What's on

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/ Exhibition

Nemesis

EXTENDED: Now runs until Sun 21 Apr | FREE

We are delighted to be hosting the NEMESIS exhibition – a collection of portraits of James Bond foes by internationally acclaimed photographer Andy Gotts.

/ Cinema Bambino

Cinema Bambino

Every Thursday, 11.30am

Find out more about our Baby Friendly screenings, taking place every Thursday at 11.30am. All tickets £5.

/ Exhibition

Jack Tait Retrospective

Mon 4 Mar – Fri 31 May | Café Bar, FREE

This new exhibition in our Café Bar features work by renowned artist Jack Tait, who has been creating electro-mechanical drawing machines since 1960.

/ Film

Back to Black 15

MORE TIMES ADDED: Screening until Thu 25 Apr

This new biopic from Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) stars Marisa Abela (BBC’s Industry) as singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, and follows her journey from adolescence to adulthood, charting the creation of her seminal album Back to Black.

/ Film

The Teachers’ Lounge 12A

MORE TIMES ADDED: Screening until Thu 25 Apr

Nominated for Best International Feature at the Oscars, German director Ilker Çatak’s (I Was, I Am, I Will Be) gripping new drama stars Leonie Benesch (The Crown) as idealistic teacher Carla, who starts her first job at a high school.

Screening today
/ Film

Civil War 15

MORE TIMES ADDED: Screening until Thu 25 Apr

Alex Garland returns with this incendiary dystopian thriller starring Kirsten Dunst and Nick Offerman, set in a near-future America where a civil war has broken out between the government and the “Western Forces” of Texas and California.

/ Film

Drift 15

Mon 15 – Thu 18 Apr

★★★★ – Empire. Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo, Harriet, Wicked), a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island, where she tries first to survive and then to cope with her past.

Screening today
/ Film

Monkey Man 18

MORE TIMES ADDED: Screening until Thu 25 Apr

★★★★ – Empire. The directorial debut of Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) is an astonishing, tour-de-force action thriller about one man’s quest for revenge, produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us).

Screening today
/ Film

Evil Does Not Exist 12A

Fri 5 – Thu 18 Apr

This award-winning new film from Oscar Winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) is an enigmatic drama following Takumi and his daughter Hana who live a modest life alongside nature in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo.

Screening today
/ Film

Phantom Parrot + Q&A 12A

Wed 17 Apr, 6.30pm

This documentary thriller unravels a secret British government surveillance programme, and follows human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani as he is prosecuted under terror laws for refusing to hand over the passwords to his electronic devices.

A picture of an audience watching a silver screening at phoenix / Midweek Matinees

Midweek Matinees

Every Wednesday

See any film before 12pm on Wednesdays for just £7 (+£1 admin fee for non-members) including a hot drink and biscuits.

/ Season

Big Screen Musicals

Screening Feb – May

A season of the world's greatest stage musicals, with award winning productions captured live on West End and Broadway stages! Tickets from £10.

Access Cinema

Regular screenings for people with differing access needs, to give all our customers the chance to enjoy a great cinema experience.

Audio described screenings

For our customers who are blind or have slight loss, many films now come with audio description, where a recorded narrator describes the on-screen action during gaps in the dialogue.

Autism friendly

For children and adults on the autistics / Asperger’s spectrum, these screenings have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers and freedom to move around.

Descriptive subtitles

For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.

Phoenix Leicester

Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. Films and art deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why the whole Phoenix team works hard to make Phoenix a place where everyone can feel welcome and inspired.

Following a multi-million pound expansion, Phoenix now boast four state-of-the-art cinema screens, and shows everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, plus film festivals and special events. And as an independent venue, the team handpicks Phoenix’s cinema programme specifically for Leicester audiences, so you’ll see things at Phoenix that aren’t screening in any other local cinemas.

With two superb galleries, Phoenix’s digital art programme presents exciting and innovative work by local and international artists; and short courses, workshops and activities provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn about and create their own film and art.

Our newly opened Café Bar offers a stylish and comfortable place to see friends and relax over a meal and drinks, or meet with clients and catch up on some work.

Phoenix believes that film and art have the power to enhance lives, and for many customers Phoenix staff make the difference. With a clear passion for their work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or are involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.

And as a local charity, all earnings go back into developing Phoenix’s creative programmes, enabling them to reach out to more people.

We hope to see you soon.