Season / My Phoenix Passport
Screenings every month
MyPhoenix Passport is your ticket to great cinema from around the world, with specially selected films every month. Tickets £5 for MyPhoenix Members and Friends.
Season / Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2020
Screenings throughout February and March
Film / Emma
Fri 21 Feb – Thu 5 Mar
Jane Austen’s beloved comedy is reimagined in this delicious new satire of social class from debut director Autumn de Wilde.
Film / Mr Jones
Fri 21 – Thu 27 Feb
Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness) returns with this powerful story of real-life Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine.
Film / A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fri 21 – Thu 27 Feb
Tom Hanks excels as Mr Rogers, beloved US children's TV host, in a role he was born to play in this heart-warming and original film based on real-life article by journalist Tom Junod.
Film / Richard Jewell
Fri 21 – Tue 25 Feb
This new film from Clint Eastwood is a slick and gripping thriller, based on a real incident at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Film / The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Fri 21 – Tue 25 Feb
30 years in the making, Terry Gilliam’s passion project finally arrives on screen! Loosely based on Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, Adam Driver stars as advertising exec Toby, struggling to direct a commercial in rural Spain.
Japan Foundation / The Actor
Tue 25 Feb, 6.15pm
Takuji Kameoka is the perennial supporting actor, constantly typecast as background characters. Thirty-seven years old and single, he is at a crossroads in his life when he meets Azumi.
Art Beats Exhibition / Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Wed 26 Feb, 6.15pm
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice tells the story of the painter Jacopo Robusti (1519-1594), the only great Renaissance artist to never leave Venice.
Film / Daniel Isn't Real
Wed 26 – Thu 27 Feb
From the producers of Mandy comes this mind-bending horror, set to a pulsating electronic score, about a young man tormented by his childhood imaginary friend.
Course / Graham Greene on Screen
Thursdays, 27 Feb – 2 Apr, 7pm – 8.30pm
A six-week visual tour through Graham Greene’s life on screen – from adaptation to biography – and beyond.
Film / Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Fri 28 Feb – Thu 12 Mar
★★★★★ – The Guardian. Céline Sciamma's stunning new film tells the story of doomed, forbidden love between two women in 18th century France.
Film / Queen & Slim
Fri 28 Feb – Thu 5 Mar
Causing a mini-sensation on its release in America, Melina Matsoukas’ debut feature is a stylish, provocative story of race, love and escape.
Movie Mavericks / The Holy Mountain
Fri 28 – Sat 29 Feb
Continuing our Movie Mavericks strand, Jodorowsky’s surreal-fantasy arrives in a gorgeous new 4K restoration from Arrow Video.
Film / Mrs. Doubtfire
Sat 29 Feb – Sun 1 Mar
This much-loved 90s comedy was the perfect vehicle for Robin Williams' unique talent and manic energy. With a superb supporting cast, including Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan, it really is as good as you remember.
More about Phoenix
Phoenix / About Cinema
Phoenix is an independent cinema screening the best films from around the world, from micro-budget foreign pictures to Hollywood blockbusters.
Phoenix / About Art
Phoenix’s art and digital culture programme presents free exhibitions, by artists from across the world, supported by Arts Council England and De Montfort University.
Phoenix / About Learning
Whether for pleasure, professional skills or education, Phoenix's short courses, talks, workshops and screenings make learning rewarding and fun.
Phoenix Leicester
Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. We are a charity.
In our two modern cinema screens we show everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and we regularly organise festivals and events.
Our regularly changing art programme presents work by local and international artists, and our education work helps people of all ages to learn about, and create their own, film and art.
At Phoenix, we believe film and art have the power to enhance our lives. Watching a movie or visiting a gallery can entertain and inspire us, offering new perspectives on our lives and those of others.
They deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why we work hard to ensure Phoenix is a place everyone can feel welcome and inspired.
If you fancy a drink, dinner or somewhere to meet friends, our Café Bar is open all day serving freshly-cooked food, and drinks you can take into our cinema screen if you wish.
For many customers, our staff make the difference. With a clear passion for our work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.
As a local charity, all our earnings go back into developing our creative programmes, enabling us to reach out to more people.
We hope to see you soon.