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Showing: Mon 16 Feb - Mon 23 Feb

Mon 16 Feb

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★★★★ – Radio Times. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes, determined to save their town… and the world!

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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

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H is for Hawk 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

Based on Helen MacDonald’s acclaimed 2014 memoir, Claire Foy (The Crown) stars as a Cambridge academic stricken with grief after the unexpected loss of her beloved father.

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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★ – NME. Through never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages and personal accounts, this lovingly crafted tribute explores the music, influences, relationships and legacy of nineties alt-rock icon, Jeff Buckley.

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/ Family Film

Grow PG

Screening Mon 16, Thu 19 & Sat 21 Feb

An exuberant tale full of giant pumpkins, madcap characters, and a little girl who just might be a pumpkin-growing savant!

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The History of Sound 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Mon 16 Feb

Two young music students (Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor) attending the Boston Conservatory are brought together by their shared love of music, they reconnect years later and embark on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

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My Father’s Shadow 12A

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★ – Guardian. Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis as political unrest threatens their journey home.

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Nouvelle Vague 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

★★★★ – Time Out. Reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Richard Linklater directs a playful, poignant love letter to cinema and the French New Wave.

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Is This Thing On? 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

★★★★★ – The Times. A love letter to the New York comedy scene, Is This Thing On? is a charming romcom about divorce and standup comedy.

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/ Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

Teki Cometh 18+

Mon 16 Feb, 8.15pm

Taking home the Tokyo International Film Festival awards for Best Actor, Best Director and the Grand Prix Prize for Best Film, Teki Cometh is a riveting and profound mystery shot in breathtaking black-and-white.

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Thu 19 Feb

/ Family Film

Grow PG

Screening Mon 16, Thu 19 & Sat 21 Feb

An exuberant tale full of giant pumpkins, madcap characters, and a little girl who just might be a pumpkin-growing savant!

Screening today
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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★ – NME. Through never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages and personal accounts, this lovingly crafted tribute explores the music, influences, relationships and legacy of nineties alt-rock icon, Jeff Buckley.

Screening today
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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

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H is for Hawk 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

Based on Helen MacDonald’s acclaimed 2014 memoir, Claire Foy (The Crown) stars as a Cambridge academic stricken with grief after the unexpected loss of her beloved father.

Screening today
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★★★★ – Radio Times. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes, determined to save their town… and the world!

Screening today
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Is This Thing On? 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

★★★★★ – The Times. A love letter to the New York comedy scene, Is This Thing On? is a charming romcom about divorce and standup comedy.

Screening today
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Hamnet 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

★★★★★ – The Times. Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao directs this heart-wrenching adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.

Screening today
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Nouvelle Vague 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

★★★★ – Time Out. Reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Richard Linklater directs a playful, poignant love letter to cinema and the French New Wave.

Screening today
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My Father’s Shadow 12A

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★ – Guardian. Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis as political unrest threatens their journey home.

Screening today
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No Other Choice 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Screening until Thu 19 Feb

A riotous black comedy from Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden, Oldboy) about a father who, after losing his job, develops a ruthless plot to deal with competition for an a new job opening.

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Sat 21 Feb

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Grow PG

Screening Mon 16, Thu 19 & Sat 21 Feb

An exuberant tale full of giant pumpkins, madcap characters, and a little girl who just might be a pumpkin-growing savant!

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/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Mara Telnikoff: Women TBC

Sat 21 Feb, 12.30pm

Maria Telnikoff, creator of the hit show All The Men Are Going To Hate Me (Soho Theatre) is back with a new show. About women. Women! Who are they? And why?

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The Secret Agent 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Guardian. In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realises the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

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/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Good ‘morrow, weary traveller! Lay thine arse upon a plastic seat and bear willing witness to a mythical and fantastically surreal procession of Arthurian-inspired freaks!

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Time Out. Linda (Rose Byrne) struggles to deal with the all-consuming illness of her daughter, her absent husband, and a mysterious hole that's appeared in her ceiling in this Oscar-nominated black comedy.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Comedian and writer Pravanya is not 100% sure what this is yet, but it is vaguely Bollywood themed and she has big plans to eventually include a dance in the final show.

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/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Katie Norris: Work in Progress TBC

Sat 21 Feb, 5pm

Fresh from a string of major comedy accolades, including Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show 2025, Katie Norris returns with a brand-new hour.

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/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Ellen Turnill Montoya : Mr Handsome TBC

Sat 21 Feb, 6.45pm

Meet Mr Handsome, a giant hand. Playful props and physical buffoonery set in an illustrated world.

Screening today
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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Hot Death Theatre: Powersuit TBC

Sat 21 Feb, 8.30pm

Do you like MONEY? Do you want to be a WINNER? Do you want to feel SUCCESS writhing around in your guts like a panicking tapeworm?

Screening today
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The Moment 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

The Moment follows the life of Charli, a pop star in the lead-up to her first headline arena tour, granting an inside look at the inner workings of the industry – and exploring how subculture is mutated by commercial success.

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Fri 20 Feb

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Time Out. Linda (Rose Byrne) struggles to deal with the all-consuming illness of her daughter, her absent husband, and a mysterious hole that's appeared in her ceiling in this Oscar-nominated black comedy.

Screening today
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The Secret Agent 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Guardian. In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realises the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

Screening today
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Mystery Film 18

Fri 20 Feb, 6.15pm | Fri 20 Mar, 6.30pm | Fri 17 Apr, 6.15pm | Tickets £5.50 (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)

Come with us on a journey through the weird, the wonderful, the cult and the long forgotten... into the world of mystery film. Nobody knows what the film will be until the lights drop and the opening titles roll.

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/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Some-Antics Spoken Word Comedy TBC

Fri 20 Feb, 7.30pm

Join us for an evening of spoken word and comedy! There will be a spoken word and comedy open mic, a poetry slam with a cash prize, a raffle, as well as Ninja Bob (DJ) and feature, Katie Slater.

Screening today
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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

Screening today
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The Moment 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

The Moment follows the life of Charli, a pop star in the lead-up to her first headline arena tour, granting an inside look at the inner workings of the industry – and exploring how subculture is mutated by commercial success.

Screening today

Sun 22 Feb

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Time Out. Linda (Rose Byrne) struggles to deal with the all-consuming illness of her daughter, her absent husband, and a mysterious hole that's appeared in her ceiling in this Oscar-nominated black comedy.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Emmeline Downie: Work In Progress TBC

Sun 22 Feb, 12.30pm

Emmeline brings her provincial, playful, and unpredictable style to the stage in Channel 40, a character comedy show about the very last broadcast of Milton Keynes’ grassroots cable TV channel in 1979.

Screening today
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The Secret Agent 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Guardian. In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realises the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Erika Ehler (WIP) TBC

Sun 22 Feb, 2pm

Emmy-nominated Canadian comedian and writer Erika Ehler is bringing you a new work-in-progress hour, showcasing her dark, incisive comedy and sharp delivery.

Screening today
/ Exhibition on Screen

Caravaggio 12A

Sun 22 Feb, 3pm

Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder – this new dramatic biography from multi-award-winning filmmakers David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky shines a new light on Caravaggio.

Screening today
/ Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

Conflagration 18+

Sun 22 Feb, 3.15pm

Master filmmaker Kon Ichikawa’s (An Actor’s Revenge) haunting psychological drama screens in a blistering 4K restoration.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Anna Leong Brophy (WIP) TBC

Sun 22 Feb, 3.30pm

Anna's great-grandmother was a healer. Anna needs healing. Can a great-granddaughter get some help here?

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man TBC

Sun 22 Feb, 5pm

Middle-aged & newly single, he’s spent the salary of an NHS nurse in Decathlon & he’s on the verge of a breakdown.

Screening today
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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

Screening today
/ Leicester Comedy Festival

Ted Milligan: United TBC

Sun 22 Feb, 6.30pm

"★★★★★ – A masterless in character comedy" – Broadway World. Join award-winning character comedian Ted Milligan for this live mockumentary following Crubchester United Football Club.

Screening today
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The Moment 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

The Moment follows the life of Charli, a pop star in the lead-up to her first headline arena tour, granting an inside look at the inner workings of the industry – and exploring how subculture is mutated by commercial success.

Screening today

Mon 23 Feb

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Time Out. Linda (Rose Byrne) struggles to deal with the all-consuming illness of her daughter, her absent husband, and a mysterious hole that's appeared in her ceiling in this Oscar-nominated black comedy.

Screening today
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The Secret Agent 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

★★★★★ – Guardian. In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realises the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

Screening today
/ Film

The Moment 15

Screening from Fri 20 Feb

The Moment follows the life of Charli, a pop star in the lead-up to her first headline arena tour, granting an inside look at the inner workings of the industry – and exploring how subculture is mutated by commercial success.

Screening today
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A rare cinema screening of one of the greatest sports documentaries ever made, introduced by The Guardian's William Fotheringham.

Screening today
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“Wuthering Heights” 15

Screening from Fri 13 Feb

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Cathy and Heathcliff are intense, destructive, and obsessive in their love for one another in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic.

Screening today

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 come with audio description, where a recorded narrator describes the on-screen action during gaps in the dialogue. This is broadcast through wireless headsets so only the wearer can hear.

Relaxed environment screenings

Our relaxed environment screening have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers, and freedom to move around and use sensory aids. They are particularly suited to to people with neuro-diversities including autism, ADHD or other sensory processing disorders.

Captioned screenings

For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show descriptive 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.