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Welcome to Phoenix at Home, the place to come to find a specially-curated programme of films, art, learning and creative activities to enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Available online now
Welcome to Phoenix at Home, the place to come to find a specially-curated programme of films, art, learning and creative activities to enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Thu 12 – Fri 27 May | Tickets from 50p
Phoenix is partnering with Leicester City Council as part of their Great Big Green Month, presenting a selection of films promoting environmental awareness.
Fri 13 – Thu 19 May
Leah Purcell reimagines Henry Lawson’s classic Australian story through an indigenous, feminist lens, and gives a brilliant performance as Molly Johnson, a sheep drover's wife and fearsomely independent bushwoman.
Fri 29 Apr – Thu 19 May
Lord and Lady Grantham’s second cinematic venture promises to be the grandest film of the year. With the arrival of the 1930s, Downton enters the modern world as Lady Mary opens the doors to a film crew who want to use their historic home as a set.
Fri 13 – Thu 19 May
A joyful, exuberant journey through real-life conflicts in the Casablanca district of Sidi Moumen, Morocco. Featuring a cast of non-professionals playing fictionalised versions of themselves, Casablanca Beats has the perfect storm of youth, music and rebellion to inspire and invigorate us all.
Thu 19 May, 6pm | All tickets 50p
After a successful run in April, River returns as part of Leicester City Council's Great Big Green Month, in partnership with the river restoration scheme Saving the Saffron Brook.
Fri 20 – Thu 26 May
★★★★ – The Upcoming. The mark of a midlife crisis often involves a radical change, perhaps a nostalgic throwback to a simpler time… in Martin’s case he’s taken things thousands of years back. Dressed in furs and armed with a bow and arrow, he escapes the confines of his family and modern life to find himself in the mountains.
Fri 20 – Thu 26 May
★★★★ – Guardian. Terence Davies’ sophisticated biopic of war poet Siegfried Sassoon, charting his tempestuous life full of contradictions that paint the picture of a man longing to find belief, meaning and love.
Fri 20 – Thu 26 May
★★★★★ – Guardian. Gaspar Noé’s gentle and touching picture of a couple living out their days, resigned to their fate and treading their worn paths into that dark night.
Fri 20 May, 6pm | SOLD OUT
★★★★ – Empire. Family classic Ice Age has thawed many hearts over the last twenty years, and we're excited to bring it back to the big screen as part of Great Big Green Month.
Sat 21 – Sun 22 May | Tickets from £5 (+50p admin fee)
In the mid-1980s, Swedish mining company Boliden facilitated a deal to dispose of their toxic waste close to Arica, in Chile. From the makers of Toxic Playground, Arica screens as part of Leicester City Council's Great Big Green Month.
Tue 24 May, 6pm | Sun 29 May, 2.30pm
It was a dramatic path that Pissarro followed, and throughout it all he wrote extensively to his family. It is through these intimate and revealing letters that this gripping film reveals Pissarro’s life and work.