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PLATFORM: What Do Producers Actually Do? 18

Thu 28 Aug, 6.30pm

Join PLATFORM for a practical and honest conversation about what producers do and don’t do in the short form space. We’ll be joined by BFI NETWORK and a panel of producers who have successfully secured public funding to bring their projects to life.

/ Kaiju Summer

Destroy All Monsters TBC

Thu 28 Aug, 7.30pm

The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju extravaganza, which features no fewer than eleven monsters.

/ Film

The Roses 15

Screening from Fri 29 Aug

Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch star as wealthy couple engaged in a bitter divorce, battling it out with wicked pranks, spiteful sabotage, and gleeful chaos, in this hilariously unhinged comedy.

/ Film

Eddington 15

Screening from Fri 29 Aug

★★★★ – BBC. During the Covid pandemic, a smalltown sheriff and local mayor are drawn into a public standoff that threatens to ignite community division. Provocative neo-western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal.

/ Film

My Beautiful Laundrette 15

Screening from Fri 29 Aug

★★★★★ – The Times. Omar, a young Pakistani man, is reunited with his former lover Johnny (Day-Lewis) and together they attempt to turn around a laundrette business owned by Omar’s uncle.

/ Film

Caught Stealing 15

Screening from Fri 29 Aug

A burned-out baseball star finds himself caught between dangerous criminal gangs in 90s New York. Thrill-ride crime drama from Darren Aronofsky.  

/ Film

Jaws (50th Anniversary) 12A

Screening from Fri 29 Aug

50 years after it first terrified audiences, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws bursts back into cinemas in a 4K restoration that’s lost none of its big-screen bite! The quintesential creature feature, a showdown of man verses killer shark!

/ Late Night Friday

Bottoms 15

Fri 29 Aug, 9.30pm | Tickets £5.50 (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)

Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. Presented by LGBTQ+ film club Screen Queens to celebrate Leicester Pride.

/ Exhibition

Sue Gollifer Retrospective

Opens in September

Following its London show, we are excited to bring this collection of 20 original framed works by Sue Gollifer to our gallery, alongside complementary video work.

/ Kaiju continues...

Godzilla Raids Again PG

Mon 1 Sep, 6.15pm

The tremendous second instalment of the Godzilla-verse! An underrated standout among the Showa Godzilla films, Godzilla Raids Again introduces the monster-versus-monster format that would dominate the remainder of the series.

/ Course

Acting for Film 18+

Thursdays, 4 Sep – 9 Oct, 7pm – 9pm

Actor, director and screenwriter Kenton Hall leads this 6-week practical course focusing on the skills and techniques specific to film acting.

/ NT Live

NT Live: Inter Alia 15

Thu 4 Sep, 7pm | Thu 18 Sep, 7pm | Sat 27 Sep, 7pm (captions) | Sat 11 Oct, 6pm

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

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.