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EDDIE THE EAGLE Fri 1 – Thu 14 Apr
THIS MONTH —
CANARY SONGS A sound and choral performance inspired by WW1 women
FILM AND PHILOSOPHY Big issues on the big screen
NEW FILMS —
ANOMALISA COUPLE IN A HOLE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VICTORIA
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APRIL HIGHLIGHTS
ART / CANARY SONGS
FILM / ANOMALISA
SEASON / CRIME: HONG KONG STYLE
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LEARN / ACTING FOR FILM BASICS
STAGE ON SCREEN / DON QUIXOTE
FAMILY / WYVERN WORKSHOP
COMING IN MAY
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April showers, burgeoning buds and a curious urge to clean…. it can mean only one thing. Spring, spring, glorious spring. Get out and about again after the confines of winter, learn new skills and meet people at one of our fabulous short courses. There’s plenty to choose from, ranging from a one-day course on Film and Philosophy to our intensive Film School (p5). There’s a military theme to our art events this month (p4). Marking the centenary of the World War One, Canary Songs is an immersive sound and choral performance inspired by the women who worked in WWI munitions factories. Killbox brings things bang up to date, with an interactive installation and online game exploring the nature of modern drone warfare.
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We open a window on the world with films from across the globe: highlights include Germany’s Labyrinth of Lies, the beautiful Our Little Sister (Japan), and Dheepan, a gritty French movie about a displaced Tamil freedom fighter. Our Hong Kong crime season (p13) features some of the biggest stars in Asian cinema. National treasures abound, with Helen Mirren in Eye in the Sky, and Ian McKellan and Maggie Smith in BFI Presents: Richard III, while everyone’s favourite underdog hits the slopes in Eddie the Eagle − guaranteed to leave you grinning. And finally, what could be more joyful than a Calamity Jane sing-along (p12)? Altogether now, "Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains…"
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Friend card £65 MY PHOENIX MEMBERS AND FRIENDS EVENTS Tue 26 Apr, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Friends Exclusive: The Next 12 Months. Meet Phoenix’s senior managers and board members and find out about our plans for the year ahead. Tue 26 Apr, 8.15pm ‘Friends Choice’ screening: we’re giving MyPhoenix Friends the chance to programme a film our wider audience. See p11 for more details.
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KILLBOX Fri 15 Apr – Sun 15 May Cube Gallery, Free
ART AT PHOENIX CANARY SONGS
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Sat 23 Apr, 4pm and 7pm Sun 24 Apr, 4pm Screen 2, £5, 45mins Canary Songs is a new sound and choral performance by the artist Teresa Dillon, inspired by the women who worked in UK munitions factories during World War One. These women were known as ‘Canary Girls’ as their skin and hair would turn yellow from exposure to TNT.
The performance uses an industrial background track drawn from archival material over which an all-female choir of 25 will sing to immerse the audience in a vocal score, creating an acoustic interpretation of the factory floor and how it would have sounded to the people who worked there.
Songs were often hummed and sung in the factories to raise the morale of the workers and give rhythm to their repetitive labour. Combined with the mechanical noises of the machinery, this created a remarkable environment which Canary Songs will recreate.
Canary Songs has focused particularly on the local Chilwell Shelling Factory, which was the largest such factory in the UK and provided most of the shells for the Battle of the Somme. In 1918 a massive explosion at the factory killed 132 people, 25 of whom were women.
Commissioned by Phoenix and The Cutting Room. Created/Directed: Teresa Dillon, Costume: Mia Morikawa, Acoustic Model: Zora Schärer Kalkandjiev, Choir Director: Lyndsey Cockwell, Choir: 25 volunteers
Killbox is an interactive installation and online game that explores the nature of drone warfare, its complexities and consequences, looking at the use of technology to transform and extend political and military power, and the abstraction of killing through virtualisation. Named after the military term used to describe an area on a grid map that a mission planner designates a target for destruction, Killbox immerses the audience in a fictionalised virtual environment based on documented drone strikes in Northern Pakistan. The work is an international collaboration between US based artist/activist Joseph DeLappe and Scotland-based artists and game developers Malath Abbas, Tom Demajo and Albert Elwin. This project was made possible with support fromTurbulence.org/New Radio and Performing Arts, NYC, USA; Phoenix; The Cutting Room, UK; and Creative Scotland.
LEARN AT PHOENIX Perk up your spring with one of our short courses. Visit our website to find out more and to book online.
THIS MONTH
ACTING FOR FILM BASICS Wednesdays, 6 Apr – 27 Apr (4 sessions) 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £48 / £40 conc. A practical guide to the skills and techniques specific to film acting. No experience necessary!
AUSTEN ON SCREEN Thursdays, 7 Apr – 28 Apr (4 sessions) 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £48 / £40 conc. A visual tour through Jane Austen’s life on screen – from adaptation to biography – and her lasting influence on cinema.
FILM AND PHILOSOPHY Sat 16 Apr 10.30am – 4pm Price: £15 So, just how do directors tackle philosophical issues like justice, desire and evil on film?
FILM SCHOOL Tuesdays, 3 May – 21 Jun (8 sessions) 7pm – 9pm Price: £96 / £80 conc. A practical introduction to filmmaking, taking you step by step from pre-production planning through to the final edit.
TALKING PICTURES SUMMER
SHAKESPEARE ON SCREEN Thursdays, 7 Jul – 28 Jul (4 sessions) 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £48 / £40 conc. A look at the writers, directors and actors who have tackled Shakespeare on screen, from classic adaptations to modern interpretations.
Mondays, 11 Jul – 19 Sep (10 sessions) 10.30am – 12pm Price: £80 / £70 conc.
BACK TO THE EIGHTIES
Share your love of film with this 10 week course of tutor-led group discussions that put the cinema week into focus. Includes a ticket to the 1pm or 1.30pm film screening.
The 1980s saw a new era of family movies, teenage angst and spectacle-laden blockbusters. We look back at the films that defined one of the most popular decades in cinema.
BOOK TO FILM Fridays, 9 Sep – 14 Oct (6 sessions) 2pm – 3.30pm Price: £72 / £60 conc. The world of literature provides filmmakers with rich source material, but is it actually possible to please the book lovers and the film audience who are new to the story?
Sat 20 Aug 10.30am – 4pm Price: £15
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FILM ANOMALISA
EDDIE THE EAGLE
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Fri 1 – Thu 7 Apr Dir: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh USA 2015, 1hr 30mins
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Fri 1 – Thu 14 Apr Dir: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman UK/USA/Germany 2016, 1hr 46mins This cracking crowd-pleaser about Britain’s most famous sporting underdog comes from the director of Sunshine on Leith. Following the plucky skier from his clumsy teenage years (broken glasses galore as he attempts track and field) through to his trying out for the Olympic skiing team, Eddie refuses to give up. Rejected by the fancy British
team because of his working class background, Eddie sets off to a training camp in Germany where he meets maverick ex-jumper Bronson Peary (Jackman). Persuading Bronson to be his coach, the two set their sights on the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. A feel-good and funny movie packed with heart.
- Anomalisa has more heart, soul and pathos than 99.9 per cent of live-action movies’ - Empire. After an 8 year absence, Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) returns with a daringly original stop-motion animation film. Marketing guru Michael (voiced by David Thewlis), on a business trip at a drab hotel, meets call-centre worker Lisa and sees a chance to escape the ennui that grips him.
MARGUERITE
DEADPOOL
COURT
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Fri 1 – Tue 5 Apr Dir: Xavier Giannoli Cast: Catherine Frot France/ Belgium 2015, 2hrs 9mins, subtitled “Cover your ears and open your hearts”. Based on the story of Florence Foster Jenkins (the subject of another film next month starring Meryl Streep) this witty French satire begins in Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a lover of music and the opera. She loves to sing for friends, although they’re too polite to point out she can’t sing. But the real problem begins when she decides she wants to perform for a real audience!
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Fri 1 – Mon 4 Apr Dir: Tim Miller Cast: Ryan Reynolds USA/ Canada 2016, 1hr 48mins
Mon 4 – Thu 7 Apr Dir: Chaitanya Tamhane Cast: Usha Bane, Vivek Gomber India 2014, 1hr 56mins, subtitled
Ripped from the pages of Marvel Comics and now a huge global hit, The Merc with a Mouth has landed! Ryan Reynolds stars as Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative diagnosed with cancer who signs up for an experimental cure. Disfigured by the treatment but imbued with accelerated healing powers, Wade adopts the alter-ego of Deadpool and sets out to find those who almost killed him. Gloriously offensive, full of great set-pieces and shot through with a wicked sense of humour.
A damning indictment of India’s justice and caste system, Tamhane’s debut film follows ageing folk singer Narayan Kamble who is put on trial for abetment to suicide. Arrested under the farcical allegation that a sewage worker deliberately didn’t use safety gear after hearing one of Kamble’s rabble-rousing songs, the film intelligently explores the relationship and disparate lifestyles of the ‘untouchables’ and the elite of Indian society.
HIGH-RISE
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Fri 8 – Thu 14 Apr Dir: Ben Wheatley Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons UK 2015, 1hr 59mins
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
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Fri 15 – Thu 28 Apr Dir: Jeff Nichols Cast: Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst USA 2015, 1hr 52mins
Based on J.G. Ballard’s dystopian novel, Tom Hiddleston stars as Robert Laing, a young doctor who moves into a luxury high-rise apartment block... but all is not as it seems. The building is split between the rich in their penthouses and the working class on the lower floors, and as the class divide begins to tear the building apart, people revert to their most savage instincts. Brutal, shocking and darkly funny, High-Rise is unlike anything else out this year.
From Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter), this new thriller follows Roy and Alton, a father and son on the run. Alton is different, possessing special powers that have convinced a fanatical cult he’s their messiah and the federal government that he’s a weapon, but Roy just wants to keep his boy safe. Another superb
film from one of the most exciting indie directors working in American cinema, Midnight Special has drawn comparisons with Spielberg's E.T. and Close Encounters. With a cracking cast that includes Sam Shepherd, Joel Edgerton and Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) it’s a thrilling ride.
LABYRINTH OF LIES
PAPUSZA
VICTORIA
12A
TBC
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Fri 8 – Thu 14 Apr Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli Cast: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling Germany 2014, 2hrs 3mins, subtitled
Fri 8 – Thu 14 Apr Dir: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze Cast: Jowita Budnik Poland 2013, TBC, subtitled
Fri 15 – Thu 21 Apr Dir: Sebastian Schipper Cast: Laia Costa Germany 2015, 2hrs 18mins, subtitled
Based on real events that led to the 1960s Frankfurt Auschwitz trials in Germany, this new thriller follows idealistic young lawyer Johann Radmann who becomes interested in the case of a former Auschwitz camp commander turned high school teacher. Determined to bring him and other former Nazi members to justice, Johann finds opposition in the form of corrupt Government officials and a wider public who don’t want to confront past atrocities.
Winner of four Polish Film Awards and the Special Prize at Istanbul Film Festival, Papusza follows the rise and fall of Polish gypsy poet Bronislawa Wajs, known as Papusza. Defiantly learning to read against her family’s wishes, Papusza impresses fellow poet Jerzy Ficowski but his publication of her work led to friction with the gypsy community. Told in an episodic fashion that dips into various points of Papusza’s life, the film is exquisitely shot in black and white.
A landmark achievement in filmmaking, Schipper’s new thriller takes place over the course of one night in Berlin, filmed in a continuous take with no cuts. We meet happy-go-lucky Victoria as she dances in a club, before heading out and joining four merry young men mooching around the city. But things take an unexpected turn as the men owe a local crime boss a favour and Victoria is dragged in to help. A bold, gripping drama, Victoria flies by at a breathless pace.
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Midnight Special - Audio Described 10 Cloverfield Lane Spotlight Midnight Special 10 Cloverfield Lane Midnight Special Victoria Midnight Special
Eddie the Eagle Papusza High-Rise Eddie the Eagle The Pilferer’s Progress Eddie the Eagle Labyrinth of Lies
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Labyrinth of Lies Eddie the Eagle Eddie the Eagle Papusza Infernal Affairs Eddie the Eagle High-Rise
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Our Little Sister Couple in a Hole Midnight Special Dheepan Our Little Sister MyPhoenix Friends Film Midnight Special
Midnight Special Dheepan Our Little Sister Room BFI Presents: Richard III Dheepan
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Divergent: Allegiant Couple in a Hole Midnight Special Canary Songs Our Little Sister Canary Songs Ran Dheepan
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Oddball and the Penguins Lazy Sunday: Midnight Special Aviation Archive Midnight Special Midnight Special 10 Cloverfield Lane Victoria Midnight Special
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Midnight Special Victoria Midnight Special 10 Cloverfield Lane Midnight Special Spotlight Midnight Special
10 Cloverfield Lane Midnight Special Spotlight Midnight Special Victoria Midnight Special
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Shaun the Sheep Lazy Sunday: Calamity Jane Sing-a-Long Son of Saul Son of Saul The Grump Brooklyn Son of Saul Son of Saul Eye in the Sky
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SPOTLIGHT
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Fri 15 – Sat 16, Mon 18 Apr Dir: Tom McCarthy Cast: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo USA 2015, 2hrs 9mins
A terrifically tense chamber piece Back by popular demand following that keeps you guessing throughout, its Oscar for Best Picture, this this pseudo sequel to Cloverfield intelligent and gripping new does away with the frenetic action film follows the Boston Globe’s of the original and takes place solely ‘Spotlight’ investigative journalists in an underground bunker. After as they unearthed a huge scandal a car crash, Michelle wakes up in of child abuse and cover-up within the bomb shelter of Howard (John their local Catholic Archdiocese Goodman) who tells her there has in 2001. Reminiscent of All the been an ‘incident’ and it is not safe President’s Men with a superb to go outside. Is he telling the truth ensemble cast that includes Rachel or is he just paranoid? Determined McAdams, Liev Schreiber and to find out for herself, Michelle plots Stanley Tucci. to escape.
35MM CLUB: THE SEVENTH VICTIM
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Fri 15 – Mon 18 Apr Dir: Dan Trachtenberg Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead USA 2016, 1hr 43mins
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Tue 19 Apr, 6.30pm Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks USA 1943, 1hr 11mins Our monthly screening from 35mm film. When boarding school student Mary finds out that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, Mary heads to New York to track her down. Discovering that Jacqueline had been brainwashed by a satanic cult Mary must try to find her before the devil worshippers do. With shadowy black and white photography adding to the claustrophobic atmosphere, The Seventh Victim retains its power to disturb.
OUR LITTLE SISTER
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AVIATION ARCHIVE: FROM IMPERIAL AIRWAYS TO THE JET AGE Sun 17 Apr, 2.30pm Tickets: £7.50 This new programme of rare archive films includes a visit to Croydon Airport in 1935. We see all the facilities, operations and, of course, the vintage airliners of the day. In contrast, we take a peep into the works of Power Jets Ltd of Lutterworth, birthplace of the Whittle jet engine, and watch some of Britain's first jet planes in the Farnborough Air Display of 1948. Introduced by Rob Foxon.
COUPLE IN A HOLE
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Fri 22 – Thu 28 Apr Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa Japan 2016, 2hrs 7mins, subtitled
Fri 22- Tue 26 Apr Dir: Tom Geens Cast: Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie UK/Belgium/France 2015, 1hr 45mins, subtitled (parts)
After the recent influx of dark and gritty world cinema, the latest from Japanese master Hirokazu Koreeda (I Wish, Like Father Like Son) feels like a dose of pure sunshine. After their estranged father passes away, three sisters attend his funeral only to meet their thirteen year old halfsister Suzu. Sensing she is unhappy they invite her to come and live with them in their grandmother’s creaky old house. A wonderful, uplifting tale of compassion and family love.
Scottish couple John and Karen live in a hole in rural France. John forages during the day, while Karen stays stitching blankets, afraid to leave the hole. As the tragedy that led them to this situation is gradually revealed, John and Karen’s sanctuary is threatened by the attentions of local townspeople. A truly unique film, it caused a small sensation at its Toronto Film Festival premiere and is superbly acted by the two leads.
DHEEPAN
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RAN
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Fri 22 – Thu 28 Apr Dir: Jacques Audiard Cast: Jesuthasan Antonythasan France 2015, 1hr 55mins, subtitled
Fri 22 – Mon 25 Apr Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai Japan 1985, 2hrs 40mins, subtitled
Winner of the Palme d'Or at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Audiard’s (Rust and Bone) film is a compelling take on immigrant life. Posing as a family with a woman and young girl, Dheepan - a former Tamil fighter - flees the Sri Lankan civil war. Settling in France, the peace of their new life is shattered when a gang takes over their housing block. With his family threatened, Dheepan may be forced to revert to his warrior ways.
Returning to cinemas in a new 4K restoration thanks to Studiocanal and Japanese production company Kadokawa Pictures. When an ageing Japanese warlord decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three sons, it sparks a civil war filled with treachery and vengeance. Loosely based on the story of a legendary feudal lord and reminiscent of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Kurosawa’s haunting, colour drenched epic deserves to be seen on the big screen.
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Tue 26 Apr, 8.15pm For the first time we're giving our MyPhoenix Friends the chance to programme a film for the night. As we go to print they’re carefully choosing from a selection of classic world cinema, to bring you something really special. Join us for what’s sure to be a cinematic treat. Please check our website for film details.
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Wed 27 – Thu 28 Apr Dir: Lenny Abrahamson Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay Ireland/Canada 2015, 1hr 58mins Back by popular demand. Ma and Jack have lived in ‘Room’ for all of Jack’s life. Ma has created a whole world for Jack there with toys, school and gym class. But Ma wants them to escape; she wants to return to the world that Jack thinks only exists in their TV, and to do that they will have to risk everything. Lenny Abrahamson’s film about a mother and son held against their will is by turns thrilling and profoundly moving.
MYSTERY FILM
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Fri 22 Apr, 6.30pm Voyage into the unknown with our mystery film. It could be a new digital restoration, a 35mm print of an old classic or a rare theatrical outing for a film you’ve never had the chance to see on the big screen. Nobody knows what we’re screening (including our staff!) until the film begins, but you can trust that we’ll deliver some brilliant cinema. The Mystery Film may be any classification up to an 18 certificate. As such, these screenings are for over-18s only.
EYE IN THE SKY
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Fri 29 April – Thu 5 May Dir: Gavin Hood Cast: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman UK 2015, 1hr 42mins, subtitled (parts) Colonel Katherine Powell (Mirren) is responsible for co-ordinating a drone mission in Kenya. When she spots a female terrorist that she has pursued for years, she escalates the mission from capture to kill. But when it’s revealed that a young girl will also be in the firing line, all involved face difficult moral questions. A gripping, interrogation of modern warfare with a cast that includes Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and the late Alan Rickman.
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SON OF SAUL
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Fri 29 Apr – Thu 5 May Dir: László Nemes Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár Hungary 2015, 1hr 47mins, subtitled
BFI PRESENTS: RICHARD III + SATELLITE Q&A 15 Thu 28 Apr, 7.30pm Dir: Richard Loncraine Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening UK/USA 1995, 2hrs 25mins (incl discussion) Screening as part of Shakespeare on Film, the film will be followed by a discussion between Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine, broadcast live via satellite from the BFI Southbank. Loncraine’s celebrated
adaptation relocates Shakespeare’s classic tale to an alternate fascist England. It is the 1930s, and a long and bloody civil war has divided the nation as two powerful families battle for the crown.
THE GRUMP
BROOKLYN
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Fri 29 Apr – Thu 5 May Dir: Dome Karukoski Cast: Antti Litja, Petra Frey Finland/Iceland 2014, 1hr 42mins, subtitled ‘Can be appreciated by anyone who thinks the world is going to hell in a handbasket’ – Variety. Perfect for fans of wonderfully singular comedies like The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window... this new film stars Litja as the titular Grump, an older Finnish man at odds with the modern world. After a fall at home forces him to stay with his ineffectual son and bossy daughter-in-law, he soon causes havoc with his traditional ways and very short-temper.
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Fri 29 Apr – Sun 1 May Dir: John Crowley Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson Ireland/UK/Canada 2015, 1hr 49mins One of our most popular films ever returns due to unprecedented demand. 1950s Ireland and young Eilis is leaving for America. Sponsored by a priest in Brooklyn, Eilis finds a job and lodgings with the no nonsense Mrs. Kehoe (Julie Walters). After initial homesickness, Eilis falls in love with her new life, but a tragedy back home means she must return to Ireland. Torn between two countries, she must decide where her heart lies.
Saul Ausländer, a worker in charge of disposing of fellow prisoners in an Auschwitz crematorium, finds the body of what he believes is his son. Setting himself the almost impossible task of hiding the body and tracking down a rabbi, Saul will go to any lengths to see the boy properly buried. A masterful exploration of cruelty, love and desperation that is almost overwhelmingly moving, Son of Saul won the Best Foreign Film Oscar and should not be missed.
CALAMITY JANE SING ALONG U Fri 29 Apr and Sun 1 May Dir: David Butler Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel USA 1953, 1hr 39mins It’s the big bonanza musical extravaganza as the re-release of this witty western hits our screens in a sing-along version! Follow Calamity Jane as she heads to Chicago to find a popular actress and bring her back to Deadwood, Dakota; but on the way finds herself questioning her own determination to remain so ‘unladylike’. Whip crack-away into this fun-filled film for all the family.
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EDDIE THE EAGLE
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Wed 6 Apr, 11am
THE GRAPES OF WRATH PG
PORTLAND STREET BLUES 35MM 18
THE PILFERERS’ PROGRESS (AKA MONEY CRAZY) 12A
Sat 2 Apr, 6pm Dir: Yip Wai-man Cast: Sandra Ng, Kristy Yang HK 1998, 1hr 54mins, subs A relative of the popular Young and Dangerous franchise, Portland Street Blues offers a significant lead role for Sandra Ng who takes the opportunity to deliver a nuanced and powerful performance as a woman who rises up through the ranks of a triad gang.
Wed 13 Apr, 10.30am Open to all, screening in partnership with The University of the Third Age (U3A)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
12A
Thu 14 Apr, 6.15pm Dir: John Woo Cast: Richard Ng, Ricky Hui HK 1977, 1hr 32mins, subs
Wed 20 Apr, 11am
Ricky Hui and Richard Ng star as a pair of criminals who join forces to help a young woman retrieve her family’s jewels. With The Pilferers’ Progress John Woo (The Killer) turns his hand to slapstick comedy with brilliant results, proving that he’s more than simply a master of cinematic mayhem.
ACCESS CINEMA
OUR LITTLE SISTER
PG
Wed 27 Apr, 11am
DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.
EDDIE THE EAGLE
PG
Tue 5 Apr, 6.10pm
INFERNAL AFFAIRS
15
ELECTION 35MM
18
Mon 11 Apr, 6.10pm Dir: Andrew Lau Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Leung HK 2002, 1hr 41mins, subs
Tue 19 Apr, 8.20pm Dir: Johnnie To Cast: Simon Yam, Leung Ka-fai HK 2005, 1hr 40mins, subs
Bringing together two of Asia’s biggest stars, Andy Lau and Tony Leung, Infernal Affairs became a world-wide hit upon its release and remains one of Hong Kong’s most famous and influential crime films. At its core it is a classic, edge of the seat, cop and gangster cat and mouse story. Infernal Affairs was later remade by Martin Scorsese as The Departed.
Johnnie To is one of Hong Kong’s most important contemporary filmmakers and this one of his greatest works. Election focuses on the selection of a new triad leader, exploring issues from generational conflict to tradition and loyalty. At the same time it’s a pointed reflection on the politics of post1997 Hong Kong.
CRIME: Hong Kong Style is produced by HOME, Manchester, with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery. This season is also supported by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London.
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
12A
Tue 19 Apr, 6pm AUDIO DESCRIBED For our customers who are blind or have sight loss, these monthly screenings feature audible descriptions of the action on screen.
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Fri 15 Apr, 1pm
12A
AUTISM FRIENDLY For children and adults on the autistic / Asperger’s spectrum, these screenings have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers and freedom to move around.
KUNG FU PANDA 3 Sat 9 Apr, 10.30am
PG
Don Quixote, Bolshoi Ballet
Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk
Box Office — 0116 242 2800
STAGE ON SCREEN
THIS MONTH
AS YOU LIKE IT (NT Live) Thu 7 Apr, 7.30pm Returning due to overwhelming demand.
HANGMEN (NT Live) Sat 9 Apr, 7.30pm
14 – 15
Available as Silver Screenings – see p13
Another chance to see Matthew Dunster’s awardwinning West End production.
DON QUIXOTE (Bolshoi Ballet) Sun 10 Apr, 4pm Quintessential Bolshoi, full of colour and life. Not to be missed.
PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: MONET TO MATISSE
See some of the world’s greatest stage shows and exhibitions come alive on our cinema screens.
N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E LIVE
Tickets from £11.50 R O YA L SHAKESPEARE C O M PA N Y Hamlet Wed 8 Jun, 7pm Cymbeline Wed 28 Sep, 7pm
As You Like It Thu 7 Apr, 7.30pm Hangmen Sat 9 Apr, 7.30pm A View From The Bridge Sun 15 May, 4pm The Audience Thu 9 Jun, 7pm
King lear Wed 12 Oct, 7pm BOLSHOI BALLET EXHIBITION ON SCREEN Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse Tue 12 Apr, 7.30pm
Tue 12 Apr, 7.30pm
B R A N A G H T H E AT R E L I V E
An innovative exhibition from London’s Royal Academy, filmed exclusively for cinema.
Romeo and Juliet Thu 7 Jul, 7.15pm
Don Quixote Sun 10 Apr, 4pm
See our website for full details, the latest show listings, and to buy tickets (with no booking fee).
FAMILIES AT PHOENIX You’ll be spoilt for choice with our great family films and fun workshops.
KUNG FU PANDA 3
PG
Fri 1 – Sun 10 Apr China/USA 2016, 1hr 35mins
NOW BOOKING
Po and his pals are continuing their "legendary adventures of awesomeness" until the end of the school holidays. Hurrah!
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE U Sun 1 May, All tickets £2 UK/France 2014, 1hr 25mins
SOCIAL CINEMA PRESENTS: PADDINGTON PG
ODDBALL AND THE PENGUINS
Farmyard fun with Shaun as he and his chums venture into the Big City to search for their missing owner.
Sat 28 – Sun 29 May, 3pm Suitable for ages 6-13 Price: £10 per person.
U
Sat 16 – Sun 17 Apr Australia 2015, 1hr 35mins A heart-warming film based on an incredible true story. A chicken farmer and his granddaughter train their mischievous sheepdog, Oddball, to protect an island colony of penguins from fox attacks.
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12A Sat 23 – Sun 24 Apr USA 2016, 2hr 1min After the shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris and Four must escape Chicago, leaving behind everything they’ve ever known to discover the shocking truth of what lies beyond.
FANTASTIC MR FOX
PG
Sat 30 Apr, All tickets £2 USA 2009, 1hr 27mins Celebrate Roald Dahl’s centenary with the classic tale of Mr Fox as he takes on the three nastiest, meanest farmers - Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It’s an absolute corker!
WYVERN WORKSHOP Sat 23 Apr, 12pm – 4pm Café Bar, Free, Drop-in Everyone knows St George battled the dragon – but did you know that one of Leicester’s oldest emblems is the wyvern, a special type of dragon with just two legs? Since medieval times Leicester has been linked with this mythical creature, and you can see it on buildings and in place names around the city. Pop along to this free, drop-in workshop and make your own wyvern with red glowing eyes, and find out more about this lesser known symbol of the city. Suitable for all ages.
The Social Cinema has teamed up with Phoenix to present a unique children’s screening of the undeniably wonderful Paddington. Enjoy storytelling, crafts, a bear hunt and a teddy bear’s picnic with tasty snacks, then settle down to watch everyone’s favourite Peruvian bear in his film debut.Free entry for teddy bears; parents allowed with children’s permission!
POSTCARDS TO PERU: MAKING DIGITAL POSTCARDS Tue 31 May – Thu 2 Jun 10.30am - 3pm daily Suitable for ages 7-11 Price: £75 This fun 3-day course will build skills in developing and telling a story, sound recording, lighting, and using a camera to create digital postcards from an imaginary world. Part of our programme for Spark Children's Arts Festival
SAVE MONEY WITH MY PHOENIX Get discounts on tickets and Café Bar purchases with a MyPhoenix Member or Friend card
OPENING TIMES
TICKETS Sat – Sun & bank holidays
Mon – Fri
12pm – 9pm
Box Office
STANDARD TICKETS
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Student/U18
After 5pm & Weekends
£8.30
£6.50
£5.50
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£7.50
£6.50
£5.50
£1 off standard Full and Conc ticket price
10.30am – 9pm (Wed)
11am – 9pm
Café Bar & Cube Gallery
9am – 11pm
10am – 11pm
MyPhoenix Members & Friends
Food Served
11am – 9pm
11am – 9pm (Sat) 10am – 6pm (Sun)
TICKET OFFERS
PARKING There is a pay and display car park next to Phoenix. Parking costs £1 for up to 2 hours, £2 for 3 hours, £4 all day, and is free after 6pm. On Sundays and bank holidays there is a £1 charge from 6am-6pm and a maximum stay of 3hrs.
Autism Friendly / Supported Environment Screenings
£4.00 one free carer ticket available for CEA cardholders
Family tickets
Adult + child Adult + 2 children 2 adults + 2 children
Rutland Street NCP on Halford Street (LE1 1TQ) is a short walk from Phoenix and costs £4.80 all day for Phoenix customers. Tickets must be validated at the Box Office.
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On-street parking is also available around Phoenix. Please always check the signs as restrictions may apply.
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Combine the film of your choice with a meal
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Hearing loops in building
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