"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times. Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein.

"★★★★★ – Guillermo del Toro's gory and glorious creation is a triumph" – Radio Times

"★★★★ – loud, bombastic, sublime and silly" – Time Out

★★★★ – Metro

★★★★ – Telegraph

Helming his first live-action film since 2021’s Nightmare Alley, multi Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro returns with an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic tale.

A brilliant but egotistical scientist, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment, but his promethean creation threatens to destroy everything in its path.

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast including Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Jeremy Strong (Succession) for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

"★★★★ – Jeremy Allen White burrows into Bruce Springsteen’s tortured psyche" – Telegraph

"Jeremy Allen White is on fire" – IndieWire

Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) has assembled a superb cast for this new biopic, chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in Bruce's life when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past. Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) stars as The Boss with Jeremy Strong (Succession) as his long-time confidant and manager, Jon Landau.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 26 Oct, 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.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Two young men scheme to kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone) who they believe is an alien intent on destroying the planet, in director Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) darkly comic new film.

"★★★★★ – buzzes with virtuoso mischief" – Telegraph

"★★★★★ – turns the threat of annihilation into a real treat" – The Skinny

"★★★★ – Emma Stone's most deliciously weird and funny film yet" – Metro

★★★★ – Flickering Myth

★★★★ – HeyUGuys

A paranoid beekeeper (Plemons) and his dutiful cousin become convinced that a powerful CEO (Stone) is actually an evil alien plotting to enslave humanity and destroy the planet. Determined to expose the truth, they hatch a harebrained scheme to kidnap her.

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) returns with another darkly deadpan descent into the absurd; a deranged satire of paranoia, conspiracy culture, and corporate mind control where nothing is quite what it seems.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 2 Nov, 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.

We're goin' up, up, up — and now it's YOUR moment! Back by popular demand on Halloween weekend, seal the Honmoon and sing your favourite K-Pop Demon Hunters songs with HUNTR/X and the Saja Boys in this full-length, sing-along version of the Netflix hit film.

★★★★ – Empire

★★★★ – Radio Times

We're goin' up, up, up — and now it's YOUR moment! Back by popular demand on Halloween weekend, seal the Honmoon and sing your favourite K-Pop Demon Hunters songs with HUNTR/X and the Saja Boys in this full-length, sing-along version of the Netflix hit film.

Get ready for the ultimate rock experience as Bat Out of Hell roars onto the big screen this Halloween!

Get ready for the ultimate rock experience as Bat Out of Hell roars onto the big screen this Halloween!

The cast of the West End production will bring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf’s iconic anthems to life, including 'I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)', 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light', 'Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad', 'Dead Ringer For Love', and, of course, 'Bat Out of Hell'.

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical promises a spectacle that will leave you breathless! This heart-pounding experience, with a powerhouse eight-piece live band on stage, delivers a new production with sprawling multi-level platforms to transport you from Raven’s bedroom to the underground world of the Lost in a visual feast that pushes the boundaries of live theatre.

Six women on a caving trip find themselves trapped underground with monstrous creatures.

Just when you thought it was safe to dive back into the cave... The Descent is turning 20 in a new 4K restoration approved by director Neil Marshall.

When a caving expedition goes wrong, six women find themselves trapped underground. But they are not alone... and soon find themselves hunted by monstrous creatures.

★★★★ – Empire. Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) leads a superb supporting cast in this funny, heartfelt film based on the life of disability spokesman and campaigner, John Davidson.

"★★★★ – Empathetic, funny and myth-busting" – Time Out

★★★★ – Empire

Based on the life of disability spokesman and campaigner John Davidson, this funny, heartfelt and moving film stars Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones, LOTR: The Rings of Power) as John.

Diagnosed with Tourette’s at age 15 John overcomes hardships and abuse through his youth due to a misunderstanding of his condition in 1980s Britain, but also finds solace and support from some local people. The superb supporting cast includes Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan.  

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 12 Oct, 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.

★★★★ – Guardian. Art school drop out and amateur thief James (O’Connor) plots a half-baked heist on a local municipal museum in 1970s suburban Massachusetts.

"★★★★ – quietly gripping" – Guardian

"an intoxicating, transportive experience" – IndieWire

In 1970s Massachusetts, hapless art school dropout James (O’Connor, La Chimera, Challengers) plots a half-baked heist on his local municipal museum. In her singular humanist style, Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) skewers the conventions of the heist film to deliver an enthralling, blackly comic portrait of banality, failure and cowardice, powered by another pitch-perfect turn from Josh O’Connor.

★★★★ – Guardian. When a married man takes a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque theatre in Lahore, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful trans performer. A brave, boundary-breaking filmmaking about identity and repressed desires.

"★★★★ – a delicate, intelligent and emotionally rich film" – Guardian

"An aching consideration of gender and sexuality" – Hollywood Reporter

★★★★ – The Upcoming

★★★★ – Time Out

This free screening will be followed by a Q&A on 'Super-diversity' with Professor Katy Bennett (School of Geology, Geography, and the Environment, University of Leicester) and a representative from Trade Sexual Health.

Pakistan’s first official entry to Cannes (where it won the Queer Palm and Un Certain Regard Jury Prize) follows Haider, the youngest son in a patriarchal family who cares for his wheelchair-bound father who is desperate for a grandchild.

After Haider takes a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque theatre, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful trans performer. Joyland is brave, boundary-breaking filmmaking about identity and repressed desires.

Originally banned in Pakistan, the country then revoked the ban (excluding Punjab where the ban remains) after the film gained international and critical acclaim.

This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 and was made possible thanks to funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Further details and information on other events being held in Leicester and across the UK can be found here.

College professor Alma (Roberts) finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her star student Maggie (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of Alma's male colleages (Garfield) in this gripping psychological drama from Luca Guadagnino.

"★★★★★ – Julia Roberts is back to her best in a devilish cancel culture thriller" – Telegraph

"★★★★★ – This will be, no question, Roberts’s fifth Oscar nomination, and likely second win" – The Times

The new film from visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Queer, Call Me By Your Name) is a gripping psychological drama about college professor Alma (Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her star student Maggie (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of Alma’s male colleagues (Garfield). As Alma finds herself drawn into the conflicting accounts of what happened, a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light.

★★★★ – Guardian. Free screening of Alfonso Cuarón's excellent sci-fi classic followed by a Q&A hosted by University of Leicester.

★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★ – Time Out

This free screening will be followed by a Q&A on 'Super-diversity' with experts: Dr. Alan Desmond (School of Law) and Aleks Palanac (Head of Sanctuary) from the University of Leicester.

Starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore, Alfonso Cuarón's excellent 2006 sci-fi is set in our now very near future of 2027.

In a dystopian world, British society is breaking down: mankind has become infertile, authoritarinaism is on the rise and despair fills the air. But when a young woman becomes pregnant with the first child in years, a jaded activist must transport her safely out of the country to a sanctuary at sea.

This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 and was made possible thanks to funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Further details and information on other events being held in Leicester and across the UK can be found here.

★★★★ – The Times. With many of the local choral society's members away fighting in the war, it is up to the chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit new singers and bring the community together.

"★★★★ – one of Ralph Fiennes’s best performances" – The Times

The latest collaboration between writer Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van) is set in Yorkshire in 1916. With many of the local choral society’s male members away fighting in the war, it is up to the new chorus master Dr Guthrie (Fiennes) to recruit a new group of singers to keep the choir going and try to heal the community.

Funny and heart-warming, The Choral also packs an emotional punch thanks to superb performances from the home-grown ensemble cast including Roger Allam, Alun Armstrong and Lyndsey Marshal.

LAZY SUNDAY

The 12.30pm screening on Sun 9 Nov, 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.

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.

Annemarie Jacir’s (Wajib) remarkable historical drama deftly depicts the febrile tensions that led to the Great Palestinian Revolt of 1936-39. Experiencing displacement, poverty and escalating violence, the villagers of Mandatory Palestine rise up against British Colonial rule – sparking the flame of the Arab resistance movement. An epic and essential film, Hiam Abbass (Succession, Bye Bye Tiberas) and Jeremy Irons round out a fantastic cast.

"★★★★ – Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough are superb" – Guardian. Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected friend in her younger neighbour, but her son Jason comes to resent their relationship.

"★★★★ – A stark, fierce, wonderfully acted film" – Guardian

"a chokingly tense commentary on the precarious nature of community" – Screen International

In the new film from London to Brighton director Paul Andrew Williams, neglected pensioner Elsie (Blethyn) finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour Colleen (Riseborough). Over time, Elsie gains a friend and the troubled Colleen finds a fresh purpose in life as she shops, cleans, and cares for her. But Elsie’s son Jason is jealous of their relationship and tragedy awaits.

Join us for an evening of wine tasting with our independent supplier Woodthorpe Wines. Certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker will guide you through a bespoke menu of hand-picked wines.

Woodthorpe Wines founder and Certified Sommelier 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!  

Fri 7 Nov, 7pm – From the Cellar: Premium wines of the world

*Please note tickets for this event are £35 per person.

Try some of the most fantastic wines from some of the best wine makers. Taste 6 wines all with a retail price over £50. The perfect opportunity to taste some extra special wines!

Fri 5 Dec, 7pm – Christmas Wines

A selection of wines to see you through the festive time. From the perfect morning glass of fizz to the big bold port and everything in-between.

Screening as part of Digital Black-Centric Week. After years of there only being a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has been digitally restored in 4K.

Screening as part of Digital Black-Centric Week.

After years of there only being a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has been digitally restored in 4K in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance.

Brooklyn teenager Chantel (played with naturalistic verve by Ariyan A Johnson) dreams of becoming a doctor - which she sees as a route out from the life her working-class parents lead in their housing projects home. Like Boyz N The Hood the previous year, Harris realistically considers the tough choices faced by teenage African-Americans of the period, this time with a female focus.

★★★★ – Empire. A free screening and Q&A of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's epic Oscar-nominated psychological drama spanning cultures and continents.

"★★★★ – emotionally bruising but compulsive" – Empire

This free screening will be followed by a Q&A on 'Super-diversity' with two experts: Dr Yan Ying (School of Arts, Media and Communication, University of Leicester) and a representative from Leicester City of Sanctuary.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's ambitious multi-narrative psychological drama interweaves four stories from around the world, united by one tragic incident.

A Moroccan goatherd, a Mexican childminder, a deaf Japanese teenager and two American tourists (Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett) become unconsciously and inexplicably linked across cultures and continents, impacting each other's lives in profound and unforseeable ways.

This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025 and was made possible thanks to funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Further details and information on other events being held in Leicester and across the UK can be found here.

With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.

With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.

Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life.

Soprano Juliana Grigoryan is the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the ardent poet Rodolfo. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the November 8 performance, which will be transmitted live from New York to cinemas worldwide.

Part existential road movie, part apocalyptic sci-fi, a father and his son journey across the Moroccan desert in search of his lost daughter.

Told with strange indelible imagery and ground-breaking sound design, a father and his son journey across the Moroccan desert in search of his lost daughter amidst the heavy psychedelic raves that sprawl the plains.

Part existential road movie, part apocalyptic sci-fi, Óliver Laxe deploys a weaponised barrage of techno that thumps like an earthquake, creating an unforgettable cinematic experience that rightly claimed the Cannes Jury Prize 2025.

Sirât is screening as part of French Film Festival UK's annual celebration of the best in French language cinema at Phoenix.

In French with English subtitles.

This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside.

Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans.

65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille Mal Gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.

Where do ideas of inclusion and discrimination come from? A Lesson on Differences is an experiment in collective storytelling through interactive reading.

This is a free event as part of Being Human Festival 2025.

Where do ideas of inclusion and discrimination come from? A Lesson on Differences is an experiment in collective storytelling by college and university students, like a choir where you do not need to sing or a play where there is no acting.

By simultaneously becoming a narrator and spectator as a member of the audience, you are invited to explore the evolution of state narratives on social inclusion and discrimination - from the Macpherson report of 1999 to the Sewell report of 2021. This interactive reading challenges ways in which we relate to stories of social injustice and stimulates new ways of imagining collective debates.  

A vibrant Almodovar classic starring Penelope Cruz as a mother living in Madrid, dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents and other buried family truths.

Raimunda (Cruz), a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda’s life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths, in Almodovar’s comedic melodrama.

Volver is screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season from the BFI celebrating cinema's biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world.

To celebrate the launch of Too Much: Meldorama on Film on Sun 9 Nov with Volver, we will be featuring a menu of Spanish specials all week in our Café Bar.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

A 16-year-old boy defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by dropping out of school and starting a masonry apprenticeship where he is increasingly drawn to Vlad, a charismatic Ukrainian colleague.

Selected for the Queer Palm at this year’s Cannes festival, Laurent Canter’s (The Class) final film follows a 16-year-old boy who defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by dropping out of school and starting a masonry apprenticeship where he meets a charismatic Ukranian colleague, Vlad. Feeling out of place in his family’s elegant villa and disconnected from his peers, Enzo finds himself increasingly drawn to Vlad in this French coming-of-age drama.

Enzo is screening as part of French Film Festival UK's annual celebration of the best in French language cinema at Phoenix.

In French with English subtitles.

Nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia. To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs.

Nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia, causing a series of environmental disasters that nearly wipes out Rokuro, the schoolboy protagonist at the centre of this film.

To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs. Meanwhile, Rokuro’s brother creates Jet Jaguar, a flying robot with a built-in moral compass. The inevitable matchup of Godzilla and Jet Jaguar versus Megalon and Gigan decides the world’s fate.

We're delighted to welcome Leicester Jazz House back to Phoenix for a new season of performances for 2025/26, this month featuring The Brandon Allen Quartet.

We're delighted to welcome Leicester Jazz House back to Phoenix for a new season of performances for 2025/26, this month featuring The Brandon Allen Quartet – a dynamic group that performs contemporary arrangements of standard repertoire and jazz classics as well as original material.

The longstanding musical partnership of saxophonist Brandon Allen and pianist Tim Lapthorn is at the core of this project. The addition of Jeremy Brown (bass) and Chris Higginbottom (drums) has proved to be a potent mix, the group creating an explosive blend of melodic improvisation, heavy swing and emotional freedom and spontaneity.

The group repertoire is inspired by swing, bop, latin music, contemporary jazz and above all else, the experience of life right now.

Line-up:

Brandon Allen – Saxophone

Tim Lapthorn – Piano

Jeremy Brown – Bass

Darren Becket – Drums

“Rock-solid and exciting performances capturing the essence of the classic jazz quartet at its finest.” – London Jazz News

“Allen and Lapthorn both play with power and conviction, their solos fluent and consistently imaginative.” – The Jazzmann

In a true story of the war crimes trials held by the Allies, an American psychiatrist finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hitler's accomplice, Hermann Göring.

James Vanderbilt’s historical drama chronicles the true story of the war crimes trials held by the Allies against the defeated Nazi regime. The film centres on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes, but finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hermann Göring (Crowe), Hitler’s accomplice.

Lynne Ramsey returns with an astonishing psychological drama surging with darkness and humour, as Grace, a writer and young mother, descends into madness in isolated Montana.

Eight years since the release of You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsey (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin) returns with another astonishing psychological drama surging with darkness, humour, and visionary brilliance. Based on the 2012 novel, the story sees young couple Grace (Lawrence) and Jackson (Pattinson) retreat to Montana for a quiet life away from the city. But when Grace gives birth to a child, isolation and depression start to unravel her sanity and the marriage spins out into unsettling dynamics.

They wanted the freedom to party, the state saw them as the enemy within. The untold story of the free party movement, Caslemorton and the Criminal Justice Act, and how its impact sparked a revolution around the world, from raves and festivals, to politics and protest.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Aaron Trinder hosted by filmmaker Keith Allott.

Free Party: A Folk History is a new, independently made feature documentary following the birth of the free party movement in the late 80s and early 90s and the impact it has had on our present times.

The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994.

Image credit: James Parkinson

Extreme Cinema examines the cultural, aesthetic, and ethical boundaries of cinema that shocks, unsettles, and challenges audiences. What makes a film ‘extreme’? Is it purely a matter of graphic content, or something more complex?

Extreme Cinema, led by Dr Connor Winterton, will examine the cultural, aesthetic, and ethical boundaries of cinema that shocks, unsettles, and challenges audiences. What makes a film ‘extreme’? Is it purely a matter of graphic content, or something more complex?

Using a range of controversial case studies — including Irreversible (2002), Martyrs (2008), The Human Centipede (2009), 9 Songs (2004), and Happiness (1998) — we’ll navigate the spectrum of extremity in relation to violence, sex, trauma, and taboo. Alongside close textual analysis, the course will engage with the politics of representation and censorship, encouraging critical reflection on spectatorship, ethics, and affect.

Designed for those with a strong stomach and an open mind, Extreme Cinema is not only about the films themselves, but what they reveal about society, power, and the boundaries of taste.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20 / £18 Members

Tutor: Dr. Connor Winterton

Booking Information:

This one day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 15 Nov, 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.

Experience Sholay as it was meant to be seen — on the big screen. Ramesh Sippy's legendary tale of Jai, Veeru, and Gabbar Singh returns now fully restored, bringing back the action, the drama, and the unforgettable dialogue that defined a generation.

Experience Sholay as it was meant to be seen — on the big screen. Ramesh Sippy's legendary tale of Jai, Veeru, and Gabbar Singh returns now fully restored, bringing back the action, the drama, and the unforgettable dialogue that defined a generation.

One of the most beloved Hindi films of all time, Sholay is a cinematic landmark, don’t miss this rare screening!

Presented by UK Asian Film Festival, this screening is part of our year-round Filmwallahs season.

With their exhibition Quantum Computing Art currently on show in our Café Bar, we invite you to join us for a talk from artists Ernest Edmonds and Jonathan Knoblauch that will demystify quantum computing and its role in art.

With their exhibition Quantum Computing Art currently on show in our Café Bar, we invite you to join us for a talk from internationally renowned artists Ernest Edmonds and Jonathan Knoblauch that will demystify quantum computing and its role in art.

Ernest will be with us here at Phoenix, while Jonathan will be joining us live via Zoom from Australia.

After the talk there'll be time for questions and an opportunity to view the Quantum Computing Art exhibition.

Tickets are free – advance booking is recommended as capacity is limited.

Godzilla’s evil twin Mechagodzilla first reared its head in this Jun Fukuda–directed film.

Godzilla’s evil twin Mechagodzilla first reared its head in this Jun Fukuda–directed film.

A robot designed by aliens to conquer Earth, the enduringly popular villain has since been resurrected by Toho Studios several times. With the help of earnest direction, spectacular pyrotechnics, and guest appearances by veteran genre actors, this film recaptures the feel of the sixties Godzilla movies.

Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder – this new dramatic biography from multi-award-winning filmmakers David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky shines a new light on Caravaggio.

Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of his mysterious disappearance, this beautiful new film reveals Caravaggio as never before.

Multi-award-winning filmmakers David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky delve into the hidden narratives of Caravaggio’s life, piecing together clues embedded within his incredible art. The intriguing self-depictions within his works — sometimes disguised, sometimes in plain sight — offer a rare window into his psyche and personal struggles. Join us as we unravel the story of one of history’s most brilliant, complex and controversial figures.

Derbyshire-based director Owen Tooth joins us to share his journey from making award-winning short films to becoming the first disabled director of EastEnders in its 40-year history.

A night for filmmakers to connect and learn from one of the region’s leading directorial voices in film and television.

Derbyshire-based director Owen Tooth joins us to share his journey from making award-winning short films to becoming the first disabled director of EastEnders in its 40-year history.

Owen’s shorts have screened at Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide, earning multiple awards. His feature debut sold globally on VOD and Blu-Ray, and in 2025 his landmark EastEnders block – including the VE-Day special that trended across social media – drew widespread acclaim for its storytelling and emotional impact.

Most recently, Owen directed a short documentary through the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund, currently touring festivals, and was named a Broadcast Hot Shot ’25.

As a wheelchair user and an ally, he’s passionate about collaboration and creating a more inclusive industry.

Owen will be in conversation with PLATFORM Community Lead, Keith Allott, discussing directing for cinema, streamers, and broadcast television, how to sustain creative momentum, and what emerging directors can take from working across independent and mainstream production.

After the talk, join us in the Terrace Room for networking with fellow filmmakers and artists.

In the eagerly anticipated second and final instalment of the adaptation of the classic Broadway musical, Glinda and Elphaba's relationship is put to the test in a series of events that will change Oz forever.

Based on the hit Broadway musical, Wicked: For Good finds Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) living in exile while Glinda (Ariana Grande) basks in the popularity that comes with being associated with the Wizard.

When a cyclone brings Dorothy to Minchkinland, a series of events are set in motion that will change the Land of Oz forever.

WICKED: FOR GOOD PYJAMA PARTY - Fri 21 Nov, 7.30pm

Join us for a special "Pyjama Party" screening of Wicked: For Good presented in partnership with LUSH Leicester, with themed drinks, games, our now-famous pyjama party tombola, plus a few extra surprises! PJs, loungewear and slippers encouraged.

Tickets standard price or UPGRADE to a "Pyjama Party" ticket: £17/ £15 Members - which includes film ticket, themed drink on arrival, LUSH Leicester goody bag and small bag of popcorn.

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a magnificent performance in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

Adapted from Max Porter’s best-selling novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a young father whose hold on reality crumbles after the death of his wife. Left to raise his two young sons, a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment. A man-like crow (voiced by the superb David Thewlis) is seemingly brought to life from his work as an illustrator and is about to become a very real part of all of their lives.

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.

Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms.

On November 22, Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times).

Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Devdas is a breathtaking adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic Bengali novel, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Devdas is a breathtaking adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic Bengali novel. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas Mukherjee, who returns from London to find his romance with his childhood love Paro (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) now bound by social barriers, and his only solace is the company of the courtesan Chandramukhi (Madhuri Dixit-Nene).

With opulent sets, unforgettable performances, and Ismail Darbar’s haunting score, Devdas is a visual and emotional tour de force that redefined Bollywood cinema for a global audience.

In Hindi with English subtitles.

Presented by UK Asian Film Festival, this screening is part of our year-round Filmwallahs season.

A chance meeting on a train platform leads to an illicit romance in David Lean’s iconic melodrama.

A chance meeting on a train platform leads housewife Laura to fall passionately for doctor Alec, despite them both being married, and the pair embark upon a passionate – but ultimately doomed – love affair.

With its evocative setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and a pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), David Lean’s classic deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance.

Brief Encounter is screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season from the BFI celebrating cinema's biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world.

As part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film we will be offering cream teas alongside screenings of Brief Encounter in our Café Bar.

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.

Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost? Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.

Filmed over 20 years, and screened at TIFF, this found footage horror blurs the line between real life and nightmare, fact and fiction.

"Horror's hottest ticket" – Variety

A found-footage horror filmed over 20 years, It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This follows indie filmmakers and horror fans Nick and Rachel who buy a dilapidated house which they soon realise has a mysterious history and supernatural goings on. Original and gripping, having screened at the Toronto international Film Festival 2024, the film blurs the line between real life and nightmare, fact and fiction.

In line with the filmmakers’ ambitions for their film It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This will never be released on streaming, only in cinemas, so don’t miss the opportunity!

This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.

A poignant documentary reflecting on ageing and resilience set in the world of competitive over-80s ping pong championships.

In Inner Mongolia players gather for the world over 80s table tennis championships. Meet Terry (81), who’s been given a week to live but he’s within reach of winning gold. Inge (89) has played her way out of the dementia ward. Australian Dorothy deLow (100) has become an unlikely celebrity in this extraordinary community, while Texan newcomer Lisa Modlich (85) is determined to claim her first championship title. A poignant reflection on ageing, resilience, and the unbreakable will to live.

Ping Pong is brought to you by De Monfort University as part of Leicester's home grown annual Chinese film fesitval, returning to Phoenix for it's 4th edition. This year's theme focuses on "Motion and Emotion," featuring new and classic titles.

In English, and German, Mandarin and Japanese with English subtitles.

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.

Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.

Directed by Jag Mundhra, Provoked is a powerful drama based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) whose landmark legal battle redefined British law on domestic violence.

Directed by Jag Mundhra, Provoked is a powerful drama based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, portrayed by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Trapped in an abusive marriage in London, Kiranjit’s desperate act leads to a landmark legal battle that redefined British law on domestic violence.

With strong supporting performances from Nandita Das, Miranda Richardson, and Robbie Coltrane, the film is both harrowing and inspiring — a testament to resilience, justice, and the fight for dignity.

In English / Punjabi with English subtitles.

Presented by UK Asian Film Festival, this screening is part of our year-round Filmwallahs season.

Richard Linklater’s (Boyhood, Before Sunset) biographical comedy drama sees legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart (Hawke) confront his shattered self-confidence as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers (Scott) celebrates the opening night of Oklahoma!

Richard Linklater’s (Boyhood, Before Sunset) biographical comedy drama centres around the events on the evening of 31 March 1943, when legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart (Hawke) confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar, New York, as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers (Scott) celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking musical hit, Oklahoma!

Unfolding in real time, the film is a poignant and atmospheric mediation on friendship, art and love.

A visually stunning 1930s epic by Wong Kar Wai, The Grandmaster captures the poetry, discipline, and heartbreak at the heart of martial arts tradition.

In 1930s Foshan, martial arts master Ip Man lives a quiet life until the arrival of Gong Yutian, who seeks a successor to his family’s legacy in Southern China. Ip Man’s encounter with Yutian’s daughter, Gong Er, leads to a duel that intertwines honour, rivalry, and destiny. A visually stunning epic by Wong Kar Wai, The Grandmaster captures the poetry, discipline, and heartbreak at the heart of martial arts tradition

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The Grandmaster is brought to you by De Monfort University as part of Leicester's home grown annual Chinese film fesitval, returning to Phoenix for it's 4th edition. This year's theme focuses on "Motion and Emotion," featuring new and classic titles.

In Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese with English subtitles

Screening as part of Electric Shadows, Leicester's home-grown annual Chinese film festival from De Montfort University. Dr Hiu Man Chan, Artistic Director of Electric Shadows and Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries at De Montfort University will introduce all screenings.

In Godzilla’s last gasp of the Showa era, aliens retrieve Mechagodzilla’s remains and rebuild it, in the hope of defeating Godzilla for possession of planet Earth.

In Godzilla’s last gasp of the Showa era, aliens retrieve Mechagodzilla’s remains and rebuild it with the aid of an unhinged biologist (a scenery-chewing Akihiko Hirata), in hopes of defeating Godzilla for possession of planet Earth.

This film marked the return of director Ishiro Honda, who had retired years earlier, disheartened by the increasingly kid-friendly approach of the series. For this final entry, Honda steers the King of the Monsters back into grim territory, interweaving an alien-invasion plot with a tale of tragic romance.

Obsessed with bringing the dead back to life with his reanimating serum, Dr Herbert West conducts a series of bizarre experiments in this cult classic horror.

Dr Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders... and another one in a dish on his desk!

Obsessed with bringing the dead back to life with his new reanimating serum, Dr Herbert West conducts a series of bizarre experiments on dead tissue. Sure, there are ‘some’ horrifyingly grisly side effects, but it seemed to work ok on the cat...

Please note this screening has no ads and will start promoptly at the advertised time.

Crafted over five years by a team of 4,000 animators, Ne Zha 2 is a groundbreaking, visually spectacular animation about a demon child raised by humans and a quest to find a restorative elixir.

Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans, forms an uneasy alliance with the Loong prince Ao Bing in an epic battle to protect their clans. In the aftermath, their bodies teeter on the edge of destruction. Ne Zha must now embark on a perilous quest to obtain an elixir to restore Ao Bing’s body. Crafted over five years by a team of 4,000 animators, this groundbreaking, visually spectacular animation is now the world’s highest grossing animated film.

Ne Zha 2 is brought to you by De Monfort University as part of Leicester's home grown annual Chinese film fesitval, returning to Phoenix for it's 4th edition. This year's theme focuses on "Motion and Emotion," featuring new and classic titles.

In Mandarin with English subtitles

Screening as part of Electric Shadows, Leicester's home-grown annual Chinese film festival from De Montfort University. Dr Hiu Man Chan, Artistic Director of Electric Shadows and Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries at De Montfort University will introduce all screenings.

This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out...With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love awaits.

This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family and will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

Soon after legendary action star Jackie Chan is invited to adopt a rare baby panda named HuHu, a notorious international crime syndicate sets its sights on the panda, offering a massive bounty for his capture!

Soon after legendary action star Jackie Chan is invited to adopt a rare baby panda named HuHu, a notorious international crime syndicate sets its sights on the panda, offering a massive bounty for his capture!

Jackie, portraying himself as an aging international action star, finds himself drawn into a high-stakes "rescHu" mission. Teaming up with his agent and Hu Hu's caretaker, Jackie must outwit—and outfight—the villains at every turn.

Knockabout-fun billed as Chan’s last action comedy, Panda Plan sees him returning to the crowd-pleasing fight scenes of his nineties hits Mr. Nice Guy and Rush Hour.

English and Mandarin with English subtitles

Screening as part of Electric Shadows, Leicester's home-grown annual Chinese film festival from De Montfort University. Dr Hiu Man Chan, Artistic Director of Electric Shadows and Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries at De Montfort University will introduce all screenings.

Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote comes to Leicester with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “A Fashionable Way to Die”.

Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote comes to Leicester with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “A Fashionable Way to Die”. Jessica Fletcher visits Paris to support her friend’s fashion show, but soon there’s a murder that only she (or you!) can solve!

Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is a unique and hilarious night featuring games, prizes and audience participation, with special permission from NBC Universal Television. See the show Time Out rated one of 2021 & 2019’s 50 Great Nights Out in London that has played to sell-out audiences across the UK, Ireland, the USA and Australia, as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023-2025, Adelaide Fringe 2025 and the Murder, She Wrote Festival 2025 (California).

Hosted by super-fan Tim Benzie, Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote features:

* A race to solve to the crime, via the Fameometer and the Suspiciometer!

* A Cabot Cove quiz!

* A singalong to the theme tune with new lyrics!

* Clips and biogs of the campy guest stars!

Douglas Sirk skewers the social mores of 1950s small-town America in this pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.

Cary Scott (Wyman), an upper-class widow, falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth gardener (Hudson). Facing disapproval from her adult children and her country club friends, Cary must decide whether to prioritise love or conformity. Director Douglas Sirk skewers the social mores of 1950s small-town America in this pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama. 

All That Heaven Allows is screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season from the BFI celebrating cinema's biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world.

The performance on Mon 1 Dec, 6.15pm will be preceded by an introduction to the film by Dr Ellen Wright, Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Television History at De Montfort University.

★★★★★ – BBC. Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

"★★★★★ – Smart, stylish, and hauntingly funny, the modern whodunit is alive" – HeyuGuys

"★★★★★ – The funniest and most playful Knives Out mystery yet" – BBC

"★★★★★ – a never-better Josh O’Connor" – The Times

★★★★ – Guardian

Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

He solved the murder of a patriarch of a bitter, feuding family. He entered the labyrinthine world of a tech bro to peel away the layers of deceit and treachery to reveal their murderer. Now Benoit Blanc faces his toughest challenge yet – he’s going to church!

Alongside Daniel Craig's detective mastermind, the all-star cast includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Cailee Spaeny, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church and Andrew Scott.

★★★★★ – Radio Times. Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

"★★★★★ – An unmissable production" – Radio Times

"★★★★ – A swaggering epic" – Independent

★★★★ – WhatsOnStage

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?

Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

Join André Rieu for his 2025 Christmas Concert – “Merry Christmas” and experience joyful carols, beautiful waltzes, and plenty of surprises – it’s the ultimate Christmas cinema event!

Join André Rieu for his 2025 Christmas Concert – “Merry Christmas” and experience joyful carols, beautiful waltzes, and plenty of surprises – it’s the ultimate Christmas cinema event!

With his fabulous Johann Strauss Orchestra, and special guests including the sensational Emma Kok and over 400 brass players bringing the majestic sound of Christmas, André’s concert is bursting with warmth, laughter, and holiday cheer.

Christmas is André’s favourite time of year - and he can’t wait to share this spectacular concert with you, only in cinemas!

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, this documentary explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community.

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, this documentary explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, this modern folktale tells of tradition, community and humanity's relationship with a vanishing natural world.

The Shepherd and the Bear is screening as part of French Film Festival UK's annual celebration of the best in French language cinema at Phoenix.

In French with English subtitles.

Join us for our regular comedy night at The Nest, in partnership with Jokes On Us. Expect top quality acts, plus a compère, guaranteeing you an evening of midweek mirth.

Join us for our regular comedy night at The Nest in partnership with Jokes On Us. Expect top quality acts, plus a compère, guaranteeing you an evening of midweek mirth.

DECEMBER LINE-UP

HASAN AL HABIB - Birmingham Breaking Talent Winner and Leicester Comedy Festival Best Debut Nominee

MATT STELLINGWERF - Winner of FOUR New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards

ALEX HYLTON - Winner of Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival
 

RACHEL PAGE - Fast Rising Star of the Midlands Comedy Scene

Doors open 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm

Suitable for age 14+

Please note, line-ups may be subject to change.

Lilian Steiner (Foster), a renowned psychiatrist, is convinced that the alleged suicide of one of her patients was in fact murder. She takes it upon herself to investigate.

Rebecca Zlotowski’s anticipated follow-up to Other People’s Children stars Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs) in a French-language role as Lilian Steiner, a renowned psychiatrist investigating the death of one of her patients. Deeply troubled by her patient’s alleged suicide, Steiner becomes convinced that it was in fact murder. She takes it upon herself to investigate, with the assistance of her ex-husband (Auteuil). Foster is accompanied by an A-list cast including Mathieu Amalric and Virginie Efira.

A Private Life is screening as part of French Film Festival UK's annual celebration of the best in French language cinema at Phoenix.

In French with English subtitles.

Marking its 50th anniversary, Deewaar remains one of the defining classics of Indian cinema. Starring Amitabh Bachchan in his iconic “angry young man” role as a dockworker who rises through the underworld, at odds with his upright policeman brother.

Marking its 50th anniversary, Deewaar remains one of the defining classics of Indian cinema. Directed by Yash Chopra, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan in his iconic “angry young man” role as Vijay, a dockworker who rises through the underworld, set against the moral battle with his upright policeman brother Ravi (Shashi Kapoor).

With taut direction, unforgettable dialogues, and a pulsating score by R.D. Burman, Deewaar is a landmark story of loyalty, ambition, and betrayal that shaped an entire era of Bollywood storytelling.

In Hindi with English subtitles

Presented by UK Asian Film Festival, this screening is part of our year-round Filmwallahs season.

Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.

Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.

Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on December 13.

Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure.

Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

A successful fashion designer spirals in isolation as the flighty object of her affections fails to return her devotion in Fassbinder’s autobiographical masterpiece.

In her decadent Bremen apartment, revered fashion-designer Petra von Kant lives with her tormented assistant, Marlene, in a poisonous co-dependency. But when Petra meets the young and beautiful Karin, a toxic infatuation consumes her and the three women are drawn into a dangerously eddying dance of cruelty, obsession, and power. Sumptuously shot in one location, Fassbinder’s masterful melodrama is a singular, transfixing descent into the psyche.

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant is screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season from the BFI celebrating cinema's biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world.

The performance on Sun 14 Dec, 3.15pm will be preceded by an introduction to the film by Dr Alan Morton.

In German with English subtitles.

Join us for the final PLATFORM event of the year, an evening dedicated to pitching, feedback and building your network.

Whether you’re developing a short film, feature, documentary, or artist moving image project, this is your chance to share your idea in a supportive space and get constructive feedback from peers and fellow creatives.

Each participant will have five minutes to pitch their project, followed by questions and encouragement from the room. It’s an informal and friendly way to build confidence, refine your pitch and strengthen your professional network for the year ahead.

Submit your request to pitch to [email protected] by 1 December 2025.

After the pitches, join us in the Terrace Room for relaxed networking and end-of-year drinks with fellow filmmakers and artists.

Join us for our first sing-a-long bottomless brunch screening! Enjoy a delicious meal in our Terrace Room with bottomless drinks while you watch Phyllida Lloyd's blissfully enjoyable sun-drenched musical.

Join us for our first sing-a-long bottomless brunch screening! Enjoy a delicious meal in our Terrace Room with bottomless drinks while you watch Meryl, Amanda, Colin, Stellan and Pierce variously sing / bellow their way through Phyllida Lloyd's blissfully enjoyable sun-drenched musical.

Have a look at our menu here and choose your food option from the drop-down menu at purchase.

Doors open at 12.15pm with drinks and food served from 12.30pm.

Film will start at 12.45pm with drinks served until the film finishes at 2.30pm.

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals.

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals.

On January 10, the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years - a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer - arrives in cinemas worldwide.

The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

As intimate as it is sumptuous, La Traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho.

At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking.

As intimate as it is sumptuous, La Traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

Leicester Jazz House continue their season of shows at Phoenix with the Nigel Price Organ Trio – perhaps the most hard hitting, dynamic and exciting jazz group on the scene today.

Leicester Jazz House continue their season of shows at Phoenix with the Nigel Price Organ Trio – winners of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for 'Best ensemble' and British Jazz Award for ‘Best Small Group’ – who’ll be performing selections from their vast back catalogue as well as their latest album, the critically acclaimed It’s On!.

Nigel Price is known for his clear, no nonsense, driving approach to jazz guitar and has steadily become one of the UK’s foremost exponents of the instrument. Ross Stanley is one of the country’s greatest musicians, and plays a real B3 Hammond organ complete with two Leslie speakers. Man-of-the-moment Joel Barford completes the trio, bringing his incredible drumming ability. Together they form perhaps the most hard hitting, dynamic and exciting jazz group on the scene today.

Watch their YouTube showreel here.

"★★★★ – Inventiveness, originality and ensemble playing are terrific" – Observer

“For me, this is how jazz should be; communicative and inclusive. Jazz performed this way feels like a gift” – London Jazz News

Line-up:

Nigel Price – guitar

Ross Stanley – Hammond organ

Joel Barford – drums

Runtime includes a 30-minute interval (approx).

A practical, skills-based guide to screenwriting, taking you from your initial idea to a finished short film script over the course of eight weeks.

The Art of Screenwriting will provide a practical, skills-based guide to screenwriting, taking you from your initial idea to a finished short film script over the course of eight weeks.

Experienced writer Kenton Hall will cover all aspects of screenwriting and working in the film industry, enabling you to take part in the full script-to-screen process. Writers of all levels of experience will be encouraged to develop, pitch and refine a short film script, while developing both their craft and industry knowledge.

All participants will write a script at the end of the course which will be edited to professional standards.

"Kenton showed a great deal of passion about the subject and this transmitted to the participants. We were all impressed with his depth of knowledge and effective methodology in kick-starting our creativity. High recommendation from me for course and tutors." – The Art of Screenwriting course participant

Course Breakdown:

Week 1:   An introduction to screenwriting

Week 2:   The 'light bulb' moment: is your idea any good? – ideas and pitching

Week 3:   Structure and why it matters – structuring your script

Week 4:   A bunch of authors in search of some characters – writing convincing characters

Week 5:   The plot thickens – plot construction

Week 6:   Your first draft and how much it sucks! – writing your script

Week 7:   How I learned to stop worrying and love my script editor – editing and refining your script

Week 8:   Giving up your baby: what happens next? – how a script is developed into a film

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £100 / £90 conc / £82 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information:
This 8 week course will run at Phoenix on Mondays, 7pm – 9pm, from 2 February – 23 March 2026.

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

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name – both behind and in front of the camera. Alongside his work as a novelist, screenwriter, musician and actor, he has taught The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix for more than a decade.

He wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, now available on Netflix; published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder; co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale and Mark Gatiss; co-adapted, for audio, the lost silent horror film London After Midnight starring Art Malik; and wrote the Doctor Who musical spin-off Children of the Circus and its novelisation. Somewhere in between he released the triple album Idiopath as Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures. He both looks and is tired.

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring audiences a unique big screen experience. Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M.'s alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996).

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring audiences a unique big screen experience. Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M.'s alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996).

In this sublime comedy teetering between reality and illusion, Buster Keaton stars as a film projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective. He uses his limited skills when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend’s father’s pocket watch. Keaton reportedly broke his neck performing one of the many dangerous practical stunts in the film.

Whether you’re a movie lover or a rock music fan this is an experience you won’t want to miss!!

Olivier-award winning ballet triptych capturing the heart of Virginia Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures. Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.

A rare cinema screening of one of the greatest sports documentaries ever made, introduced by The Guardian's William Fotheringham.

A rare cinema screening of one of the greatest sports documentaries ever made, introduced by The Guardian's William Fotheringham with an audience Q&A after the screening.

A Sunday in Hell follows the 1976 edition of Paris-Roubaix, cycling's toughest one-day race, as riders led by Eddy Merckx take on the gruelling, cobble-strewn course across northern France.

The late Danish director Jorgen Leth's revolutionary film-making ideas capture the unique atmosphere of the race, using more than 20 cameras along the race route, as well as a footage shot from a helicopter – groundbreaking techniques that went on to become standard in high-level sports coverage.

William Fotheringham is the author of a behind-the-scenes book about the making of the film and will tell us the inside story of the film and the race. William has covered professional cycling for over 30 years. His many acclaimed books include biographies of Eddy Merckx and Tom Simpson, and he also worked with Bradley Wiggins on his autobiography, 'My Time'.

We will be showing the slightly longer Danish version of the film, with subtitles.

The quintessential Romantic ballet of love, betrayal and redemption.

The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost.

Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them.

Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from November 2025 to April 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen in February so that you can enjoy both film and exhibition together. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano.

After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death.

Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.

The triumphant third chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.

Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber...

Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production.

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide on May 2.

Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of the rebellious, passionate and turbulent life of Frida Kahlo.

“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”

Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon, arguably the world’s favourite female artist and beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during covid to a restricted audience - is back by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Britain and MFA Houston 'Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon'.

Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her face but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life.

Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art.

Image credit: The Two Fridas, 1939, Frida Kahlo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Photo © Bridgeman Images

The season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.

Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.