What's On | Phoenix Cinema Leicester

Angels in America Part 1, Millennium Approaches. This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play stars Andrew Garfield and is directed by Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse).

Film / Dunkirk

Fri 21 Jul – Thu 10 Aug

Christopher Nolan returns with this thrilling tale of the bravery and sacrifice during ‘Operation Dynamo’ - a daring plan to rescue Allied forces that had been by the German army at Dunkirk.

Film / Mystery Film

Fri 4 Aug, 6.15pm

Join us as we voyage into the unknown with our mystery film night.

Film / The Midwife

Mon 24 – Thu 27 Jul

Middle-aged midwife Claire feels like her life is at a crossroads, until she meets Béatrice her father's ex mistress.

Family Workshop / Electro-Cricket

Thu 27 Jul, 12pm – 3pm, Drop–in

Make complex beats, rhythms, pops, clicks and chirps with the Electro-Cricket, a DIY musical instrument!

NT Live / Angels in America Part Two

Thu 27 Jul, 7pm & Tue 15 Aug, 7pm

Angels in America Part 2, Perestroika. This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play stars Andrew Garfield and is directed by Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse).

Film / Cars 3

Fri 28 Jul – Thu 10 Aug

Another family favourite races back into cinemas for the summer! Tickets just £6 per person, or £7.50 with popcorn and a drink.

Film / From the Land of the Moon

Fri 28 Jul – Tue 1 Aug

Set after the end of WWII in provincial France, Marion Cotillard stars as Gabrielle - a passionate woman shamed into a marriage of convenience.

Film / David Lynch: The Art Life

Fri 28 – Mon 31 Jul

A fascinating insight into the early life of the celebrated filmmaker behind Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks.

Film / Song to Song

Fri 28 Jul – Thu 3 Aug

Two love triangles collide in Malick’s gorgeous, dreamy tale of love, obsession and betrayal set against the backdrop of the music scene of Austin, Texas.

Film / In this Corner of the World

Mon 31 Jul – Thu 3 Aug

This beautiful, painterly animated film is set in Hiroshima and follows the coming-of-age story of a young woman.

Family Workshop / Green-Screen Lunchbox

Thu 3 Aug, 12pm – 3pm, Drop–in

Transform a normal lunchbox into a mini green-screen studio, using the same ‘chroma-key’ technology behind cinema special effects!

Glyndebourne Opera / La Clemenza di Tito

Thu 3 Aug, 6pm

A brand new take on one of Mozart’s final works, La Clemenza Di Tito, live from Glyndebourne Opera.

Film / War for the Planet of the Apes

Fri 4 – Mon 7 Aug

The third and final instalment of this new Planet of the Apes trilogy is a thrilling and moving finale.

Film / Scribe

Fri 4 – Thu 10 Aug

Thomas Kruithof’s feature debut is a Le Carré-esque political thriller starring Francois Cluzet (The Intouchables, Tell No One).

Film / City of Ghosts

Fri 4 – Mon 7 Aug

The director of Oscar-nominated drug-war doc Cartel Land returns with this account of a group of Syrian journalists who banded together after their city was taken over by ISIS in 2014.

Talk / North Korea Exposed

Fri 4 Aug, 7.30pm

In a rare one off event, Jeremy Hunter, photojournalist and former TV News and Current Affairs producer/reporter, presents an illustrated talk of his time in North Korea giving an extraordinary account of daily life in one of the strangest states on earth.

Course / Phoenix Film Camp 12-15

Mon 7 – Fri 11 Aug, 9.30am – 3.30pm – SOLD OUT

Point, shoot and tell a story. Enter the room on Monday armed with enthusiasm and a willingness to produce a film, and leave on Friday with a film in the can that you filmed and starred in.

Film / Tommy's Honour

Mon 7 – Thu 10 Aug

Based on a true story and adapted from Kevin Cook’s best-selling book, Tommy’s Honour follows the lives of two Scottish pioneers of golf.

Film / Chubby Funny

Mon 7 – Thu 10 Aug

Heralded by the Guardian as a spiritual successor to Withnail & I, this new British comedy follows best friends Charlie and Oscar, two twenty-something actors sharing a flat in London.