 2 2.15pm & 5pm Fri 3 5pm

Wed 8 11am

Thu 9 11am

Director: Simon Curtis (Goodbye Christopher Robin, Woman in Gold, My Week with Marilyn)

Cast: Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Dominic West, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Alessandro Nivola, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Penelope Wilton

When Mary ﬁnds herself in a public scandal and the family faces ﬁnancial trouble, the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future. Our 10.30am screening on Thursday 25 September is still a Breakfast Movie, we just have to get started a little sooner!

Loved our Downton Afternoon Teas back in 2022? They’re returning! Turn to the next page for dates and to see what we’ve got on oﬀer!

May Sat 3 5pm

September 27 1.30pm

October Wed 1 5pm, Sat 4 1.30pm Tue 7 2pm, Thu 9 5pm

Mulholland Drive (2001, 15)

USA, 2h 27min

Food will be served an hour and a half before the advertised start time of the ﬁlm.

Director: David Lynch

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (cert tbc)

Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

Afternoon tea screenings

UK/USA, 2h 3min

Tickets £30

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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Back by popular demand! Our acclaimed Downton Abbey themed Afternoon Tea Screenings return to The Courtyard Lounge. Enjoy some scrummy sandwiches and sweet treats with a selection of specialty teas and French press coﬀee accompanied by live piano music before settling down to watch the latest instalment from this great British dynasty.

September Fri 12 5pm, Tue 16 7.30pm, Thu 18 11am

Eddington (15)

USA, 2h 28min

Director: Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar)

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Michael Ward

In May of 2020, a standoﬀ between a small-town sheriﬀ and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico.