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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.

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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.

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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!

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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."

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The Blues Brothers 15

Sat 23 Aug, 5.15pm

John Landis' 1980's cult classic-musical-comedy-buddy-road-movie extraordinaire, featuring tunes you won't be able to stop singing, moves a plenty and the most important message cinema can bring – "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"!

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Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars 12A

Sat 23 Aug, 5.30pm

A rare screening of David Bowie's infamous final performance as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon.

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Human Traffic 18

Sat 23 Aug, 8.15pm

★★★★ – Guardian. A 1990s club-culture cult classic remastered. The weekend has landed!

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Stop Making Sense PG

Sat 23 Aug, 8.30pm

★★★★★ – Empire. Jonathan Demme’s inventive film of Talking Heads’ thrilling live show is widely acknowledged as one of the best concert films ever made.

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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.

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Jazz on a Summer’s Day U

Sun 24 Aug, 12pm

Bert Stern's immaculate film of the 1958 Newport Jazz festival is an intoxicating blend of incredible jazz and hazy Americana featuring intimate performances from Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Chuck Berry and many more.

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A Hard Day’s Night PG

Sun 24 Aug, 2.15pm

Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen.

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Amazing Grace U

Sun 24 Aug, 2.30pm

"★★★★★ – The ultimate tribute to the Queen of Soul" – NME. This sensational, spine-tingling concert film showcases an awe-inspiring Aretha Franklin at her dizziest gospel heights.

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.