Christmas at Phoenix

Curl up in front of the big screen with our Cosy Christmas family screenings. Enjoy a luxurious hot chocolate and Christmas cookie with our discounted "Christmas Treat" tickets, bring-along your snuggliest blanket and cuddly toys, and settle in for some yuletide movie magic!

It's Christmas in California and Sin-Dee is on a hunt for her boyfriend and the woman he cheated on her with. Accompanied by her friend Alexandra, the two women trek across Los Angeles on Christmas Eve in Sean Baker's breakout success.

Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

This delightful comedy stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as Amanda and Iris, two women who agree to a house swap over the Christmas holidays and find find chaos, solace, and romance waiting for them.

★★★★★ – Guardian. As Christmas parties go, few have gone more disastrously than the Nakatomi Corporation's 1988 shindig. NYPD cop John McClane finds his reunion with his estranged wife, Holly, interrupted by a hostage crisis.

Richard Curtis’ all-star anthology film is a festive treat, populated by an all-star cast of national treasures including Bill Nighy, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman.

Gurinder Chadha’s (Bend It Like Beckham) musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol features an all-star cast including Billy Porter, Pixie Lott and Danny Dyer.

Journey back to 1946 with our annual screenings of Frank Capra's classic ode to family, community and the power of redemption; starring James Stewart as troubled businessman George Bailey.

★★★★★ – An old school slice of comfort and joy for the cold season – Eye for Film. A modern Christmas classic, Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite following Sideways in this delightful, bittersweet comedy set during the festive season at a stuffy New England prep scholl.

It's a tradition for us to screen a classic film on Boxing Day, and this year sees Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as mismatched lovers in this sparkling 1934 screwball comedy.