Courtyard Film Guide July-August 2014

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FRi 4 11.00, Sun 6 2.30

To caTch a Thief (PG)direcTor: alfred hitchcocksTarring: cary grant, grace Kelly

usa, 1955, 1 hour 42 minutes

In Hitchcock’s classic thriller Grace Kelly playspampered heiress Frances who suspectsreformed jewel thief, “The Cat” (Grant) of arash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of theFrench Riviera.

WeDneSDAy 16 2.30, ThuRSDAy 17 8.15

BreaKfasT aT Tiffany’s (PG)direcTor: Blake edwardssTarring: audrey hepburn, georgepeppard


When Paul Varjak moves indownstairs from Holly Golightly he isimmediately captivated by hercharm and mystery. But beforethey can be together thereare obstacles that need to beovercome and flaws thatneed to be accepted, inthemselves and each other.

SunDAy 6 7.30, MOnDAy 14 2.30, TueSDAy 15 8.15,WeDneSDAy 16 11.00,ThuRSDAy 17 2.30

here andnow (12A)

direcTor: Lisle TurnersTarring: Lauren Johns, andy rush, susan Lynch

uK, 2014, 1 hour 22 minutes

A sweet, beautifully shot tale of aholiday romance between lippy citygirl, Grace, and sullen country boy,Say. This makes the most of thebeautiful Herefordshire countryside(Hay Bluff, Skenfrith Castle, ClearwellCaves) to create a dreamy, timelessatmosphere from the dying days of summer.

Join us for a post-show Q&A with the directorafter the premiere on Sunday 6.

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This season we’re bringing a selection of stunningclassics starring some of our favourite screen divas. So if you love a good dose of Marilyn, the allure ofgrace, the arch glare of Faye or the sweet ingénuecharm of Audrey, revel in a time when true divas ruled the screens.

SunDAy 13 2.00, MOnDAy 14 11.00 , TueSDAy 15 6.00, WeDneSDAy 16 7.30, ThuRSDAy 17 11.00, 6.00

grace of monaco (PG)direcTor: olivier dahansTarring: nicole Kidman, Tim roth, frank Langella, derek Jacobi


1962, adored movie star Grace Kelly, the ultimateHitchcock blonde with a penchant for doubleentendres, has settled into her life as PrincessGrace of Monaco. Torn between her yearning for

a return to Hollywood and her duty to herfamily and her new home, Grace

faces a personal crisis as a Frenchinvasion of Monaco looms.

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ThuRSDAy 24 11.00, 7.30FRiDAy 25 2.30

genTLemenpreferBLondes (U)direcTor: howard hawks

sTarring: marilyn monroe, Jane russell, charles coburn


In a quest for true love, Lorelei and her golddigger pal Dorothy (Russell) set sail on atransatlantic cruise liner. These glamorousshowgirls have everything a girl could want,except a ring! But the pair hit rocky waterswhen a manipulativedetective, an over-sexedmillionaire and theentire Olympic teamtry to put an anchorin their marriageplans.

MOnDAy 21 8.15, TueSDAy 22 6.00, WeDneSDAy 23 7.30

BLue ruin (15)direcTor: Jeremy saulnier

sTarring: macon Blair, devin ratray, amy hargreaves


Living alone in his rust bucket car Dwight has hitrock bottom, but rouses himself to action whenhis parent’s killer is released. An amateur assassin,Dwight sets in train an inevitable tragedythat will play out to its bitter,bloodbath end.

“Intelligent and thrilling . . . recalls the dark wit of the Coens” Total Film

FRiDAy 18 11.00, SunDAy 20 2.00, MOnDAy 21 11.00, 2.30, TueSDAy 22 11.00, 2.30, WeDneSDAy 23 2.30, ThuRSDAy 24 2.30

posTman paT:The movie(U)direcTor: mike disawiTh The voices of: david Tennant, Jim Broadbent,stephen mangan, rupert grint


This animated cartoon is ideal holiday entertainmentfor the young ones. Pat, the friendly local postie(along with his black and white cat!) finds his beliefschallenged by the lure of fame and fortune after heenters a TV talent show competition.

MOnDAy 21 6.00, TueSDAy 22 8.00

omar (15)direcTor:hany abu-assad

sTarring: adam Bakri, samer Bisharat, ehab hourani

palestine, 2013, 1 hour 34 minutes, subtitles

A gripping thriller this brilliantly captures theparanoia of Palestinian daily life. No stranger to thedangers that go with living in the OccupiedTerritories; Omar, Tarek and Amjad are childhoodfriends forever linked by their desire to strike backat the Israelis. But their loyalty is severely testedwhen Omar is taken into custody.

Bookers will be entered into a competition to win ‘Dreams of aNation’, the definitive book about Palestinian Cinema.

FRiDAy 25 11.00, SATuRDAy 26 11.00, 2.30,MOnDAy 28 2.30, TueSDAy 29 2.30, WeDneSDAy 30 2.30, ThuRSDAy 31 11.00, 6.00

maLeficenT(PG)direcTor: robert strombergsTarring: angelina Jolie, imelda staunton,elle fanning


Sleeping Beauty re-told from the point ofview of wronged witch Maleficent whoseheart is turned to stone when she’sbetrayed. Seeking revenge Maleficentcruelly places a curse upon the king'snewborn baby Aurora. When Maleficentrealizes that Aurora may hold the key topeace she is forced to take drastic actionthat will change both their worlds forever.

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“one of the most delicious musicals of the period.” Film4

FRiDAy 25 8.15, SATuRDAy 26 8.15, MOnDAy 28 6.00

Jimmy’s haLL (12A)direcTor: Ken LoachsTarring: Barry ward, simone Kirby, andrew scott


In Ireland in 1921 Jimmy Gralton's sin was tobuild a dance hall on a rural crossroads whereyoung people could come to learn, to argue,to dream . . . but above all to dance and havefun. Freely inspired by his life and turbulenttimes, this follows events when Jimmy, a notoriouscommunist, returns from a decade in New York to re-open the hall.

JuLyFRiDAy 25 6.00, SATuRDAy 26 6.00, WeDneSDAy 30 11.00

Before The winTer chiLL(15)direcTor: philippe claudel

sTarring: Kristin scott Thomas, daniel auteuil, Leïla Bekhti

france, 2013, 1 hour 43 minutes, subtitles

Stalked by a beautiful Moroccan waitress,successful brain surgeon Paul (Auteuil) is plungedinto a mid-life crisis. Assuming Paul is having anaffair, Lucie (Scott Thomas), his long-suffering wife, looks on mournfully while Paul picks fightswith family and friends. But the truth is more dark and complicated.

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FRiDAy 1 2.30, SATuRDAy 2 2.30

Legends of oz:doroThy’sreTurn(PG)direcTor: will finn, dan st pierrewiTh The voices of: James Belushi, hugh dancy, Lea michele, patrick stewart

Dorothy has to save her old friends theScarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lionand the entire Land of Oz from a deviousnew villain, the Jester, brother of the WickedWitch of the West.

FRiDAy 25 8.00, SATuRDAy 26 5.30, SunDAy 27 2.00, MOnDAy 28 8.15, TueSDAy 29 6.00, WeDneSDAy 30 6.00,ThuRSDAy 31 8.15

The Jersey Boys (15)direcTor: clint eastwoodsTarring: christopher walken, John Lloydyoung, erich Bergen, vincent piazza

usa, 2014, 2 hours 2 minutes

Based on the award winning musical Eastwoodtells the story of the four young men from thewrong side of the tracks who formed the iconic`60s rock group, The Four Seasons. With aspecial focus on front man Frankie Valli, theirtrials and triumphs are set to the sound of theirever-popular hit songs.

Win a pair of tickets to the Jersey Boys live musicaltheatre show. Quote JERSEY2 when booking for this film.

FRiDAy 25 5.45, SATuRDAy 26 8.00, MOnDAy 28 11.00, TueSDAy 29 11.00, 8.30,WeDneSDAy 30 8.30, ThuRSDAy 31 2.30

BeLLe (12A)direcTor: amma asantesTarring: gugu mbatha-raw,Tom wilkinson, emily watson


Based on the true story of Dido ElizabethBelle, the illegitimate mixed race Admiral’sdaughter who is raised by her aristocraticgreat-uncle, Lord Mansfield. Her class affordsher certain privileges, but the colour of herskin prevents her from ever being fullyaccepted. Left to wonder if she will ever findlove, Belle falls for an idealistic vicar’s son whois determined to end slavery.

MOnDAy 11 8.30, TueSDAy 12 2.30, 6.00, WeDneSDAy 13 11.00, 6.00, ThuRSDAy 14 11.00

deviL’s KnoT (15)direcTor: atom egoyansTarring: colin firth, reese witherspoon, dane dehaan


Based on the notorious case of the WestMemphis Three, teens accused of child murder,this paints a vivid picture of the people involved,using the power of the teenager’s confessions,then showing what ‘really’ happened. Firth is wellcast as private investigator Ron Lax who isdetermined to get to the truth howeveruncomfortable it may prove.

FRiDAy 1 AuguST 6.00, SATuRDAy 2 6.00

BrighT days ahead (15)direcTor: marion vernouxsTarring: fanny ardant, Laurent Lafitte, patrick chesnais

france, 2014, 1 hour 34 minutes, subtitles

Delightful story of sophisticated retiree(Ardant) with a zest for life who is packed offto a pensioner’s club by her daughters whereshe starts an affair with a man twenty yearsyounger. Nicely set against the unromanticbackdrop of Calais’s docks, Ardant has terrificfun playing out her female fantasy in thisdeeply satisfying, properly adult movie.

MOnDAy 11 2.30 , 6.00 , TueSDAy 12 11.00 , ThuRSDAy 14 2.30

The wind rises (PG)direcTor: hayao miyazakiwiTh The voices of: Joseph gordon-Levitt, emily Blunt, John KrasinskiJapan, 2014, 2 hours 6 minutes,subtitles/dubbed

From legendary animator ofSpirited Away Miyazaki comesthis ode to flight and acelebration of living with one'shead in the clouds. ShortsightedJiro is unable to fulfill his dreamof becoming a pilot so becomesone of the world's most innovative airplanedesigners living through earthquakes,epidemics and Japan's plunge into war.

“Blends tragedy, comedy, elegy, romance andapocalypse into an elemental lyricism no otherdirector could get near.” Financial Times

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TueSDAy 12 8.30, WeDneSDAy 13 2.30

chinaTown (15)direcTor: roman polanskisTarring: Jack nicholson, faye dunaway, John huston

usa, 1974, 2 hours 5 minutes

Jake Gittes (Nicholson – the only contender forBogart’s crown) is the opportunistic privatedetective, hired to investigate a marital infidelityand swept literally into something much biggerand more suspect. Polanski rearticulates film noir in this classic, searing narrative of corruption and immorality set in an arid, late 1930’s southern California.

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WeDneSDAy 13 8.30

sTraw dogs (18)direcTor: sam peckinpahsTarring: dustin hoffman, susan george,peter vaughan


Taking elements of both the Western andthe British horror film this caused a stormof controversy on its original release. WhenAmerican mathematician (Hoffman) settleswith his wife (George) in the Cornish villagewhere she grew up, they encounter firsthostility, then violence from the locals.

The film will be introduced by Paul Davies,the film’s editor whose photos are currentlyon show in the gallery. Join us to celebrateour partnership with Flux, bringing shortfilms to the Courtyard from Autumn 2014.

Flux Launch event

augusT FRiDAy 15 7.30, SATuRDAy 167.30, MOnDAy 18 11.00, 7.30

mrs Brown’sBoys d’movie(15 TBC)direcTor: Ben KellettsTarring: Brendan o’carroll, Jennifer gibney,robert Bathurst

uK/ireland, 2014, 1 hour 42 minutes tbc

When Mrs Brown finds her livelihood under threatfrom a ruthless developer, her immediate response is– “They can feck off!”. So she and her family embarkon a campaign to save her fruit and veg stall, helpedas only the Browns could be by an alcoholic solicitor,a barrister with Tourettes Syndrome, and a motleytroop of blind trainee Ninjas.

FRiDAy 22 11.00, 2.30, SATuRDAy 23 11.00, 2.30, TueSDAy 26 2.30 , WeDneSDAy 27 11.00, ThuRSDAy 28 11.00

pudsey Thedog movie(U TBC)direcTor: nick mooresTarring: olivia colman, davidwalliams, Jessica hynes

uK, 2014, 1 hour 34 minutes tbc

This follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy looking out for number one,until he meets and moves in with siblings Molly,George and Tommy, much to the dismay of theirlandlord, Mr. Thorne and his cat Faustus. Pudseysettles in but when he stumbles across Mr Thorne'sevil plan he is determined to save them and the whole village.

TueSDAy 19 7.30, WeDneSDAy 2011.00, 7.30, ThuRSDAy 21 7.30

The Two faces of January(12A)direcTor: hossein aminisTarring: viggo mortensen, Kirsten dunst, oscar isaacusa, 2014, 1 hour 36 minutes

This latest Patricia Highsmith adaptation mines asimilar elegant tone as The Talented Mr. Ripleywith its well-heeled American tourists falling preyto greed and desire under the Mediterranean sun.1960s Greece, footloose hustler Rydal (Isaac)plays tour guide to glamorous, wealthy couple,Chester (Mortenson) and chic Colette (Dunst)while quietly fleecing them at every turn. ButChester is not all that he seems.

“an elegantly pleasurable period thriller” Daily Telegraph

FRiDAy 15 11.00, 2.30, SATuRDAy 16 11.00,2.30, SunDAy 17 2.00, MOnDAy 18 2.30,TueSDAy 19 11.00, 2.30, WeDneSDAy 202.30, ThuRSDAy 21 11.00, 2.30

how To Train yourdragon 2 (PG) direcTor: dean deBlois wiTh The voices of:Jay Baruchel, gerard Butler,america ferrera


Hiccup and Toothless travelthe skies, chartingunmapped territories andexploring new worlds. Whenone of their adventures leadsto the discovery of a secret icecave that is home to hundredsof new wild dragons and themysterious Dragon Rider, thetwo friends find themselves atthe center of a battle to protectthe peace.

FRiDAy 22 7.30, SATuRDAy 23 7.30, SunDAy 242.00, TueSDAy 26 11.00, 7.30, WeDneSDAy 277.30, ThuRSDAy 28 2.30,

arThur & miKe (15 TBC)direcTor: dante ariolasTarring: colin firth, emily Blunt, anne heche


To escape a life he hates Arthur (Firth) fakeshis own death and assumes a new identity.Arthur stumbles on the beautiful but fragileMike (Blunt), who is also trying to leave herpast behind. Romance blossoms but painfulsecrets appear - is it possible to truly start all over again?

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WeDneSDAy 27 2.30, ThuRSDAy 28 7.30

a sTreeTcar named desire (12A)direcTor: elia KazansTarring: vivien Leigh, marlon Brando, Kim hunter, Karl malden

usa, 1952, 2 hours 2 minutes, B/w

Tennessee Williams wrote this adaptation ofhis own sexually pulsating, pressure-cookerplay set in the grimy New Orleans FrenchQuarter. Brando and Leigh created two ofthe all-time immortal film characters inBlanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle inconstant battle with her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley, both with performances muchimitated but never bettered.

“a close-to-definitive example of how to make a great play work on film” Daily Telegraph

FRiDAy 29 7.30, MOn 1 SeP 8.00, TueSDAy 2 SeP 6.00, ThuRSDAy 4 SeP 11.00

The 100-year-oLd man whocLimBed ouT The windowand disappeared(15)direcTor: felix herngrensTarring: robert gustafson, iwar wiklander, david wibergsweden, 2013, 1 hour 54 minutes,subtitles

The cheerful, charming, story of sprightly Allan who disappears from the old people’s home on his100th birthday and soon has the police and a gangof Nazis on his tail. Through Allan’s picaresquejourney we learn the story of his life and his impacton world events.

MOnDAy 1 SeP 6.00, TueSDAy 2 SeP 8.30, WeDneSDAy 3 SeP 11.00

fading gigoLo (15)direcTor: John TurturrosTarring: John Turturro, woody allen, Liev schreiber, vanessa paradis


Turturro stars as an ordinary guy who decidesto hire himself out to lonely older women to helphis cash-strapped friend, Murray (Allen) who actsas his “manager”. The florist-turned-Casanova andbumbling hustler quickly find themselves caughtup in the crosscurrents of love and money.

nominated for12 Oscars, this

won 4 includingBest Actress,

Best SupportingActress, and

Best SupportingActor

FRiDAy 29 11.00, 2.30, SATuRDAy 30 11.00, 2.30,SunDAy 31 2.00, MOnDAy 1 SeP 11.00, 2.30, TueSDAy 2 SeP 11.00, 2.30, WeDneSDAy 3 SeP 2.30, ThuRSDAy 4 SeP 2.30

pLanes 2: fire & rescue (U TBC)direcTor: roberts gannawaywiTh The voices of: dane cook, ed harris, Julie Bowen

usa, 2014, 1 hour 34 minutesWhen world-famous air racer Dusty learnsthat his engine is damaged and he may never raceagain, he shifts gears and is launched into theworld of aerial firefighting. With helicopter BladeRanger and The Smokejumpers. Their team battlesa massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.

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Sun 15 June 7.00 (Rec) £14nTLive: The curious incidenT of The dog inThe nighT Time (15)

Sun 22 June 2.00 (AS Live) £12engLish naTionaLopera: Terry giLLiam’s BenvenuTo ceLLiniWeD 18 7.00 (Live), 25 June 7.00 (Rec) £14rsc: henry iv parT ii

Tue 24 June 6.45 (Live) £18royaL opera house:manon LescauT (puccini)Sun 6 JuLy 6.45 (Live) £15gLyndeBourne: don giovanni

SAT 19 JuLy 7.00 (Rec) £16andré rieu’s 10Th anniversary concerT –BroadcasT from maasTrichTThe dramatic and alluring medievalsquare will be transformed into a romantic open-air concert,featuring André and his famous 60 piece Johann Strauss Orchestra.

Sun 20 JuLy 7.00 (Live), Sun 27JuLy 7.00 (Rec), FRi 1 Aug 8.00(Rec), SAT 2 Aug 8.00 (Rec) £14monTy pyThon Live(mosTLy)For the first time in more than threedecades, comedy legends MontyPython will once again perform someof their greatest hits live on stage.Broadcast from London’s O2 Arena.

Thu 14 Aug 7.00 (Rec) £15gLyndeBourne: La TraviaTa WeD 3 SeP 7.00 £14rsc: The Two genTLemen of verona Thu 4 SeP 7.00 £14nTLive: medea (12a)

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