From Dream Works Animation comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey's anarchic New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man!

Local animator Oz Durose was one of the 50+ animators who worked on the film bringing Dog Man to life, and he will be joining us for a Q&A after the Sat 22 Feb, 3pm screening.

Join us as he talks about his career in animation, and what it was like to work with the world's favourite half-man-half-dog!

From Dream Works Animation comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey's anarchic New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man.

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a hare-brained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born!

Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve - and fetch..and sit...and roll over…

RELAXED ENVIRONMENT SCREENING

The 11.30am screening on Sat 15 Feb is a relaxed environment screening.

• Our relaxed screenings have reduced sound levels and partially raised lighting.
• Capacity is reduced so there is freedom to move around and use sensory aids.
• There will be a quiet space available if you need to take a break from the film.
• These screenings are suitable for everyone, but particularly suited to people with autism, ADHD and other sensory processing disorders.

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Winner of 4 BAFTAs including Best Film, and nominated for 8 Oscars, Edward Berger's superb thriller returns due to popular demand.

"★★★★★ – a thrilling succession story, and Ralph Fiennes is simply hypnotic" – Evening Standard

"Ralph Fiennes is Oscar-worthy as a potential pope" – The Times

Winner of 4 BAFTAs including Best Film, and nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Leading Actor - Edward Berger's superb thriller returns due to popular demand.

After the unexpected death of the beloved supreme pontiff, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running the secretive and covert process of selecting a new Pope.

Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

CINEMA BAMBINO

The 11.30am screening on Thu 20 Feb is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months

★★★★ – Empire. Unveiling a decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, September 5 is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and follows an American broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.

"★★★★ – a shining study of journalistic integrity" – Empire

"★★★★ – a muscular, well-made picture with the tang of cold sweat" – Guardian

"★★★★ – terrific, edge-of-the-seat newsroom drama" – Observer

Unveiling a decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, September 5 is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and follows an American broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.

Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on a live broadcast that was seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Based on the latest book in Helen Fielding’s ever popular Bridget Jones series, Mad About the Boy sees our beloved Bridget navigating motherhood as a widow.

"★★★★ – a heartfelt, charming return to the chaos" – Empire

"★★★★★ – big laughs and even bigger emotions in her best film yet" – Telegraph

"★★★★★ – a triumph" – the i newspaper

Based on the latest book in Helen Fielding’s ever popular Bridget Jones series, Mad About the Boy sees our beloved Bridget navigating motherhood as a widow.

As four years have passed since Mark Darcy’s death, upon the advice of devoted friends Shazzer, Tom and Jude, plus just about everyone else in her life, Bridget takes the plunge and dives back in to the world of dating with her signature clumsy charm and hopeless romanticism.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Filmed over 70 days entirely in secret, exiled director Mohammed Rasoulof delivers this arresting drama that speaks to the dividing lines in Iranian society.

"★★★★ – fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime" – Observer

"★★★★ – a bold, timely state-of-the-nation address that manages to eschew the polemical for the truly gripping" – Empire

"★★★★★ – no wonder Iran wants to lock up this brilliant dissident director" – Telegraph

Filmed over 70 days entirely in secret, exiled director Mohammed Rasoulof delivers this arresting drama that speaks to the dividing lines in Iranian society.

As political unrest erupts in the streets, investigating judge Iman realises that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful... even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan.

Persian with English subtitles

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with this fierce, compassionate, and often darkly funny study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with this fierce, compassionate, and often darkly funny study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is on sensational form as Pansy - a depressed middle-aged woman in London, who finds her relationships crumbling but can’t help but lash out at those around her - including her jovial sister Chantal.

But for how long will her nearest and dearest put up with her anger?

CINEMA BAMBINO

The 11.30am screening on Thu 13 Feb is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months

Prabhash Chandra's hypnotic, elegiac film offers a glimpse into the life of Afeefa, a young woman living in Kashmir.

Director Prabhash Chandra joins us for a Q&A after the screening, hosted by Professor Pippa Virdee from DMU.

Prabhash Chandra's hypnotic, elegiac film offers a glimpse into the life of Afeefa, a young woman living in Kashmir.

On the one hand, the film explores the suffocation and trauma experienced by Afeefa in her personal life and, on the other, the film evokes the atmosphere of perpetual uncertainty and violence in the milieu. In following the life of Afeefa the film traces her growing understanding of the forces at play in Kashmir.

In Hindi with English subtitles.

We're pleased to announce that the speakers at our next PLATFORM Artist Network event will be UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, collaboratively known as The White Pube.

We're pleased to announce that the speakers at our next PLATFORM Artist Network event will be UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, collaboratively known as The White Pube.

The White Pube is the collaborative identity of UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They have been turning heads since 2015 when the pair began publishing provocative art reviews and essays online from their art school studios and have earned themselves an international cult following due to their innovative writing style, their honesty and irreverence, and their willingness to challenge the pale, male, stale art establishment. Poor Artists is their first book.

Event schedule:

6.30pm – doors open

6.45pm – talk from The White Pube

7.45pm – networking

9pm – end

This is a public event, open to all. Tickets are £2.

Once you have brought your tickets, please register for Platform by clicking this link here.

PLATFORM is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Leicester City Council and we need to collect information about people attending Platform events to evaluate and develop the programme and so we can report the impact of the programme to our funders.

PLATFORM is a new programme for filmmakers and digital visual artists in Leicester. Find out more here.

Code of Conduct

PLATFORM is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative environment for all participants. We value inclusivity, appreciate difference and welcome learning from others. We aim to create a space for filmmakers and artists to network, learn, and exchange ideas. By attending our events, all participants agree to uphold the PLATFORM Code of Conduct.

Read the PLATFORM Code of Conduct

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

*Please note - the Tue 25 Feb show will feature descriptive subtitles

Get ready for a purr-fectly delightful experience with CatVideoFest! 🐱🎬 This annual celebration of feline antics brings together the best cat videos from around the world, showcasing hilarious, heartwarming, and downright adorable moments that will make you laugh, smile, and maybe even shed a tear.

Get ready for a purr-fectly delightful experience with CatVideoFest! 🐱🎬

This annual celebration of feline antics brings together the best cat videos from around the world, showcasing hilarious, heartwarming, and downright adorable moments that will make you laugh, smile, and maybe even shed a tear.

Since its inception in 2019, CatVideoFest has raised over $250,000 for local cat charities and shelters in the USA. This year, for the first time, CatVideoFest is coming to the UK and Ireland, bringing the joy of cat videos to new audiences while supporting cats in need.

Each year, the festival features a handpicked selection of submissions, animations, music videos, and internet classics, all curated to provide a joyous and entertaining experience for cat lovers of all ages.

Join us for a meow-gical journey through the world of cats and know that your ticket purchase helps support cats in need.

Don't miss out on this unique cinematic experience that celebrates our favourite furry friends and makes a difference in their lives!

"★★★★★ – an electric revelation" – Guardian. The director of Walk the Line returns to the world of musician biopics with this portrait of Bob Dylan, starring Timothée Chalamet as the folk icon.

"★★★★★ – an electric revelation" – Guardian

"★★★★ – Timothée Chalamet embodies Bob Dylan’s once-in-a-generation coolness" – Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ – HeyUGuys

★★★★ – Evening Standard

The director of Walk the Line returns to the world of musician biopics with this portrait of Bob Dylan, starring Timothée Chalamet as the folk icon.

Following Dylan from an unknown artist in New York’s Greenwich Village through his meteoric rise and culminating in his ground-breaking (and infamous) performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Mangold’s film is filled with hits from Dylan’s career and features a superb supporting cast including Ed Norton, Boyd Holbrook and Scoot McNairy.

*Lazy Sunday Ticket and Breakfast tickets for Sun 19 Jan at 12.30pm are now sold out, film tickets only are still available.

**A COMPLETE UNKNOWN contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.

★★★★ – Time Out. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, this sublime new drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) is nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Leading Actress.

"★★★★ – personal and poignant vision of family life under Brazilian fascism" – Time Out

"★★★★ – a heartfelt and moving piece that lives and breathes through its indelible performances" – The Upcoming

"One of the most magnificent performances of the year” – Collider

“A gripping, profoundly touching film with a deep well of pathos” – The Hollywood Reporter

Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, this sublime new drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) is nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Leading Actress.

Brazil, 1971, and the country faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

I’m Still Here is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

In Portugese with English subtitles.

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst.

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books.

At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst.

From Academy Award-winning® animation writer and director Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail is a poignant, heartfelt, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

Come with us on a journey through the weird, the wonderful, the cult and the long forgotten... into the world of mystery film. Nobody knows what the film will be until the lights drop and the opening titles roll.

Come with us on a journey through the weird, the wonderful, the cult and the long forgotten... into the world of mystery film! Nobody knows what the film will be until the lights drop and the opening titles roll.

A Phoenix favourite that regularly sells out – book early to guarantee your seat and enjoy surprise cinema.

The Mystery Film may be any classification up to an 18 certificate. As such, these screenings are for over-18s only.

The deliciously dark new film from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood Perkins is based on a Stephen King story and follows two estranged brothers taking on a cursed wind-up monkey.

“The monkey that likes killing our family… it’s back.”

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is the deliciously dark new film from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood Perkins.

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree - forcing the estranged brothers to confront the simian psycho.

Now nominated for 13 Oscars and 11 BAFTAs, including Best Picture, Supporting Actress and Director - the new film from Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) follows four remarkable women in Mexico.

Screening from 35mm.

Now nominated for 13 Oscars and 11 BAFTAs, including Best Picture, Supporting Actress and Director - the new film from Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness.

Cartel leader Emilia enlists unappreciated lawyer Rita to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 23 Feb, has a Lazy Sunday option – a film and breakfast ticket for £14.95.

• Choose the Lazy Sunday ticket, join us from 11am on Sunday and simply show your ticket at the Café Bar to choose your breakfast.
• The menu can be viewed here. Each breakfast includes a tea or filter coffee.
• We suggest arriving at least an hour before the film starts to allow time to order and eat.

• Advance booking is advised to avoid disappointment, as Lazy Sunday tickets are limited.

When Max Renn - the CEO of a small UHF television station - stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films, he becomes obsessed with finding the source of the signal.

When Max Renn - the CEO of a small UHF television station - stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films, he becomes obsessed with finding the source of the signal.

Drawn deeper into a national mind-control conspiracy, Max begins to lose his grip on reality.

Cronenberg’s superb thriller / body-horror was a bomb on release but is now rightly regarded as a cult classic.

Long live the new flesh.

Welcome to the world of short cinema – comedy films that range from the bizarre to the outright hilarious - screening cherry picked beauties to delight the comedy connoisseur.

Welcome to the world of short cinema – comedy films that range from the bizarre to the outright hilarious - screening cherry picked beauties to delight the comedy connoisseur.

Popcorn Funnies showcases comedy short films and sketches, joins comedians, writers and filmmakers to connect and make incredible, funny short films. You get to see some awesome comedy shorts, chat to BFI NETWORK, have a Q & A session with the film-makers and a networking sessions! For more info (and to see some of last years films) visit www.flipyou.co.uk

Exploring the shifts and disparities in post-war Japanese moral standards, this iconic comedy endures as one of Keisuke Kinoshita’s most beloved films.

In rural mountain village just after the Second World War, the arrival of a girl, Okin (Hideko Takamine), and her friend attracts curiosity from the locals.

Although she was originally from the village, Okin claims she has now become an artistic dancer in Tokyo going by the stage name of Carmen.

Exploring the shifts and disparities in post-war Japanese moral standards, this iconic comedy endures as one of Keisuke Kinoshita’s most beloved films.

Image credit: ©1951/2012 Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and female robot, Metropolis is the mother of sci-fi cinema and its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur remain as powerful as ever.

"★★★★★ – Essential viewing" – BBC

"★★★★★ – A fantastical monument to Fritz Lang's megalomania, this sci-fi silent remains one of the gems of the genre" – Empire

"★★★★★ – Unmissable" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – An eternal masterpiece" – Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ – Time Out

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and female robot, Metropolis is the mother of sci-fi cinema and its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur remain as powerful as ever.

Drawing on and defining classic sci-fi themes, director Fritz Lang depicts a dystopian future in which society is divided in two: while anonymous workers conduct their endless drudgery below ground, their rulers enjoy a decadent life of leisure and luxury.

Screening as part of Architecture on Film, a film season in Jan and Feb inspired by the release of The Brutalist.

Screening as part of Architecture on Film, Ryan Coogler's superb films stars the sadly departed Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa - heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda.

This is a Pay What You Can screening, more info below.

One of the best comic book adaptations of recent years, and certainly one with a lasting cultural impact, Ryan Coogler's superb films stars the sadly departed Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa - heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda

As the outside world threatens their peace and prosperity, T'Challa must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past in the form of mercenary Erik Killmonger (a poignant performance from Michael B. Jordan).

Screening as part of Architecture on Film, a film season in Jan and Feb inspired by the release of The Brutalist.

From the team behind How to Train Your Dragon and based on Peter Brown’s beloved novel of the same name, this gorgeous new animation follows the journey of a robot that is shipwrecked on an island.

"★★★★★ – The most moving animation in decades" – Telegraph

★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★ – Total Film

From the team behind How to Train Your Dragon and based on Peter Brown’s beloved novel of the same name, this gorgeous new animation follows the journey of ROZZUM UNIT 7134 (‘Roz’ for short) – a robot that is shipwrecked on an island.

Family tickets £6 per person (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members). Discount applied at checkout.

CINEMA BAMBINO

The 11.30am screening on Thu 27 Feb is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness.

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness.

Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, the Royal Ballet's sumptuous production of Swan Lake on the big screen is an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.

Image credit: Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet ©2022 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton

★★★★★ – Telegraph. From the provocative director of Revenge, Demi Moore stars in this outrageous mix of body-horror and uncompromising satire takes a scalpel to the misogyny of beauty standards.

"★★★★★ – riveting" – Telegraph

★★★★ – Time Out

★★★★ – BBC

★★★★ – Guardian

Fading celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore, now Oscar and BAFTA nominated for Lead Actress) is fired from her low-rate TV workout show because of her age.

However, a proposal from a mysterious laboratory offers her a miraculous black market drug – a cell-replicating substance promising to create a younger, better version of herself.

From the provocative director of Revenge, this outrageous mix of body-horror and uncompromising satire takes a scalpel to the misogyny of beauty standards.

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, glamorous showgirl Shelly must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the life she has built as she plans her next act.

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, glamorous showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the life she has built as she plans her next act whilst also striving to repair the relationship with her daughter (Billie Lourd).

With an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis (now BAFTA nominated), Dave Bautista, Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka, The Last Showgirl is a joyous tribute to a long-gone Las Vegas – and all the women who made it glitter.

Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Pamela Anderson, who dazzles in the role of a lifetime, this poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers is simply unmissable.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 2 Mar, has a Lazy Sunday option – a film and breakfast ticket for £14.95.

• Choose the Lazy Sunday ticket, join us from 11am on Sunday and simply show your ticket at the Café Bar to choose your breakfast.
• The menu can be viewed here. Each breakfast includes a tea or filter coffee.
• We suggest arriving at least an hour before the film starts to allow time to order and eat.

• Advance booking is advised to avoid disappointment, as Lazy Sunday tickets are limited.

In this sexy, sun-drenched comedy, best friends Demos and Nikitas are about to embark on the most meta movie adventure ever.

In this sexy, sun-drenched comedy, best friends Demos and Nikitas are about to embark on the most meta movie adventure ever.

They’re making a film about the summer that turned their lives upside down – you know, the one where Demos’ boyfriend Panos dropped a bombshell ending their four-year relationship and somehow leaving Demos co-parenting their dog Carmen.

As our dynamic duo dives into writing their masterpiece, the story bounces between past and present. But beneath all the laughs and chaos, there’s a joyous exploration of what it means to be a modern gay man – from dating dilemmas to the pressure of fitting into society’s neat little boxes.

In Greek with English subtitles

Screening as part of Architecture on Film, Ridley Scott's neo-noir stars Harrison Ford as a cop hired to hunt down four "replicants" in dystopian Los Angeles.

In this restored ‘final cut’ version of the film, Harrison Ford is Rick Deckard, a cop hired to hunt down four ‘replicants’ who have escaped an off-world colony. A visually-stunning neo-noir spread across a sprawling dystopic vision of Los Angeles, Blade Runner is an enduring sci-fi masterpiece.

This screening will be introduced by Nick Austin - Practice Director at Leicester architects, Stephen George + Partners - who will discuss the enduring iconography of Blade Runner's architecture.

Screening as part of Architecture on Film, a film season in Jan and Feb inspired by the release of The Brutalist.

Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel’s feature debut as a knife-edge drama, following displaced Palestinian refugee cousins Chatila and Reda who are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens.

Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel’s feature debut as a knife-edge drama, following displaced Palestinian refugee cousins Chatila and Reda who are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens.

When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

"★★★★★ – enthralling" – Telegraph. David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

"★★★★★ – enthralling" – Telegraph

★★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★ – WhatsOnStage

★★★★ – Time Out

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in a new production of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, filmed live at London's Donmar Warehouse especially for the big screen.

Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this epic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.

The Sat 1 Mar, 6pm performance will have dialogue subtitled.

 **Please note there is not a descriptive subtitled version available so it will not contain information on sound effects and music.

The classic Raymond Chandler novel is given a laid-back satirical cinematic twist by Robert Altman with a distinctly 70s LA groove.

The classic Raymond Chandler novel is given a laid-back satirical cinematic twist by Robert Altman with a distinctly 70s LA groove, complete with pot-smoking-all-women-hippie-commune neighbours and a Marlow who is a closer relative of Jeff Bridges’ The Dude in The Big Lebowski than Bogart’s in The Big Sleep.

Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.

Misa’s PMS has often resulted in workplace incidents,but after five years of unsteady employment, Misa finds a sense of belonging, but her peace is disrupted by the solitary and anti-social Takatoshi.

Misa’s (Kamishiraishi) PMS has often resulted in workplace incidents, inevitably contributing to her inability to hold onto jobs.

After five years of unsteady employment, Misa finds a sense of belonging, but her peace is disrupted by the solitary and anti-social Takatoshi (Matsumara), whose benign everyday rituals frustrate her.

Takatoshi, who suffers from a severe panic disorder, shares a mutual difficulty in the form of struggling to function in everyday life, and once the pair find the right footing, they compassionately push each other to live “normal lives” despite their debilitating conditions.

Director Sho Miyake’s tender drama draws out a nuanced character study of this duo as they struggle to find their place in society due to their ongoing symptoms.

A challenging, unusual, and empathetic work that deals with PMS and panic disorder among the younger generations.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour.

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour.

An incredible cast including Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod and Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, perform hit songs including I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Gethsemane, Heaven on Their Minds, Everything’s Alright, King Herod’s Song and “Superstar” in an exciting and contemporary interpretation.

*This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of the iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds.

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of the iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds.

Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film about the group.

CINEMA BAMBINO

The 11.30am screening on Thu 6 Mar is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months

Join us for our March PLATFORM Filmmaker Network event as we welcome Rico Johnson-Sinclair, Skills and Training Director at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Join us on 6 March as we welcome Rico Johnson-Sinclair, Skills and Training Director at Warner Bros. Discovery. Leading CrewHQ, a skills and training centre based at the renowned Warner Bros. Studio Leavesden, Rico is dedicated to developing and nurturing ‘below-the-line’ crew while embedding inclusion into training and skills from the outset.

After working with Flatpack Festival in Birmingham, Rico founded CineQ, a queer film festival prioritising queer and trans, Black and Indigenous people, and people of colour. Now in its sixth year, CineQ continues to centre underrepresented voices. Throughout his career, Rico has upheld an audience-first ethos, recognising the screen industries' power to shape hearts and minds.

Most recently, he served as Race Equality Lead at the British Film Institute, bringing a critical perspective to conversations about race in the film industry. His work also encompassed class, disability, and gender, ensuring an intersectional approach to equitable change.

As co-director of ARTEF (the Anti-Racist Taskforce for European Film), Rico has played a key role in advancing equity in European exhibition and production, organising high-profile events at Cannes, Berlinale, and BFI London Film Festival in 2022 and 2023.

Beyond programming and exhibition, Rico consults on inclusion-focused events and works with emerging talent to amplify untold stories from historically marginalised communities. He has collaborated with organisations such as the European Film Academy and The New Black Film Collective to champion new voices in film.

Event schedule:

6.30pm – doors open

6.45pm – talk from Rico Johnson-Sinclair, hosted by Keith Allott

7.45pm – networking

9pm – end

This is a public event, open to all. Tickets are £2.

PLATFORM is a new programme for filmmakers and digital visual artists in Leicester. Find out more here.

Code of Conduct

PLATFORM is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative environment for all participants. We value inclusivity, appreciate difference and welcome learning from others. We aim to create a space for filmmakers and artists to network, learn, and exchange ideas. By attending our events, all participants agree to uphold the PLATFORM Code of Conduct.

Read the PLATFORM Code of Conduct

The Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite returns with the sublime black comedy Mickey 17, based on the acclaimed novel by Edward Ashton.

The Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite returns with the sublime black comedy Mickey 17, based on the acclaimed novel by Edward Ashton.

Mickey Barnes’ employer demands the ultimate commitment to the job: that he dies, for a living. Stationed on a remote ice planet and tasked with dangerous duties, Mickey is an “expendable” who will be renewed when he inevitably dies. But during one regeneration, things go very wrong…

The stacked supporting cast includes Steven Yeun (Minari), Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 9 Mar, has a Lazy Sunday option – a film and breakfast ticket for £14.95.

• Choose the Lazy Sunday ticket, join us from 11am on Sunday and simply show your ticket at the Café Bar to choose your breakfast.
• The menu can be viewed here. Each breakfast includes a tea or filter coffee.
• We suggest arriving at least an hour before the film starts to allow time to order and eat.

• Advance booking is advised to avoid disappointment, as Lazy Sunday tickets are limited.

Join us for an evening of "Off the Beaten Track" Wine Tasting with our supplier Woodthorpe Wines as certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker guides you through a bespoke menu of hand-picked wines from lesser-known regions.

Join us for an evening of "Off the Beaten Track" Wine Tasting with our supplier Woodthorpe Wines. Experience wines from small producers from lesser known wine regions. No big names, appellations or grape varieties.

Discover something new, in a informative but fun wine tasting event hosted by Certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker.

Woodthorpe Wines founder Matthew Whitaker has been popping corks for the last 20 years in restaurants, bars and private tasting events, so you'll be able to sit back, relax and enjoy the night.

Wines with integrity from grape to glass!

Conspiracy and creeping paranoia seeps through every frame of Alan J Pakula’s The Parallax View, made two years before Pakula’s definitive Watergate film All the President’s Men.

Conspiracy and creeping paranoia seeps through every frame of Alan J Pakula’s The Parallax View, made two years before Pakula’s definitive Watergate film All the President’s Men.

Here Warren Beatty is a reporter who becomes caught up in the fall out from seeing a Presidential candidate assassination, and is drawn deeper into the corporate and political conspiracy enveloping him.

Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.

In A Samurai in Time, award-winning director Junichi Yasuda offers a take on the time-travel genre that’s not only clever, funny, and distinctly Japanese, but also remarkably poignant.

As the Edo period (1603-1868) draws to its dramatic close, two swordsmen clash with a political foe. They are interrupted by a flash of lightning, heralding a bizarre paranormal event, and Shinzaemon (Yamaguchi) awakens to find himself... in a quiet lane in Kyoto.

His confusion turns to alarm when among the locals clad in the robes of old Japan, he sees people wearing unfamiliar attire. Even the folks who seem ordinary to him are behaving oddly… it turns out he’s travelled several centuries forward in time, landing right in the middle of a 21st century film set!

In A Samurai in Time, award-winning director Junichi Yasuda offers a take on the time-travel genre that’s not only clever, funny, and distinctly Japanese, but also remarkably poignant.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences.

This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences.

Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock.

Fuelled by such unforgettable songs as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart”, “Mercedes Benz”, “Cry Baby” and “Summertime”, a remarkable cast and breakout performances, A Night with Janis Joplin - written and directed by Randy Johnson - is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences, icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest legends.

A classic of New Hollywood which pierces straight to the heart of American darkness, Chinatown stars Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson who smoulder against the backdrop of late 1930’s - LA depicted as a hotbed of corruption.

A classic of New Hollywood which pierces straight to the heart of American darkness, Chinatown stars Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson who smoulder against the backdrop of late 1930’s LA - depicted as a hotbed of corruption.

A multi-layered study of power, Nicholson is the private eye soon floundering when he is sucked into a conspiracy involving California water rights.

Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.

David Lynch, whose death was announced in January, was one of the most innovative American filmmakers of all time – a true legend of cinema. This one-day course explores his works from 1977 to 2017, and offers a critical insight for Lynch fans and also those who are less familiar with his art.

David Lynch, whose death was announced in January, was one of the most innovative American filmmakers of all time – a true legend of cinema.

His creative projects have continually challenged, puzzled, and excited audiences, from the bizarre Eraserhead to Mulholland Drive, the “greatest film of the 21st century” (BBC Culture, 2019).

This one-day course explores Lynch’s works from 1977 to 2017 via several different frameworks, such as postmodernism, ideology, narrative, duality, and meta-textuality, offering a critical insight into Lynch’s works for Lynch fans and for those who are less familiar with his art.

11.30am – Intro, ice breaker, Lynch’s early life
12pm – Eraserhead, Art Cinema and Surrealism
12.30pm – The Elephant Man, Dune and Auteur Theory
1pm – Postmodernism and ideology: Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart
1.45pm – LUNCH
2.35pm – Narrative and Duality: Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive
3.20pm – Inland Empire: digital filmmaking; the "woman in trouble" narrative and feminist theory (including Mulholland Drive)
4pm – Twin Peaks Universe: surreal TV; controversy; metatextuality
4.50pm – Closing remarks, final questions / comments
5pm – END

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20 / £18 Members

Tutor: Connor Winterton

Booking Information:
This one day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 15 March 2025, 11.30am – 5pm.
You must be 18 or over to attend.

Cancellation Policy:
We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Dr Connor Winterton is course leader and lecturer in Media Studies at Loughborough College, and has previously worked as an Associate Lecturer in Media and Communications at Birmingham City University. Connor is also an active researcher, and their main expertise lies in representations of gender and sexuality in contemporary media. However, they have many interests in the fields of film and media, which range from auteur cinema to audiences and spectatorship.

An uncompromisingly honest account of the struggles and difficulties experienced by a woman living on the autism spectrum as she faces the conventional standards imposed on her by Japanese society.

“In a world that is always 99% cloudy, we cling onto the remaining 1% of hope to survive.”

45-year-old Kazuha (Sangoumi) is chatty, full of energy, and has a strong sense of justice. At the one-year memorial for her mother's death, she is distraught when her uncle asks if she plans to have children.

Though she brushes his question off with the excuse of being too old, Kazuha has other reservations about having children: she has experienced a miscarriage, and also worries about how her own Asperger syndrome may affect her parenting. When she is advised to try adoption, an already-present rift with her husband begins to grow wider.

99% Cloudy… Always is the feature-film directorial debut of film and voice actress Midori Sangoumi. The film is an uncompromisingly honest account of the struggles and difficulties experienced by a woman living on the autism spectrum as she faces the conventional standards imposed on her by Japanese society.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history with millions flocking every year to marvel at their masterpieces. This new Exhibition on Screen special is set in the spectacular Musée d’Orsay exhibition, bringing fresh eyes to an extraordinary tale of passion and rebellion.

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels. Impressionism was born and the art world was changed forever.

What led to that first groundbreaking show 150 years ago? Who were the maverick personalities that wielded their brushes in such a radical and provocative way? The spectacular Musée d’Orsay exhibition brings fresh eyes to this extraordinary tale of passion and rebellion. The story is told not by historians and curators but in the words of those who witnessed the dawn of Impressionism: the artists, press and people of Paris, 1874. See the show that changed everything on the big screen.

Made in close collaboration with the Musee d’Orsay and National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

For our March PLATFORM Artist Network event we welcome Katie Simpson, senior curator at Nottingham Contemporary. Katie's talk will introduce some of the ways they work with artists at Nottingham Contemporary and draw on her past curatorial projects to explore different models of collaboration.

Katie Simpson is Senior Curator at Nottingham Contemporary. In her talk for our PLATFORM Artist Network she’ll introduce some of the ways they work with artists at Nottingham Contemporary and draw on her past curatorial projects to explore different models of collaboration.

Katie’s current research interests align with socially, politically and environmentally engaged practices that propose alternatives to dominant narratives and methodologies. Her practice is guided by curiosity, encounters and openness with an aim to dismantle hierarchies of, and access to, art and culture.

She has experience of commissioning ambitious and experimental artistic projects and public programming, as well as organising and nurturing artistic residencies and community engaged projects. In a freelance capacity, she mentors and supports artists with funding, grant, and residency application writing, and with the development of artistic and curatorial projects.

Previously, she held the positions of Curator of Exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, Studio Manager & Exhibitions Hub Curator within the Art Department at Goldsmiths (London), Co-Director at not-for-profit art organisation Jupiter Woods (London), and Curatorial Assistant at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (London). In 2020 she participated in the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s YCRP (Young Curator’s Residency Programme) co-curating the exhibition Waves Between Us in Turin. She received a BFA in Visual Culture from the University of Brighton (2013) and MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths (2018).

Event schedule:

6.30pm – doors open

6.45pm – talk from Katie Simpson, Nottingham Contemporary

7.45pm – networking

9pm – end

This is a public event, open to all. Tickets are £2.

PLATFORM is a new programme for filmmakers and digital visual artists in Leicester. Find out more here.

The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona.

In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

Image credit: Romeo and Juliet, The Royal Ballet © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Helen Maybanks

Robert Redford plays Joe Turner, a junior analyst in the C.I.A. who comes back from his lunch break to find his co-workers murdered. No longer sure who he can trust, Turner has no choice but to go on the run.

Robert Redford plays Joe Turner, a junior analyst in the C.I.A. scrutinising published texts from around the world for coded messages, who comes back from his lunch break to find his co-workers murdered.

No longer sure who he can trust, Turner has no choice but to go on the run.

Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.

After his girlfriend’s body is discovered in a lake, Jun wants revenge, and so when he wakes up on the sixth of June, he goes straight to the murderer’s workplace and poisons his coffee, dumping the body in a nearby lake. Satisfied, Jun retires to bed, but when he wakes up the next morning, it is still the sixth of June.

After his girlfriend’s body is discovered in a lake, Jun (Wakaba) wants revenge, and so when he wakes up on the sixth of June, he goes straight to the murderer’s (Yusuke Iseya) workplace and poisons his coffee, dumping the body in a nearby lake.

Satisfied, Jun retires to bed, but when he wakes up the next morning, it is still the sixth of June. Puzzled, Jun heads back to the factory, only to rediscover the killer, alive and well.

Can Jun obtain justice for his murdered girlfriend? With startling new twists that completely subvert the timeworn time-loop genre, Penalty Loop is inventive and enthralling, combining bereavement drama, brutal revenge, and off-kilter comedy. The result is bloody, irreverently funny, and deeply poignant.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

On sale to MyPhoenix Members only until 10am on Fri 13 Dec.

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction.

This explosively funny satire is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep) and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote).

Screening from 35mm. Gene Hackman gives another defining performance of the 1970s as former footballer turned P.I. Harry Moseby.

Screening from 35mm. Gene Hackman gives another defining performance of the 1970s, capturing in former footballer turned P.I. Harry Moseby the confusions and complexities now facing the all-American hero.

A new case searching for the missing teenage daughter of a former movie star leads Moseby from Hollywood to the Florida Keys and an emotional reckoning.

Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.

One rainy day, a temple's chief priest finds a kitten crying inside a cardboard box. He names the cat Anzu and raises it with care, but strangely enough, it does not die, even after 20 years. By the time 30 years have passed, it turns into a creature that speaks human language and lives like a human.

One rainy day, a temple's chief priest finds a kitten crying inside a cardboard box. He names the cat Anzu and raises it with care, but strangely enough, it does not die, even after 20 years. By the time 30 years have passed, it turns into a creature that speaks human language and lives like a human.

One day, the head priest's widower son, returns to the temple with his 11-year-old daughter Karin. Karin, already exasperated by her father’s absence and pining for her departed mother, isn’t all that impressed with the oafish, oversized ginger cat. Together, they make a day trip to Tokyo to visit the grave of Karin’s mother, but things get entirely out of control when a detour to hell, by way of an out-of-service toilet, invokes the wrath of a legion of infernal demons...

Directed in live action by Nobuhiro Yamashita then rotoscoped under the direction of Yoko Kuno,  Ghost Cat Anzu is a charming French-Japanese co-production that blends reality with fantasy and deadpan wit with tenderness. My Neighbour Totoro meets the humour and hard reality of everyday life.

Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Please note: films without BBFC certification may only be screened to over 18s. This does not necessarily mean that the films contain adult content.

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.

Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Image credit: Turandot, The Royal Opera ©2023 Marc Brenner

Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005.

Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005.

Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.

The original creative team behind the film, including writer Lee Hall (book & lyrics), director Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling, is joined by music legend Elton John (music) to produce a funny, uplifting and spectacular theatrical experience that will stay with you forever.

Award winning drummer, composer, arranger and band leader, Clark Tracey, brings to Phoenix a quintet containing some of the biggest names on the British Jazz scene. Part of our season in partnership with Leicester Jazz House.

"One of the most impressive jazz drummers in Britain today" – The Times

Award winning drummer, composer, arranger and band leader, Clark Tracey, brings to Phoenix a quintet containing some of the biggest names on the British Jazz scene, and revisits some of his father's most famous compositions alongside beloved jazz classics.

Legendary saxophonist Art Themen, for many years a key member of the famous Stan Tracey Quartet, features alongside supremely talented Simon Allen who played sax in the final version of Stan's Quartet. On piano is Dave Newton, voted Best Jazz Pianist 16 times by the UK jazz audience. Andy Clyndert, a major presence on the UK and international jazz scenes for many years, is on bass.

A new band with a fresh sound, delivered by some of the most experienced musicians on the UK scene – a gig not to be missed!

Runtime includes a 30-minute interval (approx).

Winner of over 35 awards, experience the best of British Musical HER-story in a live capture of the must-see musical sensation, SIX the Musical.

Winner of over 35 awards, experience the best of British Musical HER-story in a live capture of the must-see musical sensation, SIX the Musical.

The Original West End cast reunite at London’s Vaudeville Theatre in front of a sold-out audience to strut their stuff and re-write their Tudor traumas in an unmissable cinematic recording of the show packed full of style, sass, and sensational songs.

Watched by audiences of over 3.5 million, SIX the Musical, has become a global theatre phenomenon since it’s 2017 debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it has redefined the boundaries of musical theatre. The show tells the extraordinary story of the six wives of King Henry VIII, who step out of the shadow of their infamous husband and reclaim their own narratives.

Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the pop-inspired musical brings the queens - Catherine of Aragon (Jarnéia Richard-Noel), Anne Boleyn (Millie O'Connell), Jane Seymour (Natalie Paris), Anne of Cleves (Alexia McIntosh), Katherine Howard (Aimie Atkinson), and Catherine Parr (Maiya Quansah-Breed) — right into the 21st century with infectious, empowering performances, accompanied by the on-stage band, the Ladies in Waiting.

Join star Ryland Brickson and the beavers as the Hundreds of Beavers UK Tour rolls into Leicester for a one-night-only special screening!

Join star Ryland Brickson and the beavers as the Hundreds of Beavers UK Tour rolls into Leicester for a one-night-only special screening!

A freewheeling, slapstick feast following a drunken applejack salesman as he takes on an army of diabolical beavers – hundreds of them – in a fight for survival, Hundreds of Beavers won multiple awards on the festival circuit where it delighted audiences with its homages to silent comedies and classic Looney Tunes style action.

The screening will be followed by an audience Q&A with Ryland, merch signing and general beaver-based shenanigans.

Award-winning filmmaker and director Keith Allott leads our annual 8-week practical introduction to filmmaking.

Award-winning filmmaker and director Keith Allott (Badshoes Film) leads our annual 8-week practical introduction to filmmaking, taking you step by step all the way from pre-production planning through to the final edit of your film.

We will look at using the camera and what shot types cause what effects with an audience; capturing good audio and treating it; editing, edit pacing and the effects it has; and how music can change the mood of your film completely.

NOTE: Unfortunately the dates listed in the Jan/Feb brochure were for last year's course. We apologise for any confusion.

Course Breakdown:

Week 1 - Intro & Journey of an Idea / Film Set Roles and Responsibilities

Week 2 - Shot Types / Shooting the Script / Storyboarding

Week 3 - Cinematography / Role of the Director

Week 4 - Mise-en-scene / Legality and Contracts

Week 5 - Sound Recording, Scoring and Soundtrack

Week 6 - Practical Session

Week 7 - Editing and Post-Audio

Week 8 - Exhibition, Distribution and Film Festivals / Q&A

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £105 / £95 conc / £87 Members

Tutor: Keith Allott

Booking Information:

This 8-week course will run on Thursdays, 7pm – 9pm, from 17 April – 5 June 2025.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Keith Allott is an award-winning narrative, documentary and abstract filmmaker with his own production company, Badshoes Film. His work has screened at film festivals across the world since 1997 including BAFTA qualifying screenings at Aesthetica and Encounters. As a producer he works with young people to create their own films and has helped them to screen and win awards through Into Film, the British Youth Council and multiple festivals including the BFI and INDI’s. He currently teaches film production and theory at De Montfort University International College and is working on several short and feature length projects.

Dive into the provocative and unflinching world of Michael Haneke, one of contemporary cinema’s most audacious auteurs. Through film excerpts, discussions, and analysis, participants will gain a deeper understanding of Haneke’s artistic vision and the profound impact of his work.

Michael Haneke’s films tackle multiple facets of humanity, grappling with themes like alienation, violence, and moral ambiguity.

This one-day course invites participants to explore the cinematic language and techniques that define Haneke’s work, from his stark minimalism to his masterful use of suspense and discomfort.

Through discussion and analysis of several films, we will unpack his commentary on both historical and modern societies, and his ability to blur the lines between art and ethics.

The day includes guided discussions, screenings of pivotal scenes, and contextual insights into Haneke’s influences and impact on European cinema, and how he aims to empower the spectator.

Whether you’re a seasoned cinephile or new to Haneke’s work, this course will deepen your appreciation of his artistry.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20 / £18 Members

Tutor: Connor Winterton

Booking Information:

This one-day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 19 April 2025, 11.30am – 5pm.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Dr Connor Winterton is course leader and lecturer in Media Studies at Loughborough College, and has previously worked as an Associate Lecturer in Media and Communications at Birmingham City University. Connor is also an active researcher, and their main expertise lies in representations of gender and sexuality in contemporary media. However, they have many interests in the fields of film and media, which range from auteur cinema to audiences and spectatorship.

Recorded live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

On sale to MyPhoenix Members only until 9am, Mon 2 Dec.

Starring Tony-Nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier-Nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this award-winning production (including Best New Musical - What’s On Stage Awards 2023) re-tells the unbelievable true story of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Recorded live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.

** Please note - this is an estimated start time - our box office will be in touch if it is amended.

Image credit: Die Walküre ©2024 Sebastian Nevols

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.

Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

Through expert commentary, stunning visuals and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at a master artist whose life and genius are celebrated in every mark he made.

The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.

Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo - Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe to the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy.

Through expert commentary, stunning visuals and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at a master artist whose life and genius are celebrated in every mark he made. Returning to cinemas in 2025 to celebrate this iconic artist’s 550th birthday.

Sculptor, painter, architect, poet, genius - discover why Michelangelo is without a doubt one of the greatest artists of all time.

We're excited to welcome the Elina Duni & Rob Luft Trio, who bring to Phoenix their timeliess songs of love and exile. Part of our season in partnership with Leicester Jazz House.

Elina Duni and Rob Luft’s programme of songs of love and exile has been gathering momentum since 2017, when the Albanian singer and the English guitarist began their collaboration.

Rob Luft's guitar playing incorporates echoes of West African high-life, Celtic folk and textural minimalism via the use of long delays, reverbs and loops. His joyously original sound finds an ideal counterpart in Elina Duni's warm vocals. Together, they take us on a journey through timeless folksongs from the Balkans and the Mediterranean which still resonate so truly today.

Their full range runs from ancient traditional pieces to original compositions co-written by Rob and Elina, as well as standard songs made famous by Frank Sinatra and Charles Aznavour.

Their first collaborative work, Lost Ships, was released on the famed ECM Records in November 2020, and was followed their latest album, A Time to Remember, in June 2023.

Line-up:

Elina Duni – Vocals & Percussion

Rob Luft – Guitar, Electronics

Corrie Dick – Drums, Percussion

“A Time to Remember – Elina Duni a unique voice” – John Fordham, Guardian, 4 stars

“Lost Ships is an exquisitely beautiful, emotionally complex, words and music masterpiece from two of the most distinctive talents on the European scene…" – All About Jazz, May 2020

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YpSl-gkWAM