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Showing: Thu 16 Oct - Mon 20 Oct

Thu 16 Oct

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Talking Pictures Autumn (Thursdays) 18+

Thursdays, 16 Oct – 18 Dec, 10.30am – 12pm

Share your love of film with this 10-week course of group discussions, led by tutor Kenton Hall. The price includes a cup of tea/filter coffee and a ticket to the weekday daytime screening of your choice.

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Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Islands is a contemporary intelligent thriller with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, following a washed-up tennis pro who gets involved with a mysterious couple on the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.

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One Battle After Another 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread) is a sprawling, free-wheeling black-comedy tale following a group of ex-revolutionaries reuniting after 16 years.

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I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★ – 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.

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The Golden Spurtle PG

Screening until Thu 16 Oct

★★★★ – Radio Times. This sublimely entertaining documentary is set in the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge, which every year hosts the World Porridge Making Championships.

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Dead of Winter 15

Screening until Thu 16 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. Emma Thompson must protect a kidnapped teenage girl in the remote snowbound wilderness of Minnesota.

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/ Platform

Nottingham-based freelancer Sally Hodgson recently moved from film marketing and distribution into costume for film and TV.  Here she'll offer practical advice for creatives on career changes, breaking into new departments, and building a sustainable career path.

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Edgar Allan Poe on Screen 18+

Thursdays, 16 Oct – 6 Nov, 7pm – 8.30pm

Edgar Allan Poe is synonymous with all things gothic and cinema has taken full advantage. But there is more to Poe than horror – from the very first detective stories to science fiction and poetry, not to mention his own turbulent life and times. We’ll delve deep into Poe’s canon and his influence on the silver screen.

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/ Kaiju continues...

Godzilla vs. Hedorah PG

Thu 16 Oct, 7.45pm

Godzilla vs. Hedorah finds the King of the Monsters fighting an alien life form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste.

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Good Boy 15

Screening until Thu 16 Oct

★★★★★ – Eye for Film. A loyal dog named Indy moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, Indy must fight to protect the one he loves most.

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The Smashing Machine 15

Screening until Thu 16 Oct

★★★★★ – Discussing Film. Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) makes his solo directorial debut with this bone-crunching sports drama, based on the extraordinary true story of MMA legend Mark Kerr.

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Fri 17 Oct

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After the Hunt 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

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.

Screening today
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One Battle After Another 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread) is a sprawling, free-wheeling black-comedy tale following a group of ex-revolutionaries reuniting after 16 years.

Screening today
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I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★ – 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
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Princess Mononoke – 4K restoration 12A

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Time Out. Newly restored in 4K, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece returns to the big screen.

Screening today
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Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Islands is a contemporary intelligent thriller with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, following a washed-up tennis pro who gets involved with a mysterious couple on the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.

Screening today
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A House of Dynamite 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) is a breathless thriller taking place in real time, following White House staffers as they respond to a missile attack.

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/ Spoken word

Some-Antics Spoken Word N/A

Fri 17 Oct, 7pm

Join us upstairs in The Nest for an evening of poetry and music with Some-Antics Spoken Word.

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/ Black History Month

Ganja & Hess 18

Fri 17 Oct, 8pm

Stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger, an anthropologist is endowed with the blessing of imortality and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood.

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Sat 18 Oct

/ Family Fun

Night of the Zoopocalypse PG

Screening from Sat 18 Oct

When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, a virus that transforms the animals into slobbering zombies is unleashed! Perfect Halloween entertainment for families.

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A House of Dynamite 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) is a breathless thriller taking place in real time, following White House staffers as they respond to a missile attack.

Screening today
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After the Hunt 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

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.

Screening today
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I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★ – 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
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Princess Mononoke – 4K restoration 12A

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Time Out. Newly restored in 4K, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece returns to the big screen.

Screening today
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Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Islands is a contemporary intelligent thriller with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, following a washed-up tennis pro who gets involved with a mysterious couple on the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.

Screening today
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One Battle After Another 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread) is a sprawling, free-wheeling black-comedy tale following a group of ex-revolutionaries reuniting after 16 years.

Screening today
/ MET Opera

La Sonnambula TBC

Sat 18 Oct, 6pm

Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found.

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/ Pyjama Party

Death Becomes Her – Pyjama Party 12A

Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm SOLD OUT

“The morgue! She’ll be furious!” Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn have a mother off in this camp body horror-comedy from director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future).

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/ Love Architecture

Parasite 15

Sat 18 Oct, 8.15pm

★★★★★ – Independent. Bong Joon-ho's (Snowpiercer, Okja) superb black comedy about wealth, greed and class discrimination made history at the 2020 Academy Awards as the first foreign language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

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Sun 19 Oct

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A House of Dynamite 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) is a breathless thriller taking place in real time, following White House staffers as they respond to a missile attack.

Screening today
/ Film

After the Hunt 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

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.

Screening today
/ Family Fun

Night of the Zoopocalypse PG

Screening from Sat 18 Oct

When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, a virus that transforms the animals into slobbering zombies is unleashed! Perfect Halloween entertainment for families.

Screening today
/ Film

Princess Mononoke – 4K restoration 12A

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Time Out. Newly restored in 4K, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece returns to the big screen.

Screening today
/ Film

I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★ – 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
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Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Islands is a contemporary intelligent thriller with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, following a washed-up tennis pro who gets involved with a mysterious couple on the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.

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/ Film; DMU Presents; Austen

Northanger Abbey PG

Sun 19 Oct, 3.30pm

Catherine Morland, a young woman who escapes into her imagination by reading Gothic novels, is invited to Bath by a friend. There she meets, and falls for, Henry Tilney in this BBC adaptation of Austen's classic.

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We're honoured to host the UK premiere of Milestone: Streets Paved with Gold – a powerful new film honouring the Windrush generation and the Caribbean migration experience in Britain, adapted from Victor Richards’ acclaimed one-man play.

Screening today
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One Battle After Another 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread) is a sprawling, free-wheeling black-comedy tale following a group of ex-revolutionaries reuniting after 16 years.

Screening today

Mon 20 Oct

/ Family Fun

Night of the Zoopocalypse PG

Screening from Sat 18 Oct

When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, a virus that transforms the animals into slobbering zombies is unleashed! Perfect Halloween entertainment for families.

Screening today
/ Film

A House of Dynamite 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) is a breathless thriller taking place in real time, following White House staffers as they respond to a missile attack.

Screening today
/ Film

After the Hunt 15

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

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.

Screening today
/ Film

I Swear 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★ – 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
/ Film

Princess Mononoke – 4K restoration 12A

Screening from Fri 17 Oct

★★★★★ – Time Out. Newly restored in 4K, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece returns to the big screen.

Screening today
/ Film

One Battle After Another 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread) is a sprawling, free-wheeling black-comedy tale following a group of ex-revolutionaries reuniting after 16 years.

Screening today
/ Film

Islands 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Islands is a contemporary intelligent thriller with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, following a washed-up tennis pro who gets involved with a mysterious couple on the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.

Screening today
/ Love Architecture

A love triangle of jealousy in the 1920s Paris art scene is brought to life in this stylish drama documentary about iconic Irish architect and designer, Eileen Gray.

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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.