THE CANVAS OF

JAN 2016
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CINEMA
/
ART
/
CAFÉ BAR
THE REVENANT
Fri 15 – Thu 28 Jan
THIS MONTH —
THE
CANVAS OF
RESONANCE
The art of sound effects
SMARTPHONE
DARKROOM
Free photography workshop
NEW FILMS —
THE DANISH GIRL
JOY
SPOTLIGHT
IN THE HEART OF
THE SEA
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JANUARY
HIGHLIGHTS
ART / THE CANVAS OF RESONANCE
FILM / JOY
STAGE ON SCREEN / THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
2–3
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
LEARN / COURSES FOR 2016
FILM / THE DANISH GIRL
FAMILY / SMARTPHONE DARKROOM
COMING IN FEBRUARY
THE BIG SHORT
DAD'S ARMY
HAIL, CAESAR!
WELCOME
Ah January… time to take stock and plan for the
year ahead, after the excesses of the festive season.
With New Year‘s resolutions still being made (and
broken!) now’s the time to try something different,
and Phoenix is the perfect place to do it.
We’ve got loads of fantastic short courses, which are
a great way to get more out of film, learn new skills
and meet people. With 90 minute ’tasters’ through
to 8-week intensive courses, there’s plenty to choose
from (p5).
GET MORE OUT
OF PHOENIX WITH
MEMBERSHIP &
LOYALTY
Our new exhibition is The Canvas of Resonance (p4),
a dramatic sound and visual installation inspired
by the Foley artists who created sound effects in
the early days of cinema, TV and radio. The Cube
Gallery will resonate with the sound of thunder
from 19 Jan.
We’ve now entered the ‘awards corridor’, leading
up to the BAFTAs and Oscars at the end of February.
The rumour-mill’s hotly tipped Eddie Redmayne
for The Danish Girl (p6); The Revenant’s Leonardo
DiCaprio is a strong contender (p10); and Jennifer
Lawrence is outstanding in Joy (p7). We’re also
bringing back Suffragette, The Lady in the Van,
Brooklyn and Carol – all huge successes in late
2015, so if you missed them the first time round
now’s your chance.
After the frantic activity of Christmas, have a relaxing
weekend and bring your little (and not so little)
ones down to Phoenix for a family film (p15). We’ve
got great kids’ movies every weekend, including
our regular Reel India screening if you fancy trying
something new.
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Member card £40
Whatever you’re into, make 2016 a Phoenix year.
Phoenix is a registered charity, No. 701078.
Our aim is to bring inspirational film and art to all.
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ART AT
PHOENIX
THE CANVAS OF
RESONANCE
Tue 19 Jan – Sat 20 Feb
Cube Gallery, Free
4–5
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
The Canvas of Resonance is a
sound and visual installation
by Kenny Wong Chi-Chuen,
inspired by the Foley artists
who produced sound effects for
cinema, TV and radio in the predigital age.
In the early days of live radio,
Foley artists invented a novel
way to create the sound of
thunder: their method of rattling
a large piece of thin copper
sheeting suspended by wires
was so effective that it became
a mainstay of the industry for
decades, and is still what many
people associate with a Foley
artist’s work.
The Canvas of Resonance
re-examines this longstanding
audio effect, creating complex,
atmospheric sound compositions
by manipulating the surface of a
series of metal sheets suspended
in the gallery space. The resulting
installation – accompanied by
flickering lights highlighting
the surface of the metal – is a
dramatic, immersive experience.
THE CANVAS OF
RESONANCE ARTIST’S
TALK & EXHIBITION
LAUNCH
Tue 19 Jan, from 6pm
Hong Kong-based artist Kenny
Wong Chi-Chuen will introduce
his exhibition The Canvas of
Resonance and discuss his
practice, which includes work
as an artist, designer and
mechanical engineer.
The talk will be followed by a
short Q&A and a launch party for
the exhibition in the Café Bar, with
refreshments and a DJ set from
Phoenix’s Alan Morton.
SMARTPHONE
DARKROOM WITH
LEICESTER LO-FI
Sat 23 Jan, 12pm – 4pm
Café Bar, Free
Inspired by Kenny Wong’s
blending of technologies old and
new, you can combine digital and
analogue photography in this free
drop-in workshop.
Use your smartphone to print
images directly onto light
sensitive photographic paper and
develop the prints with traditional
darkroom chemicals.
Drop-in, no need to book. Suitable
for children and adults alike.
LEARN AT
PHOENIX
Visit our website to find out more and book online.
GET DEEPER
INTO FILM
LEARN
NEW SKILLS
TALKING PICTURES
WINTER
A HISTORY OF
THE OSCARS
Mondays, 4 Jan – 7 Mar
(10 sessions)
Tuesdays, 5 Jan – 8 Mar
(10 sessions)
10.30am – 12pm
Price: £80 / £70 conc.
Fridays, 29 Jan – 4 Mar
(6 sessions)
2pm – 3.30pm
Price: £72 / £60 conc.
Share your love of film with
this 10 week course of tutorled group discussions that put
the cinema week into focus.
Includes a ticket to the 1pm or
1.30pm film screening.
LOVE IS STRANGE
Fri 12 Feb, 7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £10 / £8 conc.
The antidote to Valentine’s Day: a
speedy tour of unusual and twisted
portrayals of romantic love on film.
AUSTEN ON SCREEN
Thursdays, 7 Apr – 28 Apr
(4 sessions)
7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £48 / £40 conc.
A tour of Jane Austen’s life and
works on screen, exploring their
lasting impact and asking whether
they truly capture the genius of
her writing.
As we anticipate the 2016
Academy Awards, join us for
a history of this glittering prize.
UNDERSTANDING
ADAPTATION
Fri 18 Mar, 7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £10 / £8 conc.
A refreshing look at
adaptations in the cinema,
focusing on the creative
process involved in getting
a book onto the big screen.
FILM AND
PHILOSOPHY
Sat 16 Apr, 10.30am – 4pm
Price: £15
A fascinating exploration of
what we understand by good
and evil, justice, duty and
desire, through film.
THE ART OF
SCREENWRITING:
A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Tuesdays, 2 Feb – 22 Mar
(8 sessions)
7pm – 9pm
Price: £96 / £80 conc.
An intensive skills-based guide
to screenwriting, sharing
industry secrets along the way.
ACTING FOR
FILM BASICS
Wednesdays, 6 Apr – 27 Apr
(4 sessions)
7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £48 / £40 conc.
A practical guide to the skills
and techniques for film acting.
No experience necessary!
FILM SCHOOL
Tuesdays, 3 May – 21 Jun
(8 sessions)
7pm – 9pm
Price: £96 / £80 conc.
A practical introduction to
filmmaking, taking you step
by step from pre-production
planning through to the final
edit of your film.
6–7
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
FILM
THE DANISH GIRL
BROOKLYN
15
12A
Sat 2 - Fri 15 Jan
Dir: Tom Hooper
Cast: Eddie Redmayne,
Alicia Vikander
UK/Germany/USA 2015, 2hrs
Sat 2 - Mon 4 Jan
Dir: John Crowley
Cast: Saoirse Ronan,
Domhnall Gleeson
Ireland/UK/Canada, 1hr 49mins
- Beautiful, humane and
moving’ - The Telegraph. After his
triumph last year in The Theory
of Everything, Eddie Redmayne
may be in line for another Oscar
with his stunning turn in this
remarkable love story, inspired
by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and
Gerda Wegener. Originally known
as Einar, Lili Elbe (Redmayne) was
one of the first people to undergo
sex reassignment surgery in the
early 20th century. Directed by
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech,
Les Misérables) with a cast that
includes Alicia Vikander as Lili’s wife
Gerda, Matthias Schoenaerts and
Ben Whishaw, The Danish Girl is
captivating and beautifully made.
One of our most popular films
from last year returns due to
demand. 1950s Ireland and
young Eilis is leaving for America.
Sponsored by a priest in Brooklyn,
Eilis finds a job and lodgings with
the no nonsense Mrs. Kehoe (Julie
Walters). After initial homesickness,
Eilis falls in love with her new life,
but a tragedy back home means
she must return to Ireland. Torn
between two countries, she must
decide where her heart lies.
THE LESSON
LOVE 3D
SHERPA
‘
15
Sat 2 - Tue 5 Jan
Dir: Petar Valchanov,
Kristina Grozeva
Cast: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev
Bulgaria/Greece, 1hr 51mins,
subtitled
In a small Bulgarian town, high
school English teacher Nadezhda
knows that one of her students is
stealing from the others in her class.
Bothered that she can’t find out
who the thief is, her personal life
begins to fall apart as bailiffs intend
to repossess her home. Increasingly
desperate to save her family from
the street, Nadezhda gets into debt
with local loan sharks and will soon
learn that good and bad is not
always so black and white.
18
Sat 2 - Sun 3 Jan
Dir: Gaspar Noé
Cast: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman
France/Belgium 2015, 2hrs 15mins,
subtitled
Following a phonecall from his ex’s
mother, cinema student Murphy
recalls time spent with his former
girlfriend, Electra - a relationship
of sex, drugs and heartbreak. From
arthouse provocateur Gasper Noe,
director of Enter the Void and
Irreversible, this is an extremely
explicit, but often tender and
touching look at love and lust
between adults.
15
Mon 4 - Thu 7 Jan
Dir: Jennifer Peedom
Australia/Nepal 2015, 1hr 36mins,
subtitled (parts)
In 2013 news channels around the
world carried the incredible story
of a fight on Everest, as a brawl
broke out at 21,000ft between
European climbers and a group of
angry Sherpas. Filmmaker Jennifer
Peedom wanted to find out what
had happened to the stereotypical
happy, smiling Sherpa, but whilst
making this illuminating and
moving documentary she ended up
capturing a tragedy that changed
how people think about Everest and
Sherpas forever.
SUFFRAGETTE
12A
JOY
12A
Tue 5 - Thu 7 Jan
Dir: Sarah Gavron
Cast: Carey Mulligan,
Helena Bonham Carter
UK 2015, 1hr 46mins
Fri 8 - Thu 21 Jan
Dir: David O. Russell
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence,
Bradley Cooper
USA 2015, 2hrs 4mins
Back by popular demand, Sarah
Gavron’s film follows the early
members of the British suffrage
movement. After witnessing an act
of protest vandalism in the street,
laundry factory worker Maud Watts
(Mulligan) finds herself drawn to
the local suffragettes. Deciding to
join the fight, Maud and her fellow
campaigners face opposition and
persecution from an increasingly
brutal state.
Following their hugely successful
collaborations in Silver Linings
Playbook and American Hustle,
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper
and director David O. Russell
reunite for this empowering
real-life story of Joy Mangano,
the self-made business magnate
and inventor of the Miracle Mop.
A determined and visionary woman,
Joy built the first prototype herself
and set out to sell it across America,
but faced ridicule, betrayal and
CAROL
THE HUNGER GAMES:
MYSTERY FILM
MOCKINGJAY PART II 12A Fri 8 Jan, 6.45pm
15
Fri 8 - Mon 11 Jan
Dir: Todd Haynes
Cast: Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett
UK/USA/France 2015, 1hr 56mins
Returning for a 4-day run in case you
missed it during the Christmas rush
(or just want to experience it again),
Todd Haynes’ achingly romantic
film is sure to be nominated for
just about everything as the awards
season gets into full swing next
month. 1950s Manhattan and bored
department store clerk Therese
(Mara) meets and falls for Carol
(Blanchett), an older woman stuck in
a loveless marriage of convenience.
Fri 8 - Mon 11 Jan
Dir: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence,
Josh Hutcherson
USA 2015, 2hrs 17mins
heartbreak along the way. Jennifer
Lawrence is superb in the lead role,
her Joy an inspiring mix of grit and
moxy; great support comes from
Cooper, Édgar Ramírez and Robert
De Niro.
18
Tickets £3
Join us as we continue our journey
into the unknown with our monthly
Mystery Film screening. Since
starting in June 2015 we’ve
screened Mean Streets on 35mm,
The final film of the franchise and
Godard’s Breathless, A Snake of
the most thrilling yet! We rejoin
June, Do the Right Thing plus a rare
Katniss (Lawrence) and District 13
35mm screening of Woody Allen’s
as they continue to revolt against
Annie Hall. No-one knows what we
the autocratic Capitol, targeting
President Snow (Donald Sutherland) are screening before the film starts,
including our staff, so take a chance
as the one responsible for the
mindless killing. Like the trailer says, and see some great cinema up on
nothing can prepare you for the end. the big screen.
Thu 7
Wed 6
Tue 5
Mon 4
Sun 3
Fri 1
Sat 2
CLOSED
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
11.30am
The Good Dinosaur
1pm
The Good Dinosaur
2pm
The Danish Girl
3.30pm
The Lesson
5pm
The Danish Girl
6pmBrooklyn
7.45pm
The Danish Girl
8.30pm
Love 3D
11.30am
The Good Dinosaur
12pm
Lazy Sunday: The Danish Girl
2pmBrooklyn
3.30pm
The Danish Girl
4.45pm
Love 3D
7pm
The Danish Girl
7.45pm
The Lesson
10.30am
Talking Pictures
11am
The Good Dinosaur
1pmBrooklyn
1.30pm
The Danish Girl
3.45pmBrooklyn
5pm
The Danish Girl
6.15pmSherpa
7.45pm
The Danish Girl
8.30pm
The Lesson
10.30am
Talking Pictures
1pm
The Danish Girl
1.30pmSherpa
3.40pmSuffragette
4.10pm
The Danish Girl
6pm
The Lesson
7pm
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale
8.30pm
The Danish Girl
11am
The Danish Girl
1.30pmSherpa
2pm
The Danish Girl
3.45pmSuffragette
4.45pm
The Danish Girl
6.15pmSherpa
7.45pm
The Danish Girl
8.30pmSuffragette
3pm
The Danish Girl
3.30pmSuffragette
6pm
The Danish Girl - Descriptive subtitled
JANUARY 2016
Wed 20
Tue 19
Mon 18
Sun 17
Sat 16
Fri 15
Thu 14
2.30pmJoy
3.15pm
The Danish Girl
5.30pmJoy
6pm
The Forbidden Room
8.15pmJoy
8.40pm
The Danish Girl
1pm
The Revenant - Audio Described
3.30pm
The Danish Girl
4.30pm
The Revenant
6.10pmJoy
8pm
The Revenant
8.45pm
In the Heart of the Sea
10.30amPan
11am
Ek tha Bhujang
12.45pm
The Revenant
12.50pm
In the Heart of the Sea
3.30pmJoy
4.30pm
The Revenant
6.10pm
In the Heart of the Sea
8pm
The Revenant
8.45pmJoy
10.45amPan
12pm
Lazy Sunday: In the Heart of the Sea
1.15pm
The Revenant
3.30pm
The Revenant
4.40pm
In the Heart of the Sea
7.15pm
The Revenant
7.30pmJoy
1pm
The Revenant
1.30pm
In the Heart of the Sea
4.30pm
The Revenant
6.10pm
In the Heart of the Sea
7.45pm
The Revenant
8.45pmJoy
1pm
The Revenant
1.30pm
In the Heart of the Sea
4.15pm
The Revenant
6pm
Joy - Descriptive Subtitled
7.45pm
The Revenant
8.40pm
In the Heart of the Sea
11amJoy
1.30pm
In the Heart of the Sea
1.45pm
The Revenant
4.40pmJoy
Sun 31
Sat 30
Fri 29
Thu 28
Wed 27
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
11amGrandma
1pm
The Revenant
1.30pm
The Lady in the Van
4.10pmGrandma
4.15pm
The Revenant
6.15pmGrandma
7.45pm
The Lady in the Van
8.15pm
The Revenant
1.30pm
The Revenant
2.15pm
The Lady in the Van
4.45pm
The Revenant
4.45pmGrandma
7pm
NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
8pm
The Revenant
2pm
A History of the Oscars
2.45pmSpotlight
3.30pmRadiator
5.30pmSpotlight
6.15pmStar*Men
8.15pmSpotlight
8.40pmRoom
11amLabyrinth
12.15pmSpotlight
1.30pmRadiator
3pmSpotlight
4pm
Double Bill The Searchers & True Grit
4pm
The Searchers
5.45pmSpotlight
6.20pm
True Grit
8.30pmRoom
8.30pmSpotlight
11amLabyrinth
12pm
Lazy Sunday: Spotlight
1.15pmRadiator
2.50pmRoom
3.45pmSpotlight
5.30pmLabyrinth
7pmRoom
7.45pmSpotlight
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
Wed 13
Tue 12
Mon 11
Sun 10
Sat 9
Fri 8
6.15pmSuffragette
8.30pm
The Danish Girl
8.45pmSherpa
1.30pm
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2pmJoy
4.10pm
The Danish Girl
5.15pmJoy
6.45pm
Mystery Film
8.15pmJoy
8.40pmCarol
10.30am
The Muppets - Autism Friendly
11.30am
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
12.30pmJoy
3pmCarol
3.15pmJoy
5.50pm
The Danish Girl
6pmJoy
8.30pm
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
8.45pmJoy
11am
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
12pm
Lazy Sunday: Joy
2pm
The Danish Girl
3pmJoy
4.45pm
Carol
6pm
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale
7.30pmJoy
1pm
The Danish Girl
1.30pmJoy
3.35pm
The Forbidden Room
4.30pmJoy
6.10pmCarol
7.45pmJoy
8.40pm
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
1pmJoy
1.30pm
The Forbidden Room
4pmJoy
4.30pm
The Danish Girl
7pm
NT Live: Jane Eyre
7.30pmJoy
10.30am
On Golden Pond
1pmJoy
1.30pm
The Danish Girl
4.30pmJoy
6.10pm
The Danish Girl
7.45pmJoy
8.40pm
The Forbidden Room
Tue 26
Mon 25
Sun 24
Sat 23
Fri 22
Thu 21
5pm
The Revenant
7.30pm
Evelyn Waugh Screening: Title TBC
8.15pm
The Revenant
2pm
In the Heart of the Sea
2.45pm
The Revenant
4.45pm
The Revenant
6.10pmJoy
8pm
The Revenant
8.45pm
In the Heart of the Sea
2.30pm
Le Mepris
3pm
The Revenant
5pm
The Revenant
6.15pm
The Lady in the Van
8.15pm
The Revenant
8.30pmSisters
11am
Snoopy and Charlie Brown
1pm
The Lady in the Van
1.15pm
The Revenant
3.40pm
Le Mepris
4.40pm
The Revenant
6.15pm
The Lady in the Van
8pm
The Revenant
8.40pmSisters
11am
Snoopy and Charlie Brown
12pm
Lazy Sunday: The Revenant
1.10pm
Le Mepris
3pm
Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew
3.40pm
The Revenant
5.40pmSisters
7pm
The Revenant
8.10pm
The Lady in the Van
1pm
The Revenant
1.30pm
The Lady in the Van
4pm
The Revenant
4.10pm
Le Mepris
6.30pmGrandma
7.30pm
The Revenant
8.30pmSisters
1pm
The Revenant
1.30pmGrandma
3.45pm
The Lady in the Van
4.15pm
The Revenant
6.15pm
My Nazi Legacy
7.30pm
The Revenant
8.30pm
Grandma - Descriptive Subtitled
Key
Relax at Phoenix with a full English
breakfast and a midday film
10am – 12pm every Sunday,
£12.50 / £10.95 (booking essential)
MAKE IT A
LAZY SUNDAY
Courses
Stage on Screen
Silver Screening
Access Cinema
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SLEAFORD MODS –
INVISIBLE BRITAIN 18
Sat 9 Jan, 8.30pm
Dir: Nathan Hannawin, Paul Sng
UK 2015, 1hr 25mins
Part band doc, part look at the state
of the nation, this new film follows
the Nottingham band on a tour of
the UK in the run up to the 2015
General Election. Sleaford Mods
– Invisible Britain shows the most
exciting and uncompromising British
band in years sticking two fingers
up to the zeitgeist and articulating
the rage and desperation of those
without a voice in austerity Britain.
THE REVENANT
15
Fri 15 - Thu 28 Jan
Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
USA 2016, 2hrs 36mins
Based on an astonishing true story,
DiCaprio stars as frontiersman Hugh
Glass accompanying fur-trappers up
the Missouri river. After an attack by
Pawnee tribesman, Glass leads the
survivors to safety but is attacked
by a bear. Left for dead by the
men who were assigned to guard
him and his son, Glass eventually
crawls out of his shallow grave with
vengeance on his mind. Determined
to find those who wronged him,
Glass will face every hardship nature
has to throw at him as he journeys
through unforgiving terrain in deep
winter. Shot using only natural light
by Iñárritu and cinematographer
Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman), and
featuring a completely committed
performance from DiCaprio, The
Revenant is a jaw-dropping, violent,
beautiful and savage picture.
10 – 11
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
THE FORBIDDEN
ROOM 12A
IN THE HEART OF
THE SEA 12A
Fri 15 - Thu 21 Jan
Dir: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth,
Benjamin Walker
USA 2015, 2hrs 2mins
Academy award winner Ron
Howard‘s (Rush) new film is a
gloriously old-fashioned big
screen adventure yarn surrounding
the maritime legend that inspired
Moby Dick. When the New England
whaling ship Essex is struck by a
Mon 11 - Thu 14 Jan
Dir: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Charlotte Rampling
Canada 2015, 1 hr 59mins
‘
- I've never taken LSD
and wandered around a film archive,
but I imagine the experience
might be similar to The Forbidden
Room.’ - The Guardian. Canadian
director Guy Maddin returns with a
hallucinatory journey into whimsy
colossal whale, the survivors face
as the crew of a stricken submarine
storms and starvation adrift in the
journey through their ship trying to
ocean; their Captain wants to get
find their missing captain. With each
them home but the first mate thirsts step they find themselves descending
for revenge against the beast. The
into a head-turning mix of fairytale,
great cast includes Chris Hemsworth, myth and Udo Kier being plagued by
Cillian Murphy and Ben Whishaw.
bottoms!
EVELYN WAUGH
SCREENING: TITLE TBC
Wed 20 Jan, 7.30pm
Screening in partnership with
The Complete Works of Evelyn
Waugh project based at the
University of Leicester, the film will
be introduced by Rebecca L. Moore
looking at the influence film had on
the writer’s work. Please check our
website for film details.
LE MEPRIS
THE LADY IN THE VAN 12A SISTERS
Fri 22 - Thu 28 Jan
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Maggie Smith, Dominic Cooper
UK 2015, 1hr 44mins
15
Fri 22 - Mon 25 Jan
Dir: Jason Moore
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler
USA 2015, 1hr 58mins
Back by popular demand, this
Two sisters return to their hometown
wonderful comedy drama is
to find their parents are selling the
adapted by Alan Bennett from
house they grew up in… but not on
his play, based on his real-life
their watch! Comedy-stars Tina Fey
relationship with Miss Shepherd (a
and Amy Poehler feature in this
superb Maggie Smith), an eccentric
hilarious movie, as they decide
local homeless woman, invited by
to throw one last party in their
Bennett to temporarily park her van
family home so it ‘goes out with a
on the driveway of his London home, bang’. With cameos from the likes
where she stayed for 15 years!
of James Brolin, Maya Rudolph
(Bridesmaids) and John Cena
(Trainwreck) - why would you want
to miss out?
15
Fri 22 - Mon 25 Jan
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli
France/Italy 1963, 1hr 43mins,
subtitled (parts)
Caught in the crossfire of a creative
battle between an artistic director
and a hard-headed producer,
screenwriter Paul Javal (Piccoli) finds
himself embroiled in a battle of wills
on the set of a new adaptation of
Homer’s The Odyssey. Siding with
the producer and his chequebook,
Paul’s decision-making incurs the
displeasure of his beautiful wife
Camille (Bardot). Emotionally
charged and sublimely shot,
Godard’s New Wave masterpiece
epitomises ‘60s style and glamour.
ROOM
15
Fri 29 Jan - Thu 4 Feb
Dir: Lenny Abrahamson
Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay
Ireland/Canada 2015, 1hr 58mins
Ma and Jack have lived in ‘Room’
for all of Jack’s life. Ma has created
a whole world for Jack there with
toys, school and gym class. But Ma
wants them to escape; she wants
to returns to the world that Jack
thinks only exists in their TV, and
to do that they will have to risk
everything. Lenny Abrahamson’s
stunning new film about a mother
and son held against their will is
by turns thrilling and profoundly
moving; it hits with a punch of
emotional power you’ll feel for days
afterwards. Essential viewing.
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
GRANDMA
15
Mon 25 - Thu 28 Jan
Dir: Paul Weitz
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner
USA 2015, 1hr 19mins
When Elle’s granddaughter Sage
turns up looking for money due to
an unwanted pregnancy, the two
drive around town trying to borrow
some cash. Lily Tomlin is wonderful
as the acerbic feminist poet Elle
who has enough life experience
to handle just about anyone; you
almost pity Sage’s weed-smoking
boyfriend who finds this out the
hard way! A warm, touching and
funny film, it’s refreshing to see an
older, fiercely independent woman
in a lead role.
SPOTLIGHT
15
Fri 29 Jan - Thu 11 Feb
Dir: Thomas McCarthy
Cast: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo
USA 2015, 2hrs 9mins
This intelligent and gripping new
film follows the Boston Globe’s
‘Spotlight’ investigative journalists
as they unearthed a huge scandal of
child abuse and cover-up within their
local Catholic Archdiocese in 2001.
Reminiscent of All the President’s
Men with a superb ensemble cast
that includes Michael Keaton,
Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo,
Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci,
Spotlight is the frontrunner for Best
Picture in the upcoming awards
season. It’s a terrific testament to
a team of determined men and
women who refused to give up.
RADIATOR
15
12 – 13
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
Fri 29 Jan - Mon 1 Feb
Dir: Tom Browne
Cast: Richard Johnson, Julia Ford
UK 2014, 1hr 34mins
DOUBLE BILL:
THE SEARCHERS
+ TRUE GRIT 15
U
Sat 30 Jan, 4pm
Dir: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne
USA 1956, 1hr 54mins
Dir: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges
USA 2010 1hr 46mins
A double bill of Westerns to
celebrate Iñárritu’s The Revenant
and whet the appetite for
our screenings of Tarantino’s
The Hateful Eight in Feb. We start
with John Ford’s classic starring
John Wayne as a Civil War veteran
on a journey to rescue his niece.
We follow with the Coens‘ superb
update of True Grit starring Jeff
Bridges as a Marshal hired by
a teenager to track down her
father's murderer.
Isolated in their remote Cumbrian
cottage, elderly couple Leonard
and Maria find that time has caught
up with them and their lives have
gradually slipped from eccentricity
into chaos. Taking a few days off
work, their son Daniel has travelled
back home to help them cope. With
very little time to spare, Daniel faces
the daunting challenge of restoring
some order to the house whilst
keeping everyone happy.
SILVER
SCREENINGS
STAR*MEN
MY NAZI LEGACY
PG
Fri 29 Jan, 6.15pm
Dir: Alison E. Rose
UK 2015, 1hr 28mins
PG
Tue 26 Jan, 6.15pm
Dir: David Evans
UK 2015, 1hr 34mins
THE DANISH GIRL
In this excellent documentary,
human-rights lawyer Philippe Sands
conducts conversations with two
men whose fathers were highranking Nazis during WWII. Niklas
Frank, Hitler’s godson, is convinced
of his father’s guilt, but Horst von
Wachter refuses to acknowledge the
crimes his father Otto was accused
of and can’t accept he was evil.
Taking a trip to the Ukraine where
members of Sands’ family were
slaughtered, all three men must try
to come to terms with the past.
GOLDEN
TICKET
ACCESS CINEMA
15
Wed 6 Jan, 11am
ON GOLDEN POND
PG
Wed 13 Jan, 10.30am
Open to all, screening in
partnership with The University of
the Third Age (U3A)
JOY
12A
Wed 20 Jan, 11am
GRANDMA
15
Wed 27 Jan, 11am
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– 20
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Book tickets for mid-week films
in January on our website, and
you could win one of two Golden
Tickets - entitling you to watch
any film at Phoenix, any time, for
a whole year.
FREE
CI
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BOOK ONLINE AND
WIN A YEAR’S FREE
CINEMA!
YEA
2016
Four exceptional astronomers –
Donald the theoretician, Nick the
visionary, Roger the inventor, and
Wallace the observer – celebrate
50 years of work and friendship on
a road trip in the south-western
United States, recapturing youthful
adventures and recounting each
other's influences on the most
exciting period in astronomy’s
history. The screening will be
introduced by Professor Paul
O'Brien, head of the University of
Leicester’s Department of Physics
and Astronomy.
For anyone who is deaf or has hearing
loss, we show subtitled versions of
the latest English language movies in
our main cinema screens.
THE DANISH GIRL
Thu 7 Jan, 6pm
JOY
15
AUDIO DESCRIBED
For our customers who are blind
or have sight loss, these monthly
screenings feature audible descriptions of the action on screen.
THE REVENANT
15
Fri 15 Jan, 1pm
12A
AUTISM FRIENDLY
Tue 19 Jan, 6pm
For children and adults on the
autistic / Asperger’s spectrum, these
screenings have reduced sound
levels, partially raised lighting, no
trailers and freedom to move around.
There’s no booking fee and we’ll
enter you into our Golden Ticket
prize draw on Mon 1 Feb.
For full terms and conditions visit
phoenix.org.uk/goldenticket
GRANDMA
15
Tue 26 Jan, 8.30pm
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Matinee screenings for just £4.60
including refreshments.
THE MUPPETS
Sat 9 Jan, 10.30am
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The Taming of the Shrew, Bolshoi Ballet
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
STAGE ON
SCREEN
THIS MONTH
See some of the world’s greatest stage shows and exhibitions come alive
on our cinema screens.
THE WINTER’S TALE
Tickets from £11.50
(Branagh Theatre Live)
Sun 10 Jan, 6pm
Your final chance to see Judi
Dench in Kenneth Branagh’s
outstanding production.
JANE EYRE
N AT I O N A L
T H E AT R E
LIVE
Jane Eyre
Tue 12 Jan, 7pm
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Thu 28 Jan, 7pm
Painting the Modern Garden:
Monet to Matisse
Tue 12 Apr, 7.30pm
This dynamic production of
Charlotte Brönte’s classic story
is back by popular demand.
As You Like It
Thu 25 Feb, 7pm
B R A N A G H T H E AT R E L I V E
(Bolshoi Ballet)
Sun 24 Jan, 3pm
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
Renoir: The Unknown Artist
Tue 16 Feb, 7.30pm
(NT Live)
Tue 12 Jan, 7pm
ENGLISH
N AT I O N A L
OPERA
THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW
14 – 15
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN
The Bolshoi’s breathtaking
adaptation of Shakespeare's
comedy, choreographed by
Jean-Christophe Maillot.
LES LIAISONS
DANGEREUSES
(NT Live)
Thu 28 Jan, 7pm
An irresistible tale of seduction,
intrigue and betrayal, starring
Michelle Dockery and
Dominic West.
The Magic Flute
Wed 9 Mar, 7.30pm
BOLSHOI
BALLET
The Taming of the Shrew
Sun 24 Jan, 3pm
The Winter's Tale
Tue 5 Jan, 7pm
Sun 10 Jan, 6pm
Romeo and Juliet
Thu 7 Jul, 7.15pm
R O YA L
SHAKESPEARE
C O M PA N Y
Hamlet
Wed 8 Jun, 7pm
Spartacus
Sun 13 Mar, 3pm
Don Quixote
Sun 10 Apr, 4pm
See our website for full details and more
shows in 2016, and to buy tickets (with no
booking fee).
FAMILIES AT
PHOENIX
Phoenix Family Films
EK THA BHUJANG
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
10 year old Kabir wants to be
Lord Krishna in the school play,
but his teacher won’t let him as
he’s not a Hindu. So Kabir tells
a lie to help him get the role,
but the lie grows and grows and
eventually he’s forced to face
his fears.
PG
Sat 2 – Mon 4 Jan
USA 2015, 1hr 41mins
What would have happened if the
asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs on
Earth actually missed? An unlikely
bond is formed between human
and dinosaur in this epic journey of
friendship and family.
THE HUNGER GAMES:
MOCKINGJAY PART II 12A
PAN
Fri 8 – Mon 11 Jan
USA/Germany 2015, 2hrs 17mins
PG
Sat 16 – Sun 17 Jan
USA/UK/Australia 2015, 1hr 51mins
When Peter, a 12 year old orphan,
is spirited away to the magical
Neverland, he finds excitement
and danger, and finally discovers
his destiny.
SNOOPY AND CHARLIE
BROWN: THE PEANUTS
MOVIE U
Sat 23 – Sun 24 Jan
USA 2015, 1hr 33mins
Charlie Brown and Snoopy
return in a feature length movie
full of laughs for all the family.
Loveable underdog Charlie wants
to impress his new neighbour.
A dose of nostalgia for those who
remember the original comic strip
and TV series.
U
Sat 16 Jan, 11am
India 2015, 1hr 13mins
Hindi with English subtitles
With great family films every
weekend, free workshops and a
new children’s menu in our Café Bar,
Phoenix is the perfect place to relax
with your nearest and dearest.
In the final film of the franchise
we rejoin Katniss and District
13 as they continue to revolt
against the autocratic Capitol,
targeting President Snow as the
one responsible for the mindless
killing. Nothing can prepare you
for the end!
LABYRINTH
U
Sat 30 – Sun 31 Jan
Dir: Jim Henson
Cast: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
UK/USA 1986, 1hr 38mins
A weekend of screenings so a new
generation can discover this cult
classic as it turns 30! When teenager
Sarah’s selfish wish for her baby
brother to disappear is granted by
the Goblin King (Bowie), Sarah must
solve a deadly maze to rescue him.
Part of our regular programme of
films screening in partnership with the
Children’s Film Society, India.
SMARTPHONE
DARKROOM WITH
LEICESTER LO-FI
Sat 23 Jan, 12pm – 4pm
Café Bar, Free
Combine digital and analogue
photography in this fun, free
workshop. Take photos on your
smartphone, then transfer them
onto light sensitive photographic
paper and develop the prints with
traditional darkroom chemicals.
Drop-in, no need to book.
Suitable for children and
adults alike.
MAKE IT A LAZY SUNDAY
Relax at Phoenix with a full English breakfast and a midday film
10am – 12pm every Sunday, £12.50 / £10.95 (booking essential)
OPENING TIMES
TICKETS
Sat – Sun
& bank holidays
Mon – Fri
12pm – 9pm
Box Office
STANDARD TICKETS
Full
Conc*
Student/U18
After 5pm
& Weekends
£8.30
£6.50
£5.50
Before 5pm
£7.50
£6.50
£5.50
£1 off standard Full and Conc
ticket price
10.30am – 9pm
(Wed)
11am – 9pm
Café Bar &
Cube Gallery
9am – 11pm
10am – 11pm
MyPhoenix Members
& Friends
Food Served
11am – 9pm
11am – 9pm (Sat)
10am – 6pm (Sun)
TICKET OFFERS
PARKING
There is a pay and display car park next to Phoenix. Parking
costs £1 for up to 2 hours, £2 for 3 hours, £4 all day, and is
free after 6pm. On Sundays and bank holidays there is a £1
charge from 6am-6pm and a maximum stay of 3hrs.
Autism Friendly /
Supported Environment
Screenings
£4.00
one free carer ticket available
for CEA cardholders
Family tickets
Adult + child
£10
Adult + 2 children
£15
2 adults + 2 children £20
Rutland Street NCP on Halford Street (LE1 1TQ) is a short
walk from Phoenix and costs £4.40 all day for Phoenix
customers. Tickets must be validated at the Box Office.
Film & Dine †
On-street parking is also available around Phoenix. Please
always check the signs as restrictions may apply.
Lazy Sunday †
Combine the film of your choice
with a meal
£14.75 / £13.25 conc.
Any item from the brunch menu,
a drink and a ticket to the 12pm
show
£12.50 / £10.95 conc.
3D cost an additional £1.50 (3D glasses included)
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BOX OFFICE
0116 242 2800
BOOK ONLINE
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Phoenix, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG
Office enquiries, including room & screen hire – 0116 242 2821
ACCESS
Front of building &
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Hearing loops
in building
Wheelchair
spaces available
Baby changing
facilities
Guide dogs
are welcome
Toilet & washing
facilities
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