Phoenix Picks: Our Favourite Palme d’Or Winners
Thu 11 Nov 2021
To mark our exciting preview of this year's Palme d'Or winner Titane, we take a look back at some of our favourite previous winners over the decades.
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6 Japanese Horror Films to terrify you this Halloween
Mon 25 Oct 2021
To celebrate Japan 2021, we've selected 6 of the greatest Japanese horror films (J-horror) that will terrify you this Halloween.
Blossom Film Festival: Our Favourite Coming-of-Age Films
Mon 19 Apr 2021
To celebrate Blossom Film Festival starting, the organisers talk about their favourite coming-of-age films.
Blossom Film Festival: 6 Competitions to Get Involved With
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Get involved with Blossom Film Festival with 6 super fun competitions where you could win free cinema tickets, food packages, merch and more.
Phoenix Staff Favourite Film Soundtracks
Wed 26 Aug 2020
To celebrate our Sound on Screen season, we discuss some of our favourite film soundtracks.
Sound on Screen: Film Quiz Questions
Tue 25 Aug 2020
As part of our Sound on Screen season, we hosted a special music film edition of our virtual film quiz on Fri 21 Aug. If you couldn't access the quiz on Instagram, here are all the questions so you can test your music film knowledge...and impress your mates!
Sound on Screen: Leicester's Favourite Music Films
Thu 20 Aug 2020
To celebrate our Sound on Screen takeover, we asked you over on our social media to tell us your favourite music films. We had a great amount of responses and have picked some of the most popular for this handy list.
7 Film Secrets That You May Not Have Known
Thu 12 Mar 2020
To celebrate the beginning of Sshhh! Film Festival (organised by Film Studies students at De Montfort University), we've put together a list of sensational film secrets/facts that you may not have known...
7 Things to do with the kids this Half Term in Leicester
Wed 5 Feb 2020
From Will Smith turning into a pigeon to comedy in the dark and the return of Spark Festival, there's more than just cinema to keep the whole family entertained this half term at Phoenix.
British Silent Film Festival's top 10 picks
Tue 10 Sep 2019
To help choose what to watch during this year's British Silent Film Festival, we've compiled a list of the 10 must-see films in the festival.
Small But Mighty
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Phoenix staff pick some of their favourite ever short films ahead of the return of The Short Cinema, Leicester's international short film festival, which runs from Tuesday 20th until Saturday 25th August.
What to Expect at JFI Leicester
Thu 8 Aug 2019
Journeys Festival International returns to Phoenix for the 7th year, running from 15 – 30 August.
7 of the Best Journeys in Cinema
Fri 22 Mar 2019
The ‘Are We There Yet?’ Film Festival is the latest collaboration between DMU Film students and Phoenix. To celebrate, we’ve asked students working on the festival, as well as some Phoenix staff, to tell us their personal favourite film journeys.
10 must-see LGBT Films
Thu 21 Feb 2019
To celebrate #DMUPride and LGBT history month, we've chosen 10 LGBT films that should be on your must–see list.
Black History Month
Mon 1 Oct 2018
With Black History Month on the horizon we invited Sam Warren of Serendipity to tell us about the programme of films screening at the Phoenix in October
Volunteer for Spark at Phoenix
Mon 23 Apr 2018
We are looking for a team of friendly, reliable volunteers to aid in the delivery of The Spark Festival at Phoenix.
Exploring dance around the world
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Ahead of LDIF 2018, we invited Sam Warren of Serendipity to tell us about the films screening at Phoenix for the festival.
Pakistan's biggest film star to open film festival at Phoenix
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Mahira Khan, Pakistan’s biggest celebrity actress will be in Leicester on Thursday 15 March to open the UK Asian Film Festival at Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre.
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.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Black History Month
Thu 5 Oct 2017
We celebrate Black History Month in Leicester with 8 films, a director's Q&A and a live dance performance.
What's jookin? Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2017
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Ahead of LDIF 2017, we invited Amy Grain of Serendipity to tell us a little about the films screening at Phoenix for the festival - Pharaohs of Memphis and Gurumbé.