FILM GUIDE September-october 2012box office: 01432 340555 www.courtyard.org.uk

NostaLGIa For thE LIGht 12aSimultaneously personal, political and philosophical: astronomers in the Atacama desert peer deep into the cosmos in a search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for the bodies of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.Director: patricio GuzmánStarrinG: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro núñez & Violeta berrioschile, 2010, 1 hour 34 minutes, subtitles

Sat 6 6pm

Mon 8 2pm

Tue 9 11am

oct

La GraNDE ILLUsIoN URestored for its 75th birthday, this effortlessly entertaining and deeply humane story of soldiers trying to escape from a POW camp shows how it's possible to overcome national boundaries and political divisions by treating others with respect and decency. Director: Jean renoirStarrinG: Jean Gabin, erich Von Stroheim & pierre fresnayfrance, 1937, 1 hour 53 minutes, subtitles

Sat 6 2.30pm

Sun 7 2.30pm

Tue 9 6pm

oct

MaGIc MIkE 15A swaggering workplace comedy with echoes of The Full Monty, this starts as fun and grows steadily darker, but is still terrific entertainment with its raunchy male stripping routines and sideline in wry melancholia about the pleasures of the partying lifestyle.Director: Steven SoderberghStarrinG: channing tatum, alex pettyfer & matt bomerUSa, 2012, 1 hour 50 minutes

Sat 6 8.30pm

Mon 8 7.30pm

Tue 9 8.30pm

Wed 10 6pm SubtitleS

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Sun 7 7.30pm

Tue 9 2.30pm

Thu 11 11am

octIN YoUr haNDs 15Anna, a workaholic surgeon living alone in Paris, is kidnapped by a man who blames her for the death of his wife. Told predominantly in flashback, this film intelligently explores the impact of loss and loneliness as the kidnapper and his victim act out a peculiar folie à deux.Director: Lola DoillonStarrinG: Kristin Scott thomas, pio marmaï & Jean-philippe Écoffeyfrance, 2010, 1 hour 21 minutes, subtitles

Following on from Paine’s previous documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?, this optimistic documentary goes behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the innovative California start-up Tesla Motors to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.Director: chris paineUSa, 2011, 1 hour 39 minutes

thE swEENEY 15 (tBc)There are plenty of fist fights, shoot-outs, car chases and random acts of police brutality as the team chase a gang of dodgy east European bank robbers around a striking series of London locations to a climactic foot chase through Trafalgar Square that plays like Heat meets Point Break.Director: nick LoveStarrinG: ray Winstone, ben Drew, Damian Lewis & Hayley atwellUK, 2012, 1 hour 47 minutes

Mon 22 8.30pm

Tue 23 8.30pm

Wed 24 8.30pm

Thu 25 8.30pm

oct

Fri 26 6pm

Mon 29 2pm

Tue 30 11am & 6pm

Wed 31 8.30pm

oct

kILLING thEM soFtLY 15 (tBc)Jackie is a sociopathic hitman investigating a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. With its cynical dialogue, nihilistic tone and occasional jet black humour, this is artfully crafted in an arresting and original way that is reminiscent of Drive. Director: andrew DominikStarrinG: brad pitt, ray Liotta & richard JenkinsUSa, 2012, 1 hour 44 minutes

Fri 26 8.30pm

Mon 29 7.30pm

Tue 30 2.30pm & 8.30pm

Wed 31 2.30pm & 6pm

Thu 1 11am

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saMsara 12aA beautiful, nonverbal documentary that illustrates how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet. Astonishing imagery of natural wonders, sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and the dynamic score will sweep you along on a mystical journey.Director: ron frickeUSa, 2012, 1 hours 39 minutes

Sun 21 2.30pm SubtitleS

Mon 22 2.30pmTue 23 11am & 2.30pmWed 24 11am & 2.30pmThu 25 11am & 2.30pmFri 26 11amSat 27 11amSun 28 2.30pm

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Mon 22 6pm

Tue 23 6pm

Wed 24 6pm

Thu 25 6pm

octthE INtoUchaBLEs 12aBased on an unlikely true story of the friendship between a quadriplegic millionaire and his street smart ex-con caretaker, this depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humour between two individuals who would seem to have nothing in common. DirectorS: eric toledano, olivier nakache & audrey fleurotStarrinG: françois cluzet, & omar Syfrance, 2012, 1 hour 52 minutes, subtitles

Princess Merida lives a carefree existence which comes to an end when she’s told she must marry the chief of a rival clan. DirectorS: mark andrews & brenda chapmanStarrinG: (Voices of) Kelly macdonald, billy connolly & emma thompsonUSa, 2012, 1 hour 40 minutes

BravE PGwooDY aLLEN:a DocUMENtarY

15A must-see for any Allen fan, this insightful film biography chronicles his career from stand-up comedian to writer-director averaging a film-per-year for 40 years. Look out for our season of classic Woody Allen comedies – Manhattan, Annie Hall and Vicky Cristina BarcelonaDirector: robert b. WeideStarrinG: Woody allen, penélope cruz, martin Scorsese & Diane KeatonUSa, 2011, 1 hour 53 minutes

Tue 4 2.30pm & 6pm

Wed 5 8.30pm

SeptFri 7 7.30pm

Sept

W dy allen Season

MaNhattaN 12aIsaac has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend he doesn’t love and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill, whom he’s like to strangle. But his search for romance and fulfilment really begins when he meets his best friend's sexy, intellectual mistress, Mary, and falls head over heels in lust! Director: Woody allenStarrinG: Woody allen, Diane Keaton, meryl Streep & mariel HemingwayUSa, 1979, 1 hour 37 minutes, black and white

thu 20 September 1.30pmOska Bright “On The Road” presents a varied and inspiring range of short films including animations, documentaries and dramas, from the UK and abroad, all created by film-makers with learning disabilities. It’s a unique look at using film to express people’s diversity and power.

For more information look online at www.oskabright.co.uk

tickets £5, concessions £3.50

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aNNIE haLL 15

Reflecting on his break-up with ditsy, free-spirited WASP Annie Hall, neurotic stand-up comedian Alvy Singer muses over his romantic history. Is reconciliation with Annie possible or will Alvy just make the same mistakes again?Director: Woody allenStarrinG: Woody allen & Diane KeatonUSa, 1977, 1 hour 32 minutes

Tue 2 6pm

oct

vIckY crIstINa BarcELoNa 12aWhen two young Americans with opposing ideas of love and romance encounter a laid back Latin seducer events take a surprising turn, then get crazier still when his mad ex-wife Maria enters the picture.Director: Woody allenStarrinG: rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier bardem & penélope cruzUSa, 2008, 1 hour 39 minutes

Wed 10 8.30pm

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Mon 15 2pm & 7.45pm

oct

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kosMos 12aArriving in a wintry city beset by constant war, the enigmatic Kosmos soon alienates the initially grateful locals once he takes up with the mother of the boy he saves. Is he a messiah? A faith healer? A visitor from another planet? An inspired fraud or a holy fool?Director: reha erdemStarrinG: Sermet Yeşil, türkü turan & Serkan Keskinturkey, 2010, 2 hours 2 minutes, subtitles

Tue 4 8.30pm

Wed 5 2.30pm & 6pm

Sept

JackPot 15Oscar wakes up terrified and bloody; a shotgun in hands, surrounded by eight bodies and with police detective Solor aiming a gun at him. This deliciously dark film based on a wickedly clever Jo Nesbø story is a funny and stylish pulp thriller full of twists and turns.Director: magnus martensStarrinG: Kyrre Hellum, mads ousdal & Henrik mestadnorway, 2012, 1 hour 30 minutes, subtitles

a roYaL aFFaIr 15Fifteen-year-old Princess Caroline is married off to mad King Christian VII of Denmark, a petulant pea-brained ninny. The King's doctor is determined to create a better society using the king as a puppet but his affair with Caroline threatens to destroy them both and rip the country apart. Director: nikolaj arcelStarrinG: mads mikkelsen, alicia Vikander & mikkel boe følsgaardDenmark, 2012, 2 hours 18 minutes, subtitles

Tue 11 7.30pm

Thu 13 7.30pm

Sept

thE DIscrEEt charM oF thE BoUrGEoIsIE 15Six bourgeois French folk move through various aborted attempts to sit down for a meal while Bruñuel plays games with planes of reality throughout. Such is their absurdity, it’s impossible to distinguish between actual events and the dreams and anecdotes that punctuate them.Director: Luis buñuelStarrinG: fernando rey, Delphine Seyrig, bulle ogier & Stéphane audranfrance/italy/Spain, 1972, 1 hour 42 minutes, subtitles

Tue 18 2.30pm

Thu 20 6pm

Sept

thE Last ProJEctIoNIst 12aTaking a tour of some of the most wonderful picture houses in the world, this celebration of the magic of cinema is brought to life by former staff, industry experts and customers, one of whom recounts her first visit in 1917.

There will be a Q&A with director Tom Lawes on Tuesday 18 September.Director: thomas LawesStarrinG: John brockington, Les castree & paul curtinUK, 2012, 1 hour 20 minutes

Tue 18 6pm

Wed 19 6pm

Sept

aNNa karENINa PG (TBC)Director of Atonement Joe Wright beautifully recreates 19th-century Russian high-society and re-imagines Tolstoy's epic love story. Trapped in a loveless marriage, the aristocratic Anna looks for a better life but finds only a more complicated one.Director: Joe WrightStarrinG: Keira Knightley, Jude Law & matthew macfadyenUK/france, 2012, 2 hours (tbc)

Fri 21 11am

Sat 22 2.30pm & 8.15pm

Sun 23 2.30pm

Mon 24 7.30pm

Tue 25 8.15pm

Wed 26 2.30pm & 8.15pm

Thu 27 2.30pm & 8.15pm

Sept

Sat 22 6pm

Mon 24 2pm

Tue 25 6pm

Wed 26 11am & 6pm

Thu 27 6pm

Sept

a sIMPLE LIFE PGA multiple award winner at festivals around the world, this gentle drama tells the charming, heartwarming tale of a detached single man who becomes the devoted carer of the servant who raised him. Director: ann Hui StarrinG: andy Lau, Deanie ip & tsui Harkchina, 2012, 1 hour 58 minutes, subtitles

Fri 28 6pm

Mon 1 2pm

Tue 2 8.30pm

Sept/oct

shaDow DaNcEr 15After a failed bomb attempt, Collette falls into the hands of an MI5 officer, Mac, who offers her a deal. She returns to Belfast where, betraying family and beliefs, she becomes a reluctant mole for British intelligence. Director: James marshStarrinG: andrea riseborough, clive owen & Gillian andersonUK, 2012, 1 hour 36 minutes

Mon 10 2pm

Tue 11 2.30pm & 6pm

SeptsING YoUr soNG 12aA fascinating portrait of singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte - an admirable man who has lived an incredible life. As well as his groundbreaking musical career, Belafonte put himself on the battle line of every major civil rights struggle against apartheid.Director: Susanne rostockStarrinG: Harry belafonte, Sidney poitier & paul robesonUSa, 2012, 1 hour 44 minutes

Fri 14 2.30pm, 6pm & 8.30pm

Sat 15 7.45pm

Sun 16 2.30pm

Mon 17 7.45pm

Tue 18 11am & 8.30pm

Wed 19 8.30pm

Thu 20 8.30pm

Fri 28 8.30pm

Mon 1 7.30pm

Tue 2 11am & 2.30pm

Sept/oct

Fri 7 11am

Sat 8 7.30pm

Sun 9 7.30pm

Mon 10 7.30pm

Tue 11 11am & 8.30pm

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Your last chance to see everyone's favourite characters on the big screen this summer holidays. After their continent is set adrift Manny, Diego & Sid embark on another adventure with an iceberg as a ship. Along the way they encounter sea creatures, battle pirates and explore a new world.DirectorS: Steve martino & mike thurmeierStarrinG: (Voices of) ray romano, Queen Latifah & Denis Leary USa, 2012, 1 hour 40 minutes

Fri 31 2.30pm

Sat 1 2.30pm

Mon 3 2.30pm

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thE Dark kNIGht rIsEs 12aEight years after The Joker’s rampage and Batman’s exile, Gotham is at peace. Bruce Wayne hasn't recovered from the ordeal but he's forced back into the fight when the mysterious Selina enters his life and new threat Bane declares war on the city.Director: christopher nolanStarrinG: christian bale, tom Hardy, anne Hathaway & michael caineUSa, 2012, 2 hours 44 minutes

Fri 31 7.30pm

Sat 1 2.45pm & 7.30pm

Mon 3 7.30pm

Tue 4 7.30pm

Wed 5 7.30pm

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Director: chris renaudStarrinG: (Voices of) Zac efron, Danny DeVito & ed HelmsUSa, 2012, 1 hour 26 minutes

Dr sEUss’ thE Lorax UDr Seuss’ environmental fable gets a suitably whimsical-looking animated treatment. With The Lorax, a pint-sized harbinger of environmental doom in tow, Ted, a boy living in a fantastical world goes on the search for a tree, but finds them all felled. Sun 9 2.30pm SubtitleS

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rED LIGhts 15Despite the warnings of his colleague, Dr Margaret Matheson, paranormal investigator Tom Buckley cannot resist applying their rigorous scientific methods to the showy antics of legendary blind spoon-bender Simon Silver who comes out of retirement for one last series of shows.Director: rodrigo cortés StarrinG: robert De niro, Sigourney Weaver, cillian murphy & toby JonesUSa, 2012, 1 hour 59 minutes

Fri 31 7.45pm

Sat 1 7.45pm

Mon 3 7.45pm

Tue 4 11am

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thE wEDDING vIDEo 12a (tBc)The makers of Calendar Girls give us their take on English society weddings in this hilarious mockumentary. A hapless best man comes up with the best gift he can think of for his pal and the bride and decides to capture their wedding on video. Naturally, it all goes a bit wrong.Director: nigel coleStarrinG: Lucy punch, miriam margolyes & Harriet WalterUK, 2012, 1 hours 40 minutes (tbc)