Phoenix Meets Ben Wheatley
Mon 25 May 2020
Our New British Cinema season kicked off with a trio of films directed by Ben Wheatley. We caught up with Ben (via a video call, of course) to see how he’s coping with life in lockdown.
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Phoenix brings Virtual Reality movies to the masses
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Phoenix is to become one of the first UK cinemas to screen Virtual Reality (VR) films as part of it regular cinema programme.
£7 million expansion plans for Leicester’s Phoenix cinema
Wed 20 Dec 2017
Phoenix has announced ambitious plans to expand its current venue and become a four screen independent cinema by the year 2020.
Moritz Cheung on Ritual
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Videoclub curator Moritz Cheung writes about how he chose the works in Ritual - a programme of artists' film and video from South East Asia showing at Phoenix in December
Frightarama, the all-night horror marathon, returns to Phoenix
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Will you make it through the night? ‘Frightarama‘ returns to Phoenix with a night of bloodcurdling horror.
Carers' Rights Day
Mon 21 Nov 2016
Friday 25 November is national Carers' Rights Day - here's some details on what the Phoenix Access Cinema programme has to offer.
Artists bring fresh ideas to filmmaking
Tue 23 Aug 2016
'Outside', screening on Thu 25 Aug as part of The Short Cinema, is one example of how the boundaries between filmmakers and artists are being blurred.