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The Courtyard Film Guide March & April 2026

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welcome!

“What’s your favourite season?” - Alexis Rose (Annie Murphy)

“Awards” - Moira Rose (Catherine O’Hara), Schitt’s Creek

Awards Season is fully upon us and we’ve got 10 of the year’s biggest and best nominees for you to explore, including; Sinners, One Battle After Another and It Was Just an Accident! We’ve also got brand-new titles Mother’s Pride and Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree which are sure to be fan favourites.

If you’re looking to keep experimenting with films post-Borderlines, why not come along to RADIX Film Club (see next page) or one of our foreign language titles this programme like A Pale View of Hills (cover) or Werckmeister Harmonies.

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.

CInema Sundays!

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 filter 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.

As of Sunday 12 April, The Courtyard Cinema will begin our new Cinema Sundays! In the recent years, we’ve shared the big screen experience with so many of you, and we want to continue that in 2026 with an extra day for you to catch must-see movies!

Each Sunday we aim to have two screenings of our recent best-selling titles that we know you can’t get enough of. The building’s opening will be smaller, with our Studio Bar available for drinks and snacks. Our Box Office will only be able to sell tickets to the screening, but any other requests can still be fulfilled Monday - Saturday, 10am - 8pm!

Join us, and enjoy more days of cinema!

Sunday 12 April

2pm The Magic Faraway Tree 4.30pm Elvis EPiC

Sunday 19 April

2pm The Magic Faraway Tree 5pm Song Sung Blue

Sunday 26 April 2pm Hamnet 5pm The Drama

Shiva baby (2020, 15)

USA, 1h 17min

RADIX Film Club is your once-a-month stop for exploring cinema! We aim to make each month a unique experience from past or present. From 35mm classics and iconic action titles to abstract world cinema and laugh-out-loud comedies, we’re here to try something new. After the film, you can get 10% off at the bar as we stick around to chat about the film. We’ll see you soon!

March

Mon 23 6.30pm (Subs)

Director: Emma Seligman

Cast: Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, Dianna Agron, Danny Deferrari

In March we have our first guest curator; Hereford Queers & Beers! Together we bring you Emma Seligman’s laugh-out-loud debut. If you want to keep the good times going, stick around to chat and join us for Rachel Sennott’s latest film, The Moment!

A college student has an awkward encounter with her ex-girlfriend and sugar daddy whilst at a shiva with her parents.

Sirât (15)

Spain/France, 1h 55min

April

Mon 20 6.30pm

Director: Oliver Laxe

Cast: Sergi López, Jade Oukid, Bruno Núñez

A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter with a group of ravers in North Africa. Academy Award nominated for Best International Feature and Best Sound, Sirât is a BIG film, meant to be seen with a crowd.

“a reminder of what movies can do when they... remember that images are meant to evoke as much as they are to explain” - Brian Tallerico (4/4), rogerebert.com

April

March Mon 23 8.30pm (Subs), Thu 26 2.30pm

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

The Moment (15)

USA, 1h 43min

Director: Aidan Zamiri

Cast: Charli xcx, Alexander Skarsgård, Rachel Sennott

Cinema, but make it BRAT. A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut. This is Spinal Tap meets pop sensation Charli xcx in this alternate tour mockumentary.

March

April

Mon 23 11am, Wed 25 2.30pm (Subs), Mon 30 8pm

April Tue 28 11am

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

H is for hawk (12a)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

UK, 1h 54min

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Spruell

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cambridge academic Helen goes to pieces after losing her beloved father. To recover, she retreats and turns to nature. Adopting and training a northern goshawk, she enters a radically challenging but consoling dynamic with the stubborn, ferocious bird she names Mabel. Lowthorpe’s adaptation boasts magnificent footage of its feathered co-star and a career best performance from Foy as she reflects on the wilds of grief and the tenacity and indifference of the natural world.

March

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Wed 25 5.45pm, Thu 26 11am

Paul Mccartney: Man on the run (15)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

UK, 1h 55min

USA, 2h 14min

Director: David Lynch

Morgan Neville

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

What happens when you wake up the morning after leaving the most important rock band of all time? In April 1970, Paul released his first solo album, McCartney. When asked what he’d do next, he said his only plan was to grow up. Man on the Run, from Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning director Morgan Neville, captures Paul’s transformative decade in the wake of The Beatles’ break-up and the rise of his new band Wings.

March

April

Wed 25 7.45pm, Mon 30 5pm

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

No Other Choice (15)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

South Korea, 2h 19min

Director: David Lynch

Park Chan-wook

Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Abruptly laid off after 25 years at the same company, a desperate man goes to extreme lengths to eliminate the competition for the job he wants.

“The best film I saw in 2025, without a doubt. Bold, tense and hilarious. Park Chan-wook might be the most consistently exciting storyteller of the 21st Century. Not to big it up too much...” - Ethan Hargreaves, Cinema Programmer

March

Thu 26 6pm

Gentle,

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Angry Women (12A)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Barbara Santi

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius UK, 1h 3min

Unaware of the longest female-led protest in British history, a new generation of young female activists is standing up to fight for the issues of their time. This screening is presented by Millichap Peace Fund.

Gentle, Angry Women is a poignant and timely documentary that weaves personal discovery, historical remembrance, and contemporary activism together.

March

Fri 27 11am, Sat 28 7.45pm, Mon 30 11am, Tue 31 11am

Mother's pride (12A)

UK, 1h 33min

Director: Nick Moorcroft

April

Wed 1 6pm, Thu 2 2pm, Sat 4 7.45pm, Wed 8 11am, Sat 11 6pm, Mon 13 11am (Subs), Tue 14 8pm, Wed 15 11am, Thu 23 11am

Cast: Mark Addy, Martin Clunes, Jonno Davies, Gabriella Wilde, James Buckley, Josie Lawrence

From the makers of Fisherman’s Friends comes the tale of a grieving family who own a failing pub. Their lives changed when they begin brewing real ale to enter the Great British Beer Awards. But will it be enough to save there beloved home and local sanctuary?

March

April

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Fri 27 4pm (Relaxed), Mon 30 2.30pm, Tue 31 2pm

USA, 2h 14min

Hoppers (U)

Thu 2 11.15am, Sat 4 11am, Tue 7 2.30pm, Wed 8 2.30pm, Thu 9 2.30pm

Director: David Lynch

USA, 1h 45min

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Director: Daniel Chong

Voice Cast: Jon Hamm, Meryl Streep, Piper Curda

A 19-year-old animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Sat 4 5pm, Tue 7 5.15pm (Subs), Wed 8 8pm, Thu 9 11am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

The Bride (15)

USA, 2h 6min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal

Dr. Frankenstein and his lonely Creature travel to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for the Creature. The two doctors reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.

April

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Wed 8 5.45pm, Mon 20 2.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

it's never over, Jeff buckley (15)

USA, 2h 14min

USA, 1h 46min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Amy J. Berg

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Witness the life of the rising young star with an otherworldly voice and boundary-pushing artistry, who left the ’90s music world reeling when he died suddenly, at age 30, after the release of his critically acclaimed debut album Grace. Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts from his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, Jeff ’s former bandmates, including Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, and luminaries like Ben Harper and Aimee Mann.

Tue 14 2.30pm, Tue 21 11am, Thu 23 5.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

A pale view of hills (cert tbc)

USA, 2h 14min

Japan, 2h 3min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Kei Ishikawa

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Kôhei Matsushita, Yoh Yoshida, Camilla Aiko, Tomokazu Miura

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow’s memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders. Based on the best-selling debut novel from Kazuo Ishiguro.

April

Fri 10 1.30pm (Relaxed), Sat 11 11am, Sun 12 2pm, Mon 13 2pm, Tue 14 11am, Wed 15 11am, Thu 16 11am, Sun 19 2pm, Mon 20 11am, Tue 21 5.15pm

The magic faraway tree (U)

UK, 1h 45min

Director: Ben Gregor

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anzie, Rebecca Ferguson, Jessica Gunning, Michael Palin, Jennifer Saunders, Mark Heap, Simon Russell Beale

A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They’re transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures. Adapted from the classic Enid Blyton tale by Paddington 2 writer, Simon Farnaby.

April

Sat 11 8pm, Sun 12 4.30pm, Fri 17 5pm

epic: elvis presley in concert (12a)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius USA, 1h 36min

Following the discovery of lost footage Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

“This newfound footage, painstakingly restored, forms the fabric of EPiC, which, despite Luhrmann’s penchant for hurtling over the top—or maybe even because of it—manages to feel profoundly intimate.”

- Stephanie Zacharek, TIME

Awards season

The red carpets are out and we’ve got you covered for the films everyone is talking about. Some will be brand-new to our screen, others you might not have had a chance to see first time around. As always we book these films before we know what’s actually won, so if we missed anything glaring; A. Sorry about that, and B. Let us know what else you’d like to see!

Be sure to see as much as you can and join in the conversation! You can also join us at RADIX Film Club on Monday 20 April for Sirât, one of the year’s Best Foreign Language nominees!

April

March

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Tue 14 11am

Director: David Lynch

Tue 31 7.45pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

One

Battle After another (15)

USA, 2h 14min

USA, 2h 41min

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Benecio Del Toro, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall

When their enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of exrevolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.

Comedic and tense, PTA’s latest fires on all cyclinders!

Song Sung blue (12A) USA, 2h 13min

13 Academy Award & 14

BAFTA Nominations:

- Best Picture

- Best Leading Actor - Best Supporting Actor - Best Supporting Actress - Best Director - Best Adapted Screenplay - Best Cinematography

March

Thu 26 8pm

April Sun 19 5pm

Director: Craig Brewer

Cast: Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman

Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.

Already a fan favourite, Kate Hudson has scored her first ever Best Leading Actress nomination at the Academy Awards!

It Was Just an accident (12A) Iran, 1h 43min

April

Mon 13 8pm, Tue 14 2pm

Director: Jafar Panahi

Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari

A major hit at January’s RADIX Film Club, we wanted to give another opportunity to see Jafar Panahi’s spectacular dark comedy.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Picture, It Was Just An Accident follows a man who bumps into his former torturer. But as things escalate, doubt sets in.

March

Tue 24 11am

April

Wed 1 8pm, Wed 15 2pm, Sun 26 2pm, Thu 30 11am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

UK/USA, 2h 5min

Director: Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Nomadland) Hamnet (12A)

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart

We’ve welcomed thousands of you to see Hamnet in 2026, and with major Golden Globe wins already under its belt, it seems Oscars are about to follow! Here’s another chance to see the film from Weobley after it’s red carpet success!

8 Academy Award and 11 BAFTA Nominations:

- Best Picture

- Best Leading Actress

- Best Director

- Best Adapted Screenplay

- Best Costumes Design

- Best Casting

- Best Music

April

March

Mon 30 11am

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

April Thu 2 4pm, Thu 9 7.45pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Marty Supreme (15)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Josh Safdie

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius 28min

Cast: Timothée Chalamet

Following Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild acolades, Timothée Chalamet is front runner to take home his first Best Leading Actor Oscar

Marty Mauser, a wily hustler with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

9 Academy Award and 11 BAFTA Nominations:

- Best Picture

- Best Leading Actor - Best Director - Best Cinematography - Best Original Screenplay

- Best Costume Design - Best Editing

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Thu 2 7.45pm, Mon 20 2pm

Sinners (15)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 17min

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo

A major milestone in modern cinema, Sinners has become the most nominated film in Oscar history!

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting...

16 Academy Award & 13 BAFTA Nominations including: Best Picture, Best Leading Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music, Best Cinematography

April

Tue 7 8pm, Tue 21 2pm

sentimental value (15)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Joachim Trier

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius Norway, 2h 14min

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning

Two sisters navigate the challenges of work and family following the death of their mother, whilst their ageing filmmaking father attempts to reconnect and return to making films.

9 Academy Award & 8 BAFTA Nominations:

- Best Picture

- Best Leading Actress

- Best Supporting Actress (Fanning & Lilleaas)

- Best Supporting Actor

- Best Director

- Best Original Screenplay

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Wed 15 7.45pm, Tue 21 11am, Thu 23 2.30pm

I Swear (15)

USA, 2h 14min

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Director: Kirk Jones

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius UK, 2h 1min

Cast: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan

One of the most beloved titles we screened in 2025, I Swear’s success has only grown into the new year.

A young man diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome is alienated from his peers, but finds companionship close by.

5 BAFTA Nominations:

- Best British Film

- Best Original Screenplay

- Best Leading Actor

- Best Supporting Actor

- Best Casting

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 17 2pm, Wed 22 11am

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Is This thing on? (15)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Bradley Cooper

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Ciarán Hinds

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius 1min

As their marriage unravels, Alex faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess confronts sacrifices made for their family, forcing them to navigate co-parenting and identities. Based on the life of John Bishop.

“Bradley Cooper’s comedy of comedians is a charmer” - Adrian Horton, The Guardian

DJ Ahmet (cert tbc)

North Macedonia, 1h 39min

April

Tue 21 2.30pm

Director: Georgi M. Unkovski

A 15-year-old Yuruk boy from a remote Macedonian village escapes into music amidst parental expectations, societal conservatism, and forbidden love for a promised girl.

Two prosecutors (12A) France/Germany, 1h 58min

April

Fri 24 11am, Sat 25 5.15pm, Mon 27 8pm

Director: Sergey Loznitsa

In the USSR in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous.

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 17 11am (Subs), Sat 18 2pm, Mon 20 11am, Tue 21 7.45pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Project Hail Mary (12a)

USA, 2h 36min

Director: David Lynch

Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Ken Leung

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.

Based on the best-selling novel by Andy Weir.

April

April

Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Fri 24 2.30pm (Subs), Sat 25 7.45pm, Sun 26 5pm, Mon 27 11am, Wed 29 11am, Thu 30 8pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

The Drama (cert tbc)

USA, 1h 46min

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Director: Kristoffer Borgli

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Alana Haim, Sydney Lemmon, Mamoudou Athie, Hailey Gates

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

From the Norwegian Director behind Dream Scenario comes this fresh romantic comedy.

April Fri 10 11am, Tue 14 6pm

Best in Show (2000, 12A)

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Christopher Guest

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius USA, 1h 29min

Cast: Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard

Following the passing of the legendary Catherine O’Hara, we wanted to revisit one of her best comedic roles over the years. We may look to screen more of her work this year, and rest assured we’ll do our best to fit in Home Alone at Christmas.

At the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show, a documentary film crew captures the excitement and tension displayed by the eccentric participants in the outrageously hilarious mockumentary.

Also coming soon

April

Thu 23 7.45pm, Mon 27 2pm

April Mon 28 Apr 7.30pm

Lost Highway (1997, 18)

Werckmeister harmonies (2000, 12a)

USA, 2h 14min

Director: Béla Tarr

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla

Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius Hungary, 2h 24min

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction. Following the passing of the great Hungarian director, we wanted to present one of his greatest achievements.

“I found it unique, mesmeric and sublime” - Peter Bradshaw

There’s a lot to digest in this guide, but we still wanted to tease a few titles for you to look forward to in May!

Michael - expected Fri 1 May

The long awaited biopic of the King of Pop. Michael chronicles the early life and meteoric rise to stardom of Michael Jackson.

The devil wears prada 2 - expected Fri 15 May

Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep are all back to hit the catwalks!

The Sheep Detectives - expected mid-to-late may

When their trusty shepherd (Hugh Jackman) is murdered, a flock of sheep take on the case!

Family Saturdays!

All with a free pre-activity from 10.30am

Wind in the willows (live)

Sat 28 Mar, 11am

Easter Family Rave

Sat 4 Apr, 11am

The Magic Faraway Tree (pg)

Sat 11 Apr, 11am

The Scarecrow's Wedding (PG)

Sat 18 Apr, 11am

The Sand dragon (live)

Sat 25 Apr, 11am

The Audience (12A TBC)

Starring: Helen Mirren

Wed 25 Mar, 10.30am Sat 11 Apr, 2pm Mon 20 Apr, 7pm (Subs)

All My Sons (15 TBC)

Starring: Bryan Cranston & Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Fri 17 Apr, 7pm

Sat 25 Apr, 2pm (Subs) Thu 7 May, 7pm

Tickets £16

Tue 31 Mar, 5.15pm Siegfried Tue 21 Apr, 6.45pm the magic flute

Tickets £18 -£16

(15 TBC)

Starring: David Harewood, Toby Jones, Caitlin FitzGerald

Wed 4 Mar, 7pm

Tue 7 Apr, 10.45am Tue 14 Apr, 7pm Sat 2 May, 2pm courtyard.org.uk

Tickets £18

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