Family Film / The House with a Clock in its Walls
Fri 19 – Sun 28 Oct
Lewis Barnavelt, after losing his parents, is sent to Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan. He discovers his uncle is a warlock, and enters a world of magic and sorcery.
Film / First Man
Fri 12 – Thu 25 Oct
Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in the new film from Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) following NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.
Film / Skate Kitchen
Fri 19 – Thu 25 Oct
Documentary filmmaker Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack) transitions into narrative cinema with this sublime film set in a small skating community in New York. A sublime ode to youth and rebellion that feels authentic, vibrant and vital.
Film / The Seagull
Fri 19 – Tue 23 Oct
At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between the diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingenue Nina. Exploring, with comedy and melancholy, the obsessive nature of love.
Film / The Destruction of Memory + Q&A
Sun 21 Oct, 6.45pm
In Syria and Iraq, the ‘cradle of civilization’, millennia of culture are being destroyed. The push to protect, salvage and rebuild has moved in step with the destruction. Followed by a Q&A with director Tim Slade.
Season / Black History Month
October 2018
We mark Black History Month 2018 with a series of films in partnership with local arts organisation Serendipity and De Montfort University.
Exhibition / Mateus Domingos - Mantra
Fri 12 Oct – Sun 4 Nov
Mantra is an exhibition by Leicester-based artist Mateus Domingos based on a series of works written in a fictional alphabet, ‘Codex’ and taking place across two sites – the gallery at Phoenix and the Arts Tower staircase at De Montfort University.
Community Workshop / St Matthews Half Term Workshops
Mon 22 – Wed 24 Oct
We’re back at the St Matthews Centre for more fun family workshops exploring the world of creative technology
Film / Faces Places
Mon 22 – Thu 25 Oct
Nouvelle Vague legend Agnes Varda and photographer J.R. journey through rural France on a unique artistic mission and along the way form an unlikely friendship.
Event / Film Quiz
Tue 23 Oct, 8.30pm | Tue 27 Nov, 8.30pm
Come on down and test your film knowledge at the all-new Phoenix film quiz night!
Double Bill / The Souls of Black Girls + Sorf Hair
Wed 24 Oct, 7pm
An award-winning provocative news documentary that raises the question of whether or not women of colour may be suffering from self-image disorder. With the short film Sorf Hair after the main feature.
Stage on Screen / Funny Girl - The Musical
Wed 24 Oct, 7pm SOLD OUT
Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical Funny Girl comes to a cinema near you, featuring Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn”.
Art & Screen / A Bang, A Bomb, A Lie And A Band That Stands For Something Else
Thu 25 Oct, 6.30pm
We’re delighted to present the premiere screening of A Bang, A Bomb, A Lie And A Band That Stands for Something Else – an experimental music video by Beth Kettel.
Film / The Little Stranger
Fri 26 Oct – Thu 1 Nov
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur. A gripping Halloween chiller, based on Sarah Waters award-winning gothic novel and directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Frank, Room).
Film / Bad Times at the El Royale
Fri 26 Oct – Thu 1 Nov
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, arrive at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption - before everything goes to hell.
Film / Wajib
Fri 26 – Wed 31 Oct
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir.
Film / I Am Not Your Negro
Fri 26 Oct, 6.30pm
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel. A project he originally began in 1979, the book was to be a revolutionary account of the life and death of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film / Possum
Fri 26 Oct – Thu 1 Nov
Following hot-on-the-heels of Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories, comes this disturbing British horror film just in time for Halloween. The directorial debut of Matthew Holness, creator of cult hit Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.
Family Workshop / Pyka Loop Junk Instruments
Sat 27 Oct, 12pm – 3pm
Pyka Loop is a unique creative tool that lets you to make amazing electonic music using homemade instruments
Triple Cage / The Rock, Face/Off and Con Air
Sat 27 Oct, 6pm | Tickets £10
Put the bunny back in the box, leave the peaches at home and don’t whine about doing your best, just join us for an evening with Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe and Castor Troy. BUCKLE UP!!!
Essential Cinema / The Shawshank Redemption
Mon 29 Oct, 7.45pm | Tickets £3.25
Showing to mark our 4-week Stephen King course, this beloved film screens with all tickets priced at £3.25, as they were on its release in 1994.
Film / Black Panther + Q&A
Tue 30 Oct, 7.15pm
T'Challa, heir to the hidden kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past. The screening will be followed by a talk by award winning writer, Danielle Dash.
Film / Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba
Wed 31 Oct, 7pm
Forced into exile in 1959, Miriam Makeba fought for the oppressed most importantly for Black Africans, as a campaigner against apartheid.
ATYPICAL / El Mar La Mar
Wed 31 Oct – Thu 1 Nov
El Mar La Mar sits somewhere between experimental anthropological essay and imagistic film poem, offering an hypnotic, immersive experience of the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border.
More about Phoenix
Phoenix / About Cinema
Phoenix is an independent cinema screening the best films from around the world, from micro-budget foreign pictures to Hollywood blockbusters.
Phoenix / About Art
Phoenix’s art and digital culture programme presents free exhibitions, by artists from across the world, supported by Arts Council England and De Montfort University.
Phoenix / About Learning
Whether for pleasure, professional skills or education, Phoenix's short courses, talks, workshops and screenings make learning rewarding and fun.
Phoenix Leicester
Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. We are a charity.
In our two modern cinema screens we show everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and we regularly organise festivals and events.
Our regularly changing art programme presents work by local and international artists, and our education work helps people of all ages to learn about, and create their own, film and art.
At Phoenix, we believe film and art have the power to enhance our lives. Watching a movie or visiting a gallery can entertain and inspire us, offering new perspectives on our lives and those of others.
They deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why we work hard to ensure Phoenix is a place everyone can feel welcome and inspired.
If you fancy a drink, dinner or somewhere to meet friends, our Café Bar is open all day serving freshly-cooked food, and drinks you can take into our cinema screen if you wish.
For many customers, our staff make the difference. With a clear passion for our work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.
As a local charity, all our earnings go back into developing our creative programmes, enabling us to reach out to more people.
We hope to see you soon.