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After the Hunt 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct
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I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct
★★★★ – Empire
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Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct
★★★★★ – Evening Standard
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Princess Mononoke - 4K restoration 12A

Screening from Fri 17 Oct
★★★★★ – Time Out
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

Screening from Fri 24 Oct
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/ Season

Filmwallahs Season

From October 2025
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/ Stage on Screen

Mitski: The Land 12A

Thu 23 Oct, 8.15pm | Fri 24 Oct, 8.15pm
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/ Season

Black History Month: Black Resistance & Power of the Supernatural

Screenings throughout October
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The Mastermind 12A

Screening from Fri 24 Oct
★★★★ – Guardian
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Some-Antics Spoken Word N/A

Fri 17 Oct, 7pm

Join us upstairs in The Nest for an evening of poetry and music with Some-Antics Spoken Word.

Screening today
7.00pm
/ Black History Month

Ganja & Hess 18

Fri 17 Oct, 8pm

Stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger, an anthropologist is endowed with the blessing of imortality and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood.

Screening today
8.00pm

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Frightarama 18

Fri 31 Oct, from 9.30pm

The Phoenix all-nighter horror marathon returns! Join us from 9.30pm for a night of cult and classic horror films, raffle draws, fancy dress prizes and more.

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Leicester Jazz House Presents: The Brandon Allen Quartet N/A

Thu 13 Nov, 8pm

We're delighted to welcome Leicester Jazz House back to Phoenix for a new season of performances for 2025/26, this month featuring The Brandon Allen Quartet.

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Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote 15

Sun 30 Nov, 7.30pm | Tickets £21 (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)

Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote comes to Leicester with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “A Fashionable Way to Die”.

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Exhibitions & Talks

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Sue Gollifer Retrospective

Fri 19 Sep – Sun 11 Jan | Phoenix gallery, Free

Following its London show, we are excited to bring this collection of rarely-seen original works by artist and printmaker Sue Gollifer to our gallery, alongside complementary video material.

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Ernest Edmonds and Jonathan Knoblauch: Quantum Computing Art

Thu 2 Oct – Mon 29 Dec | Café Bar, Free

We present the latest collection of work from internationally renowned computer art pioneer, Ernest Edmonds, which use quantum computers to generate elements of the ever-evolving artworks.

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Artist Talk: Demystifying Quantum Computing Art N/A

Mon 17 Nov, 6.30pm | Free

With their exhibition Quantum Computing Art currently on show in our Café Bar, we invite you to join us for a talk from artists Ernest Edmonds and Jonathan Knoblauch that will demystify quantum computing and its role in art.

About Cinema

Phoenix is an independent cinema screening the best films from around the world, from micro-budget foreign pictures to Hollywood blockbusters.

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About Art

Phoenix’s art and digital culture programme presents free exhibitions by artists from across the world, supported by Arts Council England and De Montfort University.

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Learning & Education

Whether for pleasure, professional skills or education, Phoenix's short courses, talks, workshops and screenings make learning rewarding and fun.