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THE HANDMAIDEN
Fri 28 Apr – Thu 4 May
THIS MONTH —
EXHIBITION:
NO COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
INTENDED
New films —
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
ELLE
THEIR FINEST
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Explore the conflict between copyright
and culture in the digital age
ACTING FOR
FILM BASICS
Learn what it takes
to be on the big screen
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
APRIL
HIGHLIGHTS
film / THEIR FINEST
stage on screen / Twelfth Night
LEARN / Acting for film basics
2–3
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
FAMILY / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
art /
No Copyright Infringement Intended
KIDS GET CREATIVE /
REAL LIFE GIFS WORKSHOP
COMING next month
alien: covenant
mindhorn
the zookeeper’s wife
WELCOME
March segues into April, heralding the glories of
spring – busy birds, beautiful blossom, and tiddly
tadpoles make even the hardest heart feel joyful.
Now the evenings are lighter, we all feel more like
getting out and about, and what better place to
go than Phoenix?
Our new exhibition, No Copyright Infringement
Intended, is a fascinating – and immensely relevant
– look at how copyright is being affected by data
sharing in the digital age. Join us for the launch
on Fri 7 Apr (p4).
GET MORE OUT
OF PHOENIX WITH
MEMBERSHIP &
LOYALTY
We’ve got more short courses coming up,
including Acting for Film Basics and Hardy on
Screen (p5); all our tutors are experienced film
industry professionals. Book your place online
or at Box Office now.
With films from 11 countries, there’s plenty to
delight fans of world cinema. Look out for French
star Isabelle Huppert in the intensely provocative
Elle (p6); stark Russian satire The Student (p10);
and The Handmaiden, an erotic thriller from
South Korea (p11).
Member Card £40
Homegrown movies include WWII comedy-drama
Their Finest, starring Gemma Arterton and Bill
Nighy (p10); The Sense of an Ending, with a
magnificent performance from Jim Broadbent
(p7); and everybody’s favourite doctor David
Tennant is psychiatric pioneer RD Laing in
Mad to be Normal (p11).
Plus we’re bringing back some of the biggest
movies of the past few months so if you missed
them first time round, or want to see them again,
now’s your chance (p13).
Friend Card £65
Whatever you’re into, you’ll find it at Phoenix.
Phoenix is a registered charity, No. 701078.
Our aim is to bring inspirational film and art to all.
Made possible with the support of:
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Art at
Phoenix
NO COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
INTENDED
Fri 7 Apr – Sun 21 May
Cube Gallery, Free
Exhibition launch:
Fri 7 Apr, 6pm, all welcome
No Copyright Infringement
Intended explores the
relationship between copyright
and culture in the digital age,
investigating how the concept
of ownership and authorship is
evolving and coming into conflict
with outdated copyright and
intellectual property laws.
4–5
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
For the many people now mass
sharing, copying and remixing
seems like a natural form of
self expression. Rather than
embracing this change and
using it to their advantage, rights
holders often resort to reinforcing
outdated laws − penalising those
who copy − and placing barriers
on technology’s ability to share
information and content freely.
A group exhibition featuring
eight national and international
artists working across a range
of creative practices, it highlights
the ongoing tension between
production and copyright,
considers the new artistic
possibilities created through
this tension and suggests new
ways forward for artists, rights
holders and the wider creative
community.
Curated by Antonio Roberts,
a new media artist and curator
based in Birmingham. Kindly
supported by Arts Council
England.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
COPYRIGHT AS FRAME
AND PRISON − A PUBLIC
CONVERSATION
Fri 28 Apr, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Alongside our exhibition No
Copyright Infringement Intended,
this discussion will highlight the
disruptive power of technological
innovation on culture and copyright.
CURATOR’S TOUR
Using the works within the exhibition
as a starting point, a panel including
artists and copyright experts will
discuss how emerging technologies
are shaping creative processes, how
(perceptions of) copyright enable
and inhibit those technologicallyenabled processes and the
appropriateness of appropriation.
Join No Copyright Infringement
Intended curator Antonio Roberts
for a guided tour of the exhibition,
followed by a chance to ask
questions about the show. The
tour will be preceded by a short
presentation called Ctrl + C, looking
at the one-way system of cultural
appropriation by corporations.
This event is free − book via
our website.
The tour is free to attend −
no booking necessary.
Thu 11 May
1pm – 2pm and 6pm – 7pm
LEARN at
Phoenix
Visit our website
to find out more and
book online.
THIS MONTH
ACTING FOR
FILM BASICS
Wednesdays, 5 Apr – 26 Apr
(4 sessions)
7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £48 / £40 conc.
A practical guide to the skills and
techniques specific to film acting.
No experience necessary!
HARDY ON SCREEN
Thursdays, 6 Apr – 27 Apr
(4 sessions)
7pm – 8.30pm
Price: £50 / £42 conc.
(£48 / £40 conc. for MyPhoenix
Members & Friends)
Thomas Hardy’s works continue to
resonate with modern audiences.
Join us for a visual tour through
his life and work, on screen and
beyond.
FILM SCHOOL
Tuesdays, 2 May – 20 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.
FILM FESTIVALS FOR
INDIE FILMMAKERS
KEN LOACH
Sat 26 Aug
10.30am – 4pm
Price: £16
We take a closer look at Loach’s
career, spanning 50 years. The
director of Cathy Come Home
and I, Daniel Blake, he’s known
for his hard hitting politics.
We dive into the world of film
festivals, and take a look at how
to find the right ones to enter,
how to build relationships and
reputation, and how to deal with
the word ‘no’. An essential overview
for filmmakers, with industry tips
for getting your film selected.
Sat 8 Apr
10.30am – 4pm
Price: £16
BOOK TO FILM 2:
THE SEQUEL
Fridays, 8 Sep – 13 Oct
(6 sessions)
2pm – 3.30pm
Price: £75 / £63 conc.
(£72 / £60 conc. for MyPhoenix
Members & Friends)
Join us as we consider six more
subjects of big screen adaptation,
including Graham Greene, graphic
novels and diaries.
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH
THE LOST CITY
OF Z 15
Fri 24 Mar – Thu 6 Apr
Dir: James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam
USA 2016, 2hrs 21mins
An enthralling true story of
obsession, based on the
best-selling book by David Grant.
At the dawn of the 20th century,
British explorer Percy Fawcett
(Hunnam) voyages into the
Amazon in search of a lost city
that he believes was home to
an ancient civilisation.
TRESPASS
AGAINST US
15
Fri 31 Mar – Thu 6 Apr
Dir: Adam Smith
Cast: Michael Fassbender,
Brendan Gleeson
UK 2016, 1hr 49mins
Colby Cutler (Gleeson) is the
tracksuit-clad bullying patriarch
of the Cutler brood, who live in
a field outside Gloucester and
revel in outlaw pursuits of
joyriding and robbery. Colby’s
eldest son Chad (Fassbender) has
ideas of getting his young family
out, but Colby will do anything
to stop him from leaving.
6–7
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
FREE FIRE
15
Fri 31 Mar – Thu 13 Apr
Dir: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy
France/UK 2016, 1hr 30mins
Boston, 1978 and Justine (Larson)
has brokered an arms deal with
the IRA. When the parties and
their henchmen meet in an
abandoned warehouse for the
handover, what should be a
simple transaction turns into an
insane shoot-out. A gloriously
OTT and darkly comic action film
from Ben Wheatley (High-Rise).
ELLE
18
Fri 7 – Thu 13 Apr
Dir: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Isabelle Huppert
France/Germany 2016,
2hrs 10mins, subtitled
Verhoeven’s latest art-house
provocation has been nominated
for a host of awards, including
BAFTA and Oscar nominations for
Isabelle Huppert’s stunning
performance as Michèle, a
successful businesswoman on the
trail of the unknown man who raped
her. Refusing to involve the police,
instead Michèle purchases a hatchet
and spends time at a gun range.
But this is far from a simple
rape-revenge story. Elle is complex,
confrontational, with a jet-black
PERSONAL SHOPPER
15
Fri 7 – Thu 13 Apr
Dir: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Kristen Stewart
France/Germany 2016,
1hr 45mins, subtitled (parts)
Olivier Assayas’s (Clouds of Sils
Maria) new film is a heady blend
of ghost story and mystery thriller.
Maureen is a young American
woman employed as a personal
shopper in Paris, working for a
ghastly celebrity. But she is also
a medium, waiting for a sign from
her twin brother’s spirit that he is
at peace following his death in the
city. When she begins to receive
text messages from an unknown
number, is it the sign she’s been
waiting for, or something darker
and dangerous?
sense of humour which makes
for uncomfortable viewing and
demands to be debated long after
the credits have rolled.
Goodfellas
AQUARIUS
18
Fri 7 Apr, 8.20pm
Dir: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
USA 1990, 2hrs 25mins
18
Fri 14 – Thu 20 Apr
Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cast: Sonia Braga
Brazil 2016, 2hrs 26mins, subtitled
“As far back as I can remember,
I always wanted to be a gangster.”
A bonafide classic, Scorsese’s crime
epic is based on the true-story of
Henry Hill – a small-time gangster
who with his two friends Jimmy
(Robert De Niro) and Tommy (an
electric Joe Pesci) works his way up
through the Mob’s hierarchy. Back
on the big screen where it belongs,
Goodfellas has been newly reissued
in 4K by the BFI as part of their
Scorsese season.
65 year-old widow Clara is the last
remaining occupant of her old
seaside apartment building, the
‘Aquarius’. All her neighbours have
accepted offers from an ambitious
development firm, but Clara refuses
to move despite the increasingly
aggressive actions of the company
– including renting a room next door
to host an orgy! A parable of
tradition versus modernity, of human
happiness versus the relentless
march of progress, with a terrific
central performance from Sonia
Braga as the determined Clara.
THE SENSE OF
AN ENDING 15
GET OUT
Fri 14 – Thu 27 Apr
Dir: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Jim Broadbent
UK 2017, 1hr 48mins
Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) returns
with this adaptation of Julian Barnes’
Man Booker Prize winning novel of
the same name. Jim Broadbent
plays Tony, an aging divorcee who
receives a letter stating that an
ex-girlfriend’s mother has left him
a diary in her will. While waiting to
get the diary Tony recounts his past
to his ex-wife; forced to relive an
ill-fated love triangle from his youth,
Tony begins to question his influence
on the events and people involved.
Broadbent is characteristically
superb as Tony and the all-star cast
15
Fri 14 – Tue 18 Apr
Dir: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya
USA 2017, 1hr 44mins
Jordan Peele’s impressive feature
debut is set to become this year’s
must-see art-house horror, following
in the footsteps of The Babadook
and It Follows. Young African
American photographer Chris travels
to his girlfriend Rose’s family estate.
Although nervous about meeting
her upper class white family, Chris
is welcomed with open arms. But
there’s something rotten in suburbia
– the servants too creepy, the family
friends too friendly – and Chris
needs to get out before it’s too late.
includes Charlotte Rampling, Harriet
Walter and Emily Mortimer.
APRIL
2017
SATURDAY 01
10:45 12:45 13:00 15:00 15:15 17:45 18:00 20:00 20:15 Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang
Irreplaceable
Free Fire
The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
Free Fire
Irreplaceable
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
SUNDAY 02
10:30 12:00 12:45 14:30 15:00 16:45 17:15 19:20 19:45 Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang
Lazy Sunday: Free Fire
Irreplaceable
EOS: The Artist’s Garden
– American Impressionism
Free Fire
The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
Free Fire
MONDAy 03
10:30
13:00 13:30 15:40 15:45 18:10 18:15 20:15 20:30 Talking Pictures
Irreplaceable
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
Free Fire
Free Fire
Irreplaceable
The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
TUESDAY 04
10:30
13:00 13:30 15:15 17:15 18:10 19:30 20:30 Talking Pictures
Free Fire
Irreplaceable
The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
Free Fire
Irreplaceable
WEDNESDAY 05
11:00 13:45 15:15 16:30 18:00 19:00 20:15 20:30 Trespass Against Us
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
Free Fire
Free Fire
Acting for Film Basics
The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
THURSDAY 06
13:50 14:50 16:45 17:30 19:00 19:00 20:00 The Lost City of Z
Free Fire
Free Fire
Trespass Against Us
NT Live: Twelfth Night
Hardy on Screen
Free Fire
FRIDAY 07
13:00 Beauty and the Beast
13:00Elle
15:40 Beauty and the Beast
15:50 Free Fire
18:10Sully
18:20 Personal Shopper
20:20Goodfellas
20:40 Free Fire
SATURDAY 08
10:30 10:30 11:30 13:20 13:45 16:20 16:30 18:30 19:30 20:50 Beauty and the Beast
– Autism Friendly
Ken Loach
Sully
Beauty and the Beast
La La Land
Elle
Free Fire
Personal Shopper
NT Live: Twelfth Night
Free Fire
SUNDAY 09
10:30 12:00 13:10 14:40 16:00
16:45 18:50 19:30 20:45 Beauty and the Beast
Lazy Sunday: Beauty and the Beast
La La Land
Free Fire
Bolshoi Ballet: A Hero of Our Time
Personal Shopper
Sully
Elle
Free Fire
MONDAY 10
10:45 13:00 13:30 15:45 15:45 18:00 18:30 20:20 20:40 Beauty and the Beast
Elle
Sully
Free Fire
Beauty and the Beast
Personal Shopper
Sully
Lion
Free Fire
TUESDAY 11
10:40 13:00 13:30 15:20 17:00 18:10 19:30 20:15 Beauty and the Beast
Personal Shopper
Elle
Beauty and the Beast
Free Fire
Free Fire – Descriptive Subtitles
Lion
Elle
WEDNESDAY 12
10:30 11:15 13:15 14:15 16:00 17:45 18:10 20:30 20:45 Life is Beautiful
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Elle
Free Fire
Elle
Lion
Personal Shopper
Free Fire
THURSDAY 13
11:00 13:00 14:15 15:45 18:00 18:10 20:30 20:40 Beauty and the Beast
Elle
Lion
Free Fire
Beauty and the Beast
Personal Shopper
Elle
Free Fire
FRIDAY 14
10:30 12:00 13:15 14:30 15:40 17:30 18:00 20:00 20:50 Beauty and the Beast
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out – Audio Described
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
Manchester by the Sea
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
SATURDAY 15
10:30 12:10 13:20 14:40 15:50 17:30 18:10 20:30 20:30 Beauty and the Beast
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
Manchester by the Sea
The Sense of an Ending
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
The Sense of an Ending
SUNDAY 16
11:30 12:00 14:20 14:30 17:00 17:20 19:30 19:45 Beauty and the Beast
Lazy Sunday:
The Sense of an Ending
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
The Sense of an Ending
Manchester by the Sea
The Sense of an Ending
MONDAY 17
10:45 13:00 13:30 16:00 17:15 18:20 19:45 20:50 Beauty and the Beast
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
The Sense of an Ending
The Student
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
TUESDAY 18
10:45 13:00 13:30 15:30 17:15 18:10 19:45 20:30 Beauty and the Beast
The Sense of an Ending
The Student
Get Out
The Sense of an Ending
Get Out
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
WEDNESDAY 19
11:00 The Sense of an Ending
11:45 Beauty and the Beast
14:00 The Sense of an Ending
15:00Aquarius
17:15 The Sense of an Ending
18:15 35mm Club: Citizen Kane
19:45 The Sense of an Ending
20:30 The Student
THURSDAY 20
11:10 12:00 14:00 15:00 16:30 17:30 19:00
20:15 Beauty and the Beast
Aquarius
The Sense of an Ending
The Student
The Sense of an Ending
Beauty and the Beast – Descriptive Subtitles
NT Live: Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead
The Sense of an Ending
FRIDAY 21
12:15 12:45 15:20 15:30 18:10 18:15 20:30 20:40 Power Rangers
Their Finest
Mad to be Normal
Their Finest
Their Finest
Mystery Film
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
SATURDAY 22
11:30 12:15 14:45 15:00 17:40 18:00 20:15 20:30 Power Rangers
Their Finest
Mad to be Normal
Their Finest
Their Finest
The Elephant Man
Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
SUNDAY 23
10:30 12:00 14:30 14:40 17:15 18:00 19:45 20:30 Power Rangers
Lazy Sunday: Their Finest
Aviation Archive
Their Finest
Their Finest
Mad to be Normal
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
MONDAY 24
13:00 13:30 15:30 17:15 18:10
19:45 20:30 Mad to be Normal
Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
Graduation
TUESDAY 25
13:00 13:30 16:30 17:45 19:30 20:30 Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
Graduation
NT Live: Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead
Their Finest
WEDNESDAY 26
11:00 12:40 13:30 15:10 16:15 17:50 19:00 20:15 Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
Graduation
Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
RSC: Julius Caesar
Their Finest
Thursday 27
14:30 15:30 17:15 18:10 19:45 20:30 Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
The Sense of an Ending
Their Finest
Graduation
FRIDAY 28
15:00 15:20 18:00 18:10 20:30 20:45 Their Finest
A Quiet Passion
Their Finest
A Quiet Passion
The Handmaiden
Cinema Bizarre: Straight to Hell
SATURDAY 29
13:00 Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang
14:15 A Quiet Passion
15:10 Their Finest
17:30 The Handmaiden
17:45 Their Finest
20:15 A Quiet Passion
20:30Moonlight
SUNDAY 30
11:15 12:00 13:45 14:40 17:00 17:10 19:30 19:45 Key
Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang
Lazy Sunday: A Quiet Passion
The Handmaiden
Moonlight
Moonlight
Their Finest
A Quiet Passion
The Handmaiden
Access Cinema
Silver Screening
Stage on Screen
Course
MY PHOENIX
MONDAYS
‘2 for £10’ film ticket offer
for all MyPhoenix cardholders
on Mondays
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
THE STUDENT
15
Mon 17 – Thu 20 Apr
Dir: Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: Pyotr Skvortsov
Russia 2016, 1hr 58mins, subtitled
Set in contemporary Russia,
a young student Veniamin becomes
obsessed with the bible. Convinced
that he is surrounded by corruption
and evil, he acts out his own holy
war on his school and teacher with
increasing fervour and venom.
A satire of modern Russia and the
Orthodox church, The Student
brings to mind 2014’s devastating
Leviathan and Stations of the Cross,
Dietrich Brüggemann’s stark parable
of creeping religious
fundamentalism in the young.
DESIRE FOR DATA
Wed 19 Apr, 6.30pm
France 2015, 50mins + Intro
Tickets £3
A crowd of teenagers hang out at
a backyard party, drinking beers
around the barbeque. Meanwhile,
unbeknownst to them, a group of
young French mathematicians are
observing the teenagers in an
attempt to derive a love formula
from their conversations and flirtations.
French-Algerian artist and filmmaker
Neïl Beloufa subtly combines elements
of documentary, science fiction and
reality TV to form an uncanny
portrait of contemporary youth.
Presented in collaboration with the ICA, as
part of the Art & Screen Network, funded by
Arts Council England.
35mm CLUB
THEIR FINEST
Citizen Kane
12A
10 – 11
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
Fri 21 Apr – Thu 4 May
Dir: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy
UK 2016, 1hr 57mins
The director of An Education returns
with this wonderfully entertaining
comedy-drama set during World
War II. Young copywriter Catrin Cole
(Arterton) is hired by the Ministry of
Information’s Film Division in order
to add a “female perspective” to
the propaganda shorts that run at
the cinema. Catrin butts heads with
fellow screenwriter Buckley (Sam
Claflin, The Riot Club) and pompous
actor Ambrose Hilliard (a glorious
Bill Nighy) who both resent a
woman’s presence. Nevertheless,
relations between Cole and Buckley
begin to thaw when they are tasked
U
Wed 19 Apr, 6.15pm
Dir: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles
USA 1941, 1hr 54mins
with co-writing a film on the Battle
of Dunkirk designed to boost the
nation’s morale.
Our monthly screening from real
35mm film continues with Welles’
seminal 1941 film. When an
American billionaire dies uttering
the word “Rosebud” reporters
scramble to try and discover the
meaning of his last words; and we
witness the rise and fall of
publishing tycoon Charles Foster
Kane. Often cited as the best film
ever made (although it was beaten
into 2nd spot in the 2012 BFI vote)
Citizen Kane showed Welles’
incredible mastery of cinema –
in his first film!
MYSTERY FILM
18
Fri 21 Apr, 6.15pm
Tickets £3
Take a leap of faith and join us as
we voyage into the unknown. Since
starting our Mystery Film nights in
2015 we’ve shown a huge variety
of brilliant cinema, including
Christophe Barratier’s The Chorus,
Scorsese’s Mean Streets on 35mm,
and New Zealand comedy Eagle
Vs Shark. No-one − and we mean
no-one − knows what we’re
screening until the film begins,
but you can trust that it’ll be great.
The Mystery Film may be any classification up
to an 18 certificate. As such, these screenings
are for over-18s only.
AVIATION ARCHIVE:
COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF
WORLD WAR II
Sun 23 Apr, 2.30pm
Tickets £7.50
This new programme of rare archive
films unlocks a collection that has
lain dormant for the past 50 years,
and brings to life genuine WWII
footage showing the work of the
RAF and the aviation industry during
our country’s greatest time of need.
Explore the world of aircraft
production, operation,recovery and
much more, on film which has been
re-discovered, restored and is now
being screened mostly for the first
time. Introduced by Rob Foxon of
the Leicestershire Film Archive.
MAD TO BE NORMAL
15
Fri 21 – Mon 24 Apr
Dir: Robert Mullan
Cast: David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss
UK 2017, 1hr 55mins
Based on the life of controversial
Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing
(Tennant), a chain-smoking,
hard-drinking maverick doctor
associated with the anti-psychiatry
movement. The film focuses on
the 1960s when Laing set up a
commune in East London where
patients and therapists lived
together; passionately committed
to his patients, problems with his
own family threaten Laing’s mental
health. Tennant brings a manic
energy to the role of Laing.
THE HANDMAIDEN
THE ELEPHANT MAN
PG
Sat 22 Apr, 6pm
Dir: David Lynch
Cast: John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins
USA/UK 1980, 2hrs 4mins
Screening in tribute to legendary
British actor John Hurt, who passed
away in January. David Lynch’s
stunning film stars Hurt as John
Merrick (Leicester’s Joseph Merrick)
a heavily disfigured man who is
rescued from a Victorian freak show
by London surgeon Frederick Treves
(Hopkins). Showing his humanity
and warmth, John proves to people
he is a human being not the
monster they assume.
MyPhoenix Members and Friends
− tickets just £3 for this screening.
18
Fri 28 Apr – Thu 4 May
Dir: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim
South Korea 2016, 2hrs 24mins,
subtitled
Provocateur Park Chan-wook
(Stoker, Oldboy) returns with this
gorgeous erotic thriller – an
intoxicating mix of operatic
melodrama and lush visuals,
suffused with Chan-wook’s
continuing exploration of the darker,
predatory side of human nature.
1930s Korea and young pickpocket
Sook-hee is hired by a con-artist to
help him rob Japanese heiress Lady
Hideko of her fortune. But when
Sook-hee begins work as a
handmaiden a powerful attraction
develops between the two women.
Everyone has secrets, and who is
really conning who?
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
Silver
Screenings
CINEMA BIZARRE
Matinee screenings for just
£5.50 including refreshments.
Trespass
Against Us
15
Wed 5 Apr, 11am
Life is Beautiful
PG
Wed 12 Apr, 10.30am
Open to all, screening in
partnership with The University
of the Third Age (U3A)
The Sense of
an Ending 15
Wed 19 Apr, 11am
Their Finest
GRADUATION
15
Mon 24 – Thu 27 Apr
Dir: Cristian Mungiu
Cast: Adrian Titieni
Romania/France 2016, 2hrs 7mins,
subtitled
“««««« – completely compelling”
– Time Out. In a small Transylvanian
town, local doctor Romeo has
promised his daughter that she can
go to college abroad, but their plan
is in jeopardy after she is attacked
on the eve of her exams. A
prominent member of the town,
Romeo decides to use his influence
to help his daughter. Celebrated
Romanian filmmaker Mungiu’s
(4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
film won the prize for Best Director
at Cannes 2016.
15
Wed 26 Apr, 11am
Access Cinema
DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES
Free Fire
15
12 – 13
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
Tue 11 Apr, 6.10pm
Beauty and
the Beast PG
A QUIET PASSION
12A
Fri 28 Apr – Thu 4 May
Dir: Terence Davies
Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle
UK/Belgium 2016, 2hrs 5mins
Thu 20 Apr, 5.30pm
AUDIO DESCRIBED
Get Out
15
Fri 14 Apr, 1.15pm
AUTISM FRIENDLY
Beauty and
the Beast PG
Sat 8 Apr, 10.30am
Cynthia Nixon delivers a career best
performance in Terence Davies’s
(Sunset Song) moving biopic of
American poet Emily Dickinson.
Returning home at the age of 18
after she refused to join in with the
evangelical devotion of her school,
Dickinson began her life as a poet
writing between 3am and dawn.
Slowly removing herself from
society, Dickinson lived as a recluse,
cut off from others as she poured
her hopes, passion and rebellion
into her poetry.
STRAIGHT TO HELL
15
Fri 28 Apr, 8.45pm
Dir: Alex Cox
Cast: Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson
UK 1987, 1hr 26mins
To mark the 40th anniversary of
The Clash’s legendary debut album,
Social Cinema is proud to present
a screening of the punk rock
spaghetti Western Straight to Hell,
starring Joe Strummer. Featuring
a host of musical and film luminaries
(The Pogues, Elvis Costello, Jim
Jarmusch, Kathy Burke), the film
follows a group of bank robbers with
a suitcase full of money, hiding out
in a bizarre Western town.
Dispensing with narrative logic,
it’s a joyously anarchic affair.
MAYBE YOU MISSED, MAYBE WE MISSED…
Another chance to catch some of the biggest films of the past few months.
SULLY
LA LA LAND
12A
12A
Fri 7 – Mon 10 Apr
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart
USA 2016, 1hr 36mins
Sat 8 – Sun 9 Apr
Dir: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
USA 2017, 2hrs 8mins
Based on the real life ‘Miracle on
the Hudson’ in 2009; Clint
Eastwood’s film stars Tom Hanks as
airline pilot Captain Chesley “Sully”
Sullenberger. A few minutes into
take off from New York’s LaGuardia
Airport, US Airways flight 1549 ran
into a flock of geese. Faced with
multiple engine failure and with
only seconds to act, Sully decided
to ditch the plane into the Hudson
Chazelle picked up the Oscar for
Best Director in February for this
gorgeous musical. Aspiring actress
Mia (Stone) meets aspiring jazz club
owner Sebastian (Gosling). Thrown
together in the artificial world of
modern day LA, the couple try to
stay together, pursuing their dreams
in a city notorious for crushing them.
Joyful, swooningly melancholy and
very funny, La La Land is a delight.
LION
PG
Mon 10 – Thu 13 Apr
Dir: Garth Davis
Cast: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman
Australia 2016, 1hr 58mins,
subtitled (parts)
A powerful film based on the
remarkable true story of Saroo
Brierly. Dev Patel (Slumdog
Millionaire) stars as an Indian-born
Australian searching for his long
lost family. Accidently abandoned
on the train when he’s just 5 years
old, Saroo arrives in Calcutta – over
930 miles from his home. Adopted
by an Australian family, 25 years
later Saroo sets out to find out
what became of his biological family,
painstakingly retracing his rail
journey on the internet.
River. Switching between the
nail-biting incident itself and the
resultant enquiry into the crash by
the National Transportation Safety
Board, Sully is a gripping tale of
quiet heroism.
MANCHESTER BY
THE SEA 15
Fri 14 – Sun 16 Apr
Dir: Kenneth Lonergan
Cast: Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler
USA/UK 2017, 2hrs 17mins
‘««««« – An emotional
powerhouse with the weave of great
literature.’ – Time Out
After the death of his brother Joe,
janitor Lee Chandler (Affleck) is
surprised to find that Joe has
appointed him sole guardian of his
teenage nephew. Reluctantly
returning to his small Massachusetts
home town to look after the boy,
Lee is forced to confront an awful
event in his past, a tragedy that
drove him away from his friends and
ex-wife Randi (Michelle Williams).
MOONLIGHT
Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May
Dir: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris
USA 2016, 1hr 51mins
Winner of Best Picture at the 2017
Oscars, Barry Jenkins’ second
feature is a universal story of
self-discovery that beautifully
explores the joy and sorrow of life
and love. Split into three chapters,
Moonlight follows the life of Chiron
– a young black man growing up in
Miami – through childhood,
adolescence and adulthood; as he
grapples with his sexuality and
struggles to find his own place in
the world. A truly special film.
Great family films and activities
every weekend.
GREAT PRICES
Family tickets just £5
per person*
Family ticket + popcorn
& drink: £6.50 per
person ‡
BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST PG
Fri 7 – Thu 20 Apr
USA 2017, 2hrs 9mins
Available as Silver Screenings – see p12
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens
lead an all-star cast in this live action
remake of Disney’s animated musical
classic. With 3 new songs added to
the original score, it’s a gorgeous
delight of a movie that’ll leave you
wanting more. Seconds anyone?
14 – 15
Beauty and the Beast
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
FAMILY FUN
AT PHOENIX
ZIP AND ZAP AND THE
MARBLE GANG TBC
Sat 1 – Sun 2 Apr
Sat 29 – Sun 30 Apr
Spain 2013, 1hr 37mins, subtitled
Naughty twins Zip and Zap are
sent to a strict summer school run
by headteacher Falconetti, who
forbids all forms of recreation and
entertainment. Forming the Marble
Gang to defy the evil headmaster,
they uncover a mysterious secret
hidden deep within the school.
POWER RANGERS
12A
Fri 21 – Sun 23 Apr
Canada/USA 2017, 2hrs 4mins
A kids’ TV favourite since the
‘90s, the Power Rangers hit the
big screen in 2017 in this action
adventure. When an old enemy
of the previous generation returns
seeking vengeance, the group
must use their powers to save
the world. Epic!
KIDS GET CREATIVE
REAL LIFE GIFS
WORKSHOP
Sat 22 Apr, 12pm – 3pm
Café Bar, Free
Learn how to turn gifs – short
animated images used on web
pages – into real life paper
animations in this fun activity.
Inspired by early cinema
techniques like the Moiré pattern
and the Zoetrope, this workshop
shows how you can bring these
ideas to life in the digital age.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for ages 4 –10. Children
must be accompanied by an adult.
* Valid for all children and up to two adults in any one group. 3D films cost an additional £1.50 (3D glasses included)
‡ Available for family films at weekends and school holidays, not available online.
STAGE ON
SCREEN
Twelfth Night, NT Live
See some of the world’s
greatest stage shows and
exhibitions come alive on our
cinema screens. Check our
website for full listings.
Coming up
THE ARTIST’S GARDEN –
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM
(Exhibition on Screen)
Sun 2 Apr, 2.30pm
N AT I O N A L
T H E AT R E
LIVE
A mesmerising feast
for the eyes.
BOLSHOI
BALLET
TWELFTH NIGHT
(NT Live)
Thu 6 Apr, 7pm
Sat 8 Apr, 7.30pm
Twelfth night
Thu 6 Apr, 7pm
Sat 8 Apr, 7.30pm
Tamsin Grieg stars as Malvolia in
this new twist on Shakespeare’s
classic comedy.
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead
Tue 25 Apr, 7.30pm
A HERO OF OUR TIME
(Bolshoi Ballet)
Sun 9 Apr, 4pm
Obsession
Thu 11 May, 7pm
Julius Caesar
Wed 26 Apr, 7pm
Peter Pan
Sat 10 Jun, 2pm
Antony and Cleopatra
Wed 24 May, 7pm
Salomé
Thu 22 Jun, 7pm
Titus Andronicus
Wed 9 Aug, 7pm
A brand new production by
choreographer Yuri Possokhov.
ROSENCRANTZ AND
GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
(NT Live)
Tue 25 Apr, 7.30pm
A new production to mark
the 50th anniversary of
Tom Stoppard’s play.
JULIUS CAESAR
(RSC)
Wed 26 Apr, 7pm
Angus Jackson directs
Shakespeare’s epic political
tragedy.
A Hero Of Our Time
Sun 9 Apr, 4pm
R O YA L
SHAKESPEARE
C O M PA N Y
Angels in America: Part 1
Thu 20 Jul, 7pm
Angels in America: Part 2
Thu 27 Jul, 7pm
Yerma
Thu 31 Aug, 7pm
E x hibition on S creen
The Artist’s Garden –
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM
Sun 2 Apr, 2.30pm
SUNDAY
SUPPER
Our kitchen is open until 9pm
on Sundays – perfect for a
relaxing meal to round off
your weekend.
Meeting Rooms for HIRe
Ideal for training, presentations and events –
hire space at Phoenix from £15 per hour + VAT
OPENING TIMES
TICKETS
Sat – Sun
& bank holidays
Mon – Fri
Box Office
9am – 9pm
10am – 9pm
Café Bar &
Cube Gallery
9am – 11pm
10am – 11pm
Food Served
11am – 9pm
11am – 9pm (Sat)
10am – 9pm (Sun)
Standard tickets
Full
Conc*
U25/Student
After 5pm
& Weekends
£8.60
£6.90
£6.00
Before 5pm
£7.70
£6.90
£6.00
MyPhoenix Members
& Friends
£1 off standard Full and Conc
ticket price
ticket OFFERS
PARKING
There is a council pay and display car park next to Phoenix.
Parking costs £1 for 1hr, £3 up to 3hrs, £4 up to 4hrs. Longer
stays cost significantly more. Evening parking costs £2, from
6pm – 6am. On Sundays and bank holidays there is a £1
charge and a maximum stay of 4hrs. Please check notices in
the car park for more details.
Rutland Street NCP on Halford Street (LE1 1TQ) is a short
walk from Phoenix and costs £5.20 all day for Phoenix
customers. Tickets must be validated at the Box Office.
On-street parking is also available around Phoenix.
Please always check the signs as restrictions may apply.
Autism Friendly /
Supported Environment
Screenings
£4.00
one free carer ticket available
for CEA cardholders
Family tickets
Family tickets just £5 per
person
Weekend family films
Film & Dine
Any item from the brunch menu,
a drink and a ticket to the 12pm
show (booking essential) ‡
Lazy Sunday
3D films cost an additional £1.50 (3D glasses included)
Art exhibitions are all FREE entry
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Office enquiries, including room & screen hire – 0116 242 2821
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Halford St NCP
Hearing loops
in building
Wheelchair
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