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Showing: Thu 6 Nov - Mon 10 Nov

Thu 6 Nov

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Frankenstein 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

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The Mastermind 12A

Screening until Thu 6 Nov

★★★★ – Guardian. Art school drop out and amateur thief James (O’Connor) plots a half-baked heist on a local municipal museum in 1970s suburban Massachusetts.

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Bugonia 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

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After the Hunt 15

Screening until Thu 6 Nov (excl. Sun-Mon)

College professor Alma (Roberts) finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her star student Maggie (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of Alma's male colleages (Garfield) in this gripping psychological drama from Luca Guadagnino.

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I Swear 15

Screening until Thu 6 Nov

★★★★ – Empire. Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) leads a superb supporting cast in this funny, heartfelt film based on the life of disability spokesman and campaigner, John Davidson.

Screening today
/ ESRC Festival of Social Science

Children of Men + Q&A 15

Thu 6 Nov, 7.45pm | FREE Screening

★★★★ – Guardian. Free screening of Alfonso Cuarón's excellent sci-fi classic followed by a Q&A hosted by University of Leicester.

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Fri 7 Nov

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Screening today
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Palestine 36 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.

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The Choral 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

★★★★ – The Times. With many of the local choral society's members away fighting in the war, it is up to the chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit new singers and bring the community together.

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Frankenstein 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

Screening today
/ Film

Bugonia 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

Screening today
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Dragonfly 15

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

"★★★★ – Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough are superb" – Guardian. Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected friend in her younger neighbour, but her son Jason comes to resent their relationship.

Screening today
/ Food & Drink

Wine Tasting 18

Fri 7 Nov, 7pm (nearly sold out) | Fri 5 Dec, 7pm

Join us for an evening of wine tasting with our independent supplier Woodthorpe Wines. Certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker will guide you through a bespoke menu of hand-picked wines.

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/ Digital Black-Centric Week

Just Another Girl On The I.R.T. 15

Fri 7 Nov, 7.30pm

Screening as part of Digital Black-Centric Week. After years of there only being a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has been digitally restored in 4K.

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/ ESRC Festival of Social Science

Babel + Q&A 15

Fri 7 Nov, 7.45pm | FREE Screening

★★★★ – Empire. A free screening and Q&A of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's epic Oscar-nominated psychological drama spanning cultures and continents.

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Sat 8 Nov

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Screening today
/ Film

Bugonia 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

Screening today
/ Film

Palestine 36 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.

Screening today
/ Film

The Choral 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

★★★★ – The Times. With many of the local choral society's members away fighting in the war, it is up to the chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit new singers and bring the community together.

/ Film

Frankenstein 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

Screening today
/ Film

Dragonfly 15

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

"★★★★ – Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough are superb" – Guardian. Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected friend in her younger neighbour, but her son Jason comes to resent their relationship.

Screening today
/ MET Opera

La Bohème 12A

Sat 8 Nov, 6pm

With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.

Screening today
/ French Film Festival UK

Sirât 15

Sat 8 Nov, 8.15pm

Part existential road movie, part apocalyptic sci-fi, a father and his son journey across the Moroccan desert in search of his lost daughter.

Screening today

Sun 9 Nov

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Frankenstein 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

Screening today
/ Film

Bugonia 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

Screening today
/ Film

The Choral 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

★★★★ – The Times. With many of the local choral society's members away fighting in the war, it is up to the chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit new singers and bring the community together.

/ Royal Ballet & Opera

La Fille Mal Gardée 12A

Sun 9 Nov, 2pm

This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside.

Screening today
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Screening today
/ Film

Palestine 36 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.

Screening today
/ Being Human Festival

A Lesson on Differences TBC

Sun 9 Nov, 5pm & 7pm

Where do ideas of inclusion and discrimination come from? A Lesson on Differences is an experiment in collective storytelling through interactive reading.

Screening today
/ Melodrama on Film

Volver 15

Sun 9 Nov, 6pm | Thu 4 Dec, 8pm

A vibrant Almodovar classic starring Penelope Cruz as a mother living in Madrid, dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents and other buried family truths.

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Dragonfly 15

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

"★★★★ – Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough are superb" – Guardian. Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected friend in her younger neighbour, but her son Jason comes to resent their relationship.

Screening today

Mon 10 Nov

/ Film

Dragonfly 15

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

"★★★★ – Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough are superb" – Guardian. Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected friend in her younger neighbour, but her son Jason comes to resent their relationship.

Screening today
/ Film

Palestine 36 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.

Screening today
/ Film

The Choral 12A

Screening from Fri 7 Nov

★★★★ – The Times. With many of the local choral society's members away fighting in the war, it is up to the chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit new singers and bring the community together.

/ Film

Frankenstein 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

Screening today
/ Film

Bugonia 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

Screening today
/ Film

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Nov

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Screening today
/ French Film Festival UK

Enzo TBC

Mon 10 Nov, 6pm

A 16-year-old boy defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by dropping out of school and starting a masonry apprenticeship where he is increasingly drawn to Vlad, a charismatic Ukrainian colleague.

Screening today
/ Kaiju continues...

Godzilla vs. Megalon 12A

Mon 10 Nov, 8.15pm

Nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia. To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs.

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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.