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Weapons 18

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 28 Aug

One night at 2.17am, 17 children get out of their beds, leave their homes and mysteriously disappear into the night. The nightmarish events and revelations that follow will shake the small town to its foundations.

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Together 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Sun 24 Aug (excl. Fri 22 Aug)

★★★★ – Eye for Film. A married couple become gruesomely entwined in this savagely fun body horror comedy starring real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

/ The Genius of David Lynch

Mulholland Drive 15

Thu 21 Aug, 7.30pm

Mulholland Drive follows an aspiring actress who arrives in Los Angeles where she befriends a woman who is suffering from amnesia, and the two women find themselves drawn to the mysterious Club Silencio.

/ Big Screen Heroes

Savages PG

Screening from Fri 22 Aug

★★★★ – Time Out. Two cousins and a baby orangutan fight back against Borneo’s logging companies in this beautiful stop-motion animation from the makers of My Life As A Courgette.

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The Life of Chuck 15

Screening from Fri 22 Aug

★★★★★ – Den of Geek. The extraordinary life story of an ordinary man told in reverse, genre-bending, life-affirming fantasy based on the Stephen King novella.

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Motherboard 15

Screening from Fri 22 Aug

BAFTA winner Victoria Mapplebeck’s documentary Motherboard has been 20 years in the making. This remarkable film charts the joy, pain and comedy of Victoria raising her son Jim alone.

/ Festival

Sound on Screen

Fri 22 – Sun 24 Aug

Join us for a glorious summer celebration of music, film and food across the bank holiday weekend with a full-line up of amazing music films, incredible live acts and food and drink specials.

/ Sound On Screen Festival

Kneecap 18

Fri 22 Aug, 7.30pm

"★★★★★ – one of the best music biopics of all time" – NME. An exhilarating origin story for the real-life band, following two drug dealers and a schoolteacher who form a hip-hop group in West Belfast in 2019.

/ Sound On Screen Festival

Wattstax + DJ & Dancing 12A

Fri 22 Aug, 7.45pm

The legendary 1972 Wattstax benefit concert featuring Stax records icons including Isaac Hayes, Carla Thomas and The Staple Singers. "100,000 brothers and sisters turning on to being black... and telling it like it is!"

/ Sound On Screen Festival

The Last Waltz Again TBC

Sat 23 Aug, 12pm | Pay What You Can

Leicester artists recreate The Band's iconic concert film The Last Waltz, filmed at The Musican Pub 20 years ago.

/ Sound On Screen Festival

The Harder They Come 15

Sat 23 Aug, 2.30pm

The ultimate in Jamaican cool! Jimmy Cliff stars as a troubled up-and-coming music star in the iconic film that brought reggae to the world!

/ Sound On Screen Festival

We Are The Best! 15

Sat 23 Aug, 2.45pm

Punk's not dead! At least according to Bobo, Klara and Hedvig – the three girls in Lukas Moodysson's brilliant 2013 film adapted from his wife Coco Moodysson's graphic novel "Never Goodnight."

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.