January Brochure by Jake Harvey

Les Misérables (11-31 Jan)

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Quartet Life of Pi Les Misérables The Impossible The Hunt Box Office

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Win a year’s cinema tickets Watch live theatre and ballet on the big screen Vote for your favourite romantic film

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January at a glance Life of Pi p4

Private Peaceful p4

Quartet p4

I, Anna p4

Les MisĂŠrables p5

Hotel Transylvania p5

Safety not Guaranteed p5

The House I Live in p5

The Hunt p6

Midnight Son p6

Sister p6

End of Watch p7

End of Watch p6

Madagascar 3 p7

The Impossible p7

Mental p7

False Trail p7

Lincoln p10

The Sessions p10

Coming in February

The Hobbit p10

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January is traditionally a busy month at Phoenix, when we screen some of the favourites for the Oscars and Baftas – and other major film awards - taking place this month and next. We’ve shown some strong contenders already – Argo, The Master, Untouchable and Beasts of the Southern Wild among them – and this month, quite possibly, we’ve saved the best ‘til last. Les Misérables is garnering five star reviews, and it looks like Kings Speech director Tom Hooper might have another Oscar winner on his hands. Other potential nominees we’re showing in January include The Impossible, The Hunt and Life of Pi 3D. If you’d like to watch more quality films in 2013 – and you’re not already a Phoenix regular – why not give us a try this month and start the year as you mean to go on. As an independent cinema, we programme more of the sort of films which win awards – not just in January – but all year long! As a little encouragement, we’re offering everyone who buys a cinema ticket in January the chance to win one of three ‘Phoenix Golden Tickets’ – giving you free admission to any film at Phoenix for a whole year! (see p13) Of course, we don’t just show films. You can also eat and drink before or after your film in the Phoenix Café Bar – and this month we’ll have a menu full of Les Misérablesinspired French dishes from 11th - 31st January. Great film, great food. See you soon! Front cover image: Les Misérables (see page 5)

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Quartet 12A Fri 4 - Thu 17 Jan Dir: Dustin Hoffman Actors: Maggie Smith, Micheal Gambon UK 2013, 1hr 38mins At Beecham House, a retirement home for musicians and opera singers, Cissy, Wilf and Reg – three members of a once famous quartet – are preparing for their annual charity concert. The arrival of Jean (Smith) - Reg’s diva ex-wife and the fourth member of the quartet - throws a spanner in the works. Jean and Reg haven’t spoken in

Continued from last month

Happy Happy Wed 2 – Thu 3 Jan Norway 2010, 1hr 25mins, 15 Funny and charming film from Norway, as housewife Kaja decides she deserves more excitement and romance in her life than her inattentive husband can provide.

Seven Psychopaths Wed 2 – Thu 3 Jan UK 2012, 1hr 50mins, 15 Martin McDonagh’s hilarious follow-up to In Bruges is a very funny and very violent crime-caper with a great ensemble cast.

Rise of the Guardians Wed 2 – Thu 3 Jan USA 2012, 1hr 37mins, 3D / PG DreamWorks stakes its claim for the animation Oscar with this thrilling adventure as Santa, Easter Bunny, Sandman, Tooth Fairy and Jack Frost battle the Nightmare King.

years, which is highly inconvenient as blustering ‘artistic director’ Cedric needs them to sing together to save Beecham. Hoffman’s directorial debut is a funny and moving tale packed with British acting royalty at the top of their game.

Life of Pi 3D PG

I, Anna 15

Fri 28 Dec – Thu 10 Jan

Fri 4 - Mon 7 Jan

Dir: Ang lee Actors: Suraj Sharama, Irrfan Khan USA 2012, 2hrs 6mins

Dir: Barnaby Southcombe Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne UK / Germany 2012, 1hr 33mins

Based on Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, this new film from Ang Lee (director Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is a visually stunning work, sure to be in the mix this awards season. Recounting his life story to a Canadian writer, Indian-born Pi describes a shipwreck – a tragic incident that left him adrift in a lifeboat with a full-grown Bengal Tiger. It’s a tale of courage and determination, and a beautiful film.

This home-grown twist on film noir is told from the point of view of the femme fatale. Charlotte Rampling is excellent as Anna – a lonely middle-aged divorcee going to singles nights – who finds herself a chief suspect in a murder. Assigned to investigate is jaded cop Bernie Reid (Byrne making great use of his ruffled charm), who becomes fascinated by the enigmatic Anna. Intense and layered, it keeps you guessing right up to the final reel.

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Les Misérables 12A Fri 11 – Thu 31 Jan Dir: Tom Hooper Actors: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe UK 2013, 2hrs 38mins Tom Hooper (Director The King’s Speech) has taken on one of the most successful musicals of all time with staggering results. Greeted with standing ovations at test screenings in the US, Les Misérables features an all-star cast, all singing live. Set in revolutionary France, it tells the story of escaped convict Jean Valjean and his quest

for redemption whilst being tracked by police inspector Javert. Emerging as a strong Oscar favourite, this is THE film to see in January.

Hotel Transylvania U

Safety Not Guaranteed 15

The House I Live in 15

Mon 7 - Thu 10 Jan

Fri 11 Jan, 6.30pm

Dir: Collin Trevorrow Actors: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass USA 2012, 1hr 26mins

Dir: Eugene Jarecki Documentary Netherlands / UK 2012, 1hr 48mins

Charming indie film from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine. Investigating a classified ad for a time-travel partner, a magazine writer and his interns encounter Kenneth, a loveable eccentric who believes he has built his own time-machine. Darius (Plaza) replies to the ad, and as they begin a ramshackle training regime, Darius finds herself falling for the hopeless Kenneth. Funny, effortlessly enjoyable and with a great turn from mumblecore darling Duplass.

Described as ‘a gut punch of a documentary’, this superb film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and will no doubt pick up a lot more before the awards season is over. A scathing indictment of America’s war on drugs, this is a smart and powerful film that sidesteps theatrics in favour of damning statistics. Most fascinating are the huge range of interviewees including incarcerated criminals, judges, politicians and a furious David Simon – writer of The Wire.

Sat 5 - Sun 6 Jan Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky Actors: Adam Sandler, Kevin James USA 2012, 1hr 31mins To provide a safe haven for his daughter Mavis, Dracula has created Hotel Transylvania – a place for monsters to come and relax. Unfortunately, young backpacker Jonathan stumbles across the hotel and falls for Mavis. Now it’s up to the Count to keep Jonathan hidden as the monstrous guests are terrified of humans! As you would expect from the director of Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack, this is beautifully animated and very funny.

The 6.30pm screening on Wed 16 Jan will be followed by a Q&A with local filmmaker Kenton Hall who features in the film, hosted by Nigel Powlson the Leicester Mercury's Culture Editor.

Films marked with a rosette are our award winner recommendations

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The Hunt 15 (Jagten) • subtitled Fri 18 - Thu 24 Jan Dir: Thomas Vinterberg Actors: Mads Milkkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen Denmark 2012, 1hr 55mins Thomas Vinterberg (Festen) returns with this superb drama that has picked up multiple awards on the festival circuit including Best Actor at Cannes for Mikkelsen. Lucas (Mikkelsen) is a beloved teacher at a small primary school and a respected member of the

town, but all this falls apart after an accusation from one of his pupils turns the community ferociously against him. Outstanding performances all round; this is world cinema at its best.

Midnight Son 18

Sister 15

End of Watch 15

Fri 11 - Sat 12 Jan

(L'enfant d'en haut) • subtitled Mon 14 - Thu 17 Jan

Fri 18 – Mon 21 Jan

Dir: Scott Leberecht Actors: Shawn-Caulin Young, Tracey Walter USA 2011, 1hr 28mins After all the swooning of the Twilight series, Midnight Son arrives to inject some muchneeded violence and horror to the Vampire genre. Anaemic loner Jacob suffers from an extreme photosensitivity disorder that forces him to work security night shifts and spend the daylight hours buried away in his basement apartment. As his condition worsens, it begins to manifest in explosive violent episodes and an unquenchable thirst – he has to have blood, and it has to be human.

Dir: Ursula Meier Actors: Kacey Mottet Klein, Lea Seydoux Switzerland 2012, 1hr 37mins Simon lives with his older sister Louise in a housing estate in Switzerland. Louise is jobless, so Simon steals ski-wear from the luxury resort in the mountains above their home. Partnering with a crooked seasonal worker, Simon finds himself over his head with the line between right and wrong becoming blurred as family secrets are revealed. This affecting drama picked up the Silver Bear at the Berlinale and looks beautiful thanks to cinematography from Agnes Godard (Beau Travail).

Dir: David Ayer Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña USA 2012, 1hr 48mins Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as two LAPD cops in David Ayer’s (Harsh Times) thrilling movie. During a routine traffic stop, the two partners confiscate firearms and money, little realising they belong to a notorious Mexican cartel. Now marked for death, the officers must stay alive long enough to get to the cartel before the cartel’s troops get to them. Tense, action-packed and exciting; End of Watch will start your year with a bang.

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The Impossible 12A Fri 25 - Thu 31 Jan Dir: Juan Antonio Bayona Actors: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor Spain 2012, 1h 53mins Bayona’s powerful film arrives in the UK full of awards season buzz. Holidaying in Thailand, Henry and Maria and their three children look forward to relaxing for a few days. Instead, a devastating tidal wave separates them and leaves the family searching for each other in the decimated remains of

the island. Based on the real-life experiences of a Spanish family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, this is a heart-rending film with superb performances from McGregor and Watts.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 3D PG

Mental 15

False Trail 15

Mon 21 – Thu 24 Jan

(Jägarna 2) • subtitled Fri 25 – Thu 31 Jan

Sat 19 - Sun 20 Jan

Dir: P.J. Hogan Actors: Liev Schreiber, Toni Collette Australia 2012, 1hr 56mins

Dir: Kjell Sundvall Actors: Rolf Lassgård, Peter Stormare Sweden 2011, 2hrs 7mins

When the wife of a philandering local mayor suffers a breakdown, the mayor panics – who’s going to look after his family of five girls? Enter new nanny Shaz (Colette), a crazy free-spirit who sets out to restore some family pride – and what better way to do that than by getting into a fight with the school bullies or forcing the girls to climb a mountain in pyjamas? This is raucous good fun from the director of Muriel’s Wedding.

The popularity of Nordic noir continues with this cracking film from Sweden. Rolf Lassgård (Wallander) plays Erik Bäckström - a dogged Stockholm cop assigned to a homicide case in his old stomping ground of a small rural town. His methodical approach clashes with violent local detective Torsten (Stormare). A sequel to 1996’s Jägarna, False Trail works perfectly well as a stand-alone slick thriller, and it’s nice to see Stormare with a role he can get his teeth into.

Dir: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath Actors: Chris Rock, Brian Cranston USA 2012, 1hr 33mins Everyone’s favourite escaped menagerie returns in 3D! Still trying to get back to New York, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the Giraffe wash up in Europe where they’re pursued by ruthless animal control officer Dubois (Frances McDormand). Hiding out in a circus they must pass themselves off as an acrobatic troupe or risk the wrath of Vitaly – a jaded Russian Tiger. Slick, well written and very funny entertainment for all.

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Closed Happy New Year! 1pm Rise of the Guardians 3D 1.30pm Life of Pi 3D 3.30pm Seven Psychopaths 4.30pm Life of Pi 3D 6.15pm Seven Psychopaths 7.30pm Life of Pi 3D 8.45pm Happy Happy 1pm Rise of the Guardians 3D 1.30pm Life of Pi 3D 3.45pm Happy Happy 4.30pm Life of Pi 3D 6.15pm Rise of the Guardians 3D 7.30pm Life of Pi 3D 8.30pm Seven Psychopaths 4pm Quartet 4.15pm I, Anna 6.30pm Quartet 6.45pm Life of Pi 3D 8.45pm Quartet 9.30pm Cinema Bizarre: Freaks 35mm 1pm Quartet 1.30pm Hotel Transylvania 3D 3.30pm Quartet 3.45pm Life of Pi 3D 6.15pm Quartet 6.30pm I, Anna 8.30pm Quartet 8.45pm Life of Pi 3D 12pm Lazy Sunday: Quartet 12.30pm Hotel Transylvania 3D 2.30pm Quartet 2.45pm Life of Pi 3D 5pm Quartet 5.30pm I, Anna 7.30pm Quartet

Jan '13 8pm Les Misérables 9pm Midnight Son Sun 13 12pm Lazy Sunday: Les Misérables 12.30pm Quartet 3pm Double Bill: Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan & The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 3.30pm Les Misérables 7pm Les Misérables 7.15pm The House I Live In Mon 14 1pm Les Misérables 1.30pm Sister 4pm Quartet 4.30pm Les Misérables 6.30pm Quartet 8pm Les Misérables 8.45pm The House I Live In Tue 15 3.30pm Quartet 4pm Les Misérables 6.15pm Quartet 7.30pm Les Misérables 8.30pm Sister Wed 16 1.30pm Sister 2.30pm Les Misérables 4pm Quartet 6.30pm Les Misérables + Q&A 6.30pm Sister 8.45pm Quartet Thu 17 10.30am "And The Winner Is..." 3pm Sister 3.30pm Les Misérables 5.15pm Quartet 7pm NT Live: The Magistrate 7.30pm Les Misérables Fri 18 3.30pm The Hunt 4pm Les Misérables 6.15pm The Hunt 7.30pm Les Misérables 8.45pm End of Watch Sat 19 10.30am Autistic Spectrum Screening: Madagascar 3 2D 1pm NT Live: The Magistrate

8pm Social Cinema: This is Spinal Tap 8.30pm False Trail 8.45pm The Impossible Sat 26 1pm From the Vaults: Lawrence of Arabia 1.30pm The Impossible 4pm Les Misérables 5.30pm The Impossible 7.30pm False Trail 8pm The Impossible Sun 27 12pm Lazy Sunday: False Trail 12.15pm The Impossible 2.45pm From the Vaults: Lawrence of Arabia 3pm Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadere 7.15pm The Impossible 7.30pm Les Misérables Mon 28 1pm False Trail 1.30pm The Impossible 4pm Les Misérables 4.30pm The Impossible 7.15pm The Impossible 7.30pm False Trail Tue 29 3pm The Impossible 4.30pm False Trail 5.30pm The Impossible 7.30pm Les Misérables 8pm The Impossible Wed 30 1pm False Trail 1.30pm The Impossible 4pm Les Misérables 4.30pm The Impossible 7.15pm The Impossible 7.30pm False Trail Thu 31 3pm The Impossible 4.30pm False Trail 5.30pm The Impossible 7.30pm Les Misérables 8pm The Impossible

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Life of Pi 3D Monday Movies Life of Pi 3D Quartet Quartet I, Anna Quartet Safety Not Guaranteed Quartet Life of Pi 3D Life of Pi 3D Quartet Life of Pi 3D Quartet Quartet Safety Not Guaranteed Life of Pi 3D Quartet Life of Pi 3D Quartet Quartet Safety Not Guaranteed Quartet Life of Pi 3D Life of Pi 3D Quartet Life of Pi 3D Quartet Quartet Safety Not Guaranteed Les Misérables Quartet Quartet Les Misérables The House I Live In Les Misérables Midnight Son Les Misérables Quartet The House I Live In Les Misérables Quartet 1.30pm Madagascar 3 3D 3.45pm The Hunt 4.15pm Les Misérables 6.15pm End of Watch 7.45pm Les Misérables 8.45pm The Hunt Sun 20 12pm Lazy Sunday: Madagascar 3 3D 12.30pm Les Misérables 2.15pm The Hunt 4pm Les Misérables 5pm End of Watch 7.15pm Les Misérables 7.30pm The Hunt Mon 21 1pm The Hunt 1.30pm Les Misérables 3.45pm Mental 5pm Les Misérables 6.15pm The Hunt 8.15pm Les Misérables 8.45pm End of Watch Tue 22 3pm The Hunt 3.30pm Les Misérables 6pm Mental 7pm NT Live: The Magistrate 8.30pm Les Misérables Wed 23 1pm The Hunt 1.30pm Les Misérables 3.45pm Mental 4.45pm Les Misérables 6.15pm The Hunt 8pm Les Misérables 8.45pm Mental Thu 24 3pm The Hunt 3.30pm Les Misérables 6pm Mental 7.15pm Les Misérables 7.30pm Film Quiz 8.45pm The Hunt Fri 25 2.30pm False Trail 3.15pm The Impossible 5.15pm Les Misérables 6pm The Impossible Education Events Double Bills Cinema Bizarre From the Vaults

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Coming in February

The Hobbit

Lincoln

The Sessions

Peter Jackson returns with the first instalment of his three-part Hobbit adaptation. Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins, enlisted by a band of dwarves to join them on their quest to retrieve treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.

Daniel Day-Lewis stars in Spielberg’s stirring historical epic. Already tipped as the favourite for Best Actor Oscar, Day-Lewis is superb as Lincoln - struggling to hold the country and his own cabinet together as Civil War rages.

Ben Lewin’s wonderful awardwinning comedy stars John Hawkes as a man in an iron lung – desperate to lose his virginity, he contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his priest (a hilarious William H Macy).

FROM THE VAULTS CINEMA BIZARRE We introduce a new element to our programme this month with ‘From the Vaults’ a monthly screening of a forgotten masterpiece, a new digital restoration, or simply a fantastic film we think everyone should see!

Another addition to our programme – a late night screening of the weird and wonderful. From cult films to pulp-horrors, avant garde curios to whacked-out trippy westerns; we’re going to show the lot!

Lawrence of Arabia PG

Freaks – 35mm 15

(All new digital restoration) Sat 26 - Sun 27 Jan

Fri 4 Jan, 9.30pm

Dir: David Lean Actors: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness UK / USA 1962, 3hrs 47mins (includes intermission)

Dir: Tod Browning Actors: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams USA 1932, 1hr 4mins

We begin with David Lean’s masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia. This reconstruction began in 1988, and after extensive digital restoration work it arrives as a fully restored 227 minute director’s cut. Starring Peter O'Toole as young, idealistic officer T.E Lawrence, assigned to the camp of Prince Feisal, where he carries out a series of daring raids against the Turks.

We start with Tod Browning’s controversial 1932 film Freaks, on 35mm. Causing a sensation on its release, and banned in the UK for 30 years, Browning’s cautionary tale of a dishonest trapeze artist who seduces a side-show midget to get to his money still has the power to shock and unsettle 80 years later.

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Double Bill

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan 2012 PG /The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 PG Sun 13 Jan, 3pm Running time: 3hrs 19mins (including 15 min interval) Tickets £10 (Individual film tickets released week before if available) Join us for a double bill celebrating the career of pioneering special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. First up the recent documentary ‘Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan’ which looks at Ray’s fascinating career from 1949’s Mighty Joe Young up to the 1981 Clash of the Titans, with contributions from Hollywood’s biggest directors: James Cameron, Tim Burton and Peter Jackson to name a few. We follow with a chance to see some of Ray’s fantastic creations in action with the digital restoration of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, which sees our hero fighting a fearsome skeleton, the Cyclops, the Roc and other monsters in order to cure a shrunken princess and prevent a war!

What's your favourite romantic movie? You choose our Valentine's screening! Will it be Casablanca? Brief Encounter? Gone with the Wind? or Dirty Dancing? You decide. On Valentine’s Day (14th Feb for all you forgetful types), Phoenix will host a special screening of Leicester’s Favourite Romantic Film. Vote for your favourite by emailing the movie title to filmsuggestions@phoenix.org.uk. The film with the most votes will be announced in early January, so get voting!

This is Spinal Tap 15 The Social Cinema is going one louder this month as we bring you THE seminal rock movie, This Is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner’s razor-sharp parody of 80’s metal almost single-handedly created the mockumentary genre and gave us some of the most memorable characters in film history. Head on down to our café bar to watch our eponymous rockers as they struggle against cancelled shows, undersized props and seemingly cursed drummers. We’ll have our usual rider of cocktails, food and drink offers and gaming, plus a late bar, DJs and other musical surprises to keep you going all the way to 11 and beyond. Tickets are limited. Contact the box office for full details.

Fri 25 Jan 8pm til late Tickets: £5 / £6 sofa seats

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Events

Enjoy the world's best ballet and theatre productions on the big screen at Phoenix

The Magistrate Thu 17 Jan, 7pm SOLD OUT Sat 19 Jan, 1pm (Doors open 12.30pm) Tue 22 Jan, 7pm (Doors open 6.30pm) Running time: 2hrs 35mins (incl. interval) Tickets: £14 / £12 conc Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods). In a similar vein to the National Theatre’s smash-hit classic comedies She Stoops to Conquer and One Man, Two Guvnors, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences doubled up with laughter. When amiable magistrate Posket (John Lithgow) marries Agatha (Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll, After the Dance), little does he realise she’s dropped five years from her age – and her son’s. When her deception looks set to be revealed, it sparks a series of hilarious indignities and outrageous mishaps.

Bolshoi Ballet La Bayadère Sun 27 Jan, 3pm (Doors open 2.45pm) Running time: 3hrs 30mins (with 2 intermissions) Tickets: £14 / £12 conc With the Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, the Bolshoi Soloists, and Corps de Ballet. A group of young warriors, led by Solor, are out hunting. Before entering the forest, Solor sends a fakir to tell the temple dancer (Bayadère) Nikiya he will meet her later that night. When Nikiya and Solor meet they swear eternal fidelity to each other, little knowing that the High Brahmin – who is also in love with Nikiya – has overheard them and decided to take revenge.

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GoldenTicket Win a year’s cinema!

Would you like to watch more great films this year? Start as you mean to go on. See any film at Phoenix in January and you could win yourself free tickets for a whole year! We’ll be giving away Phoenix Golden Tickets to three lucky customers. All you have to do is buy any ticket for a film in January and we’ll put your name (and the names of anyone who comes with you) into our prize draw on 1st February. The Golden Ticket winners will be able to watch any film, any time, for free at Phoenix until 31st January 2014! You’ve gotta be in it to win it!

Conditions: Golden Ticket enables free entry to all regular films subject to seat availability; but not satellite shows, double bills and events. They will not be transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

An exhibition of work by

Sebastian Buerkner Location: Cube gallery and around Phoenix 17 Dec – 31 Jan Free Entry Phoenix presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Sebastian Buerkner, one of the most exciting and innovative artists working with animation today. Sebastian Buerkner’s intricate and starkly beautiful films are painstakingly drawn using computer software, creating layers and fragments of imagery, shape and colour. Sebastian’s work explores the nature of film and moving image – its structure and language and the way it can alter our perceptions of space, time and the world around us.

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Courses It’s a new year – the perfect time to try something new. So, why not book yourself – or someone else – a place on one of our inspiring new courses? Whether you want to learn a new skill or just expand your knowledge of cinema, Phoenix has something to suit every film lover. Get the inside story on the Oscars, immerse yourself in Scandinavian crime cinema or join like-minded people to discuss the latest film industry news. You can also get hands-on, getting to grips with Photoshop, or exploring how to use film to give your business an edge.

Monday Movies Mondays, 7 Jan – 11 Mar (10 sessions) Times: 10.30am – 12pm Price: £80 / £70 conc. A weekly tutor-lead discussion group putting the week’s cinema in the spotlight. At Monday Movies, we discuss cinema news and issues which have arisen during the week, from new releases to controversies and obituaries, and celebrate all that’s good in the world of cinema. The course includes admittance to the Monday matinee plus a cup of tea or filter coffee.

"And The Winner Is..." Thursdays, 17 Jan – 14 Mar (9 sessions) Times: 10.30am – 12pm Price: £63 / £54 conc. Follow the race to the Oscar's red carpet on 24th February, and the inevitable hangover that follows. This course is an examination of previous winners of the major Academy Awards, including historical patterns in genres, studios and stars. We’ll look at the 2012-13 Oscar award nominees and discuss the potential winners leading up to the awards, and the implications for the industry and individuals after the envelopes are opened. Each participant will receive a ticket to see the Best Picture winner.

Film Making for your Business Sat 2 – Sun 3 Mar, 10am – 4pm (2 day course) Price: £99 Learn how to promote your business using moving images. Show people what you do and why your product is unique, sell yourself through social media and pep up your website so that you stand out from the crowd with this two day practical filmmaking workshop. To book call LASALS on 0116 233 4343

Photoshop Basics Fridays, 1 Mar – 22 Mar (4 sessions) Times: 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £100 / £90 conc. A beginner’s introduction to the basics of image editing and design with Adobe Photoshop – for business or pleasure. You’ll learn to find your way around the software, gain basic photo editing and design skills, and learn how to prepare correctly your images for different uses, such as print documents or web pages.

Scandinavian Cinema Now Mondays, 4 Mar – 29 Apr (8 sessions) Times: 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £56 / £48 conc. Hot cinema from cold places. Discover cinema and crime TV from Scandinavia. From the hedonism of Reykjavik to frozen mountainous landscapes, these countries are producing some of the most exciting visual and character narratives in the world today. Each participant will receive a ticket to a Scandinavian film as part of our main programme.

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Phoenix Café Bar

New Menu

Warming to the new year’s theme, we’ve given our café bar menu a bit of a makeover. Now there are even more classic winter dishes to choose from on our main menu and daily specials board – try our beef stew with dumplings, pie of the day or spicy homemade winter soups. Lunchtimes are becoming increasingly popular so we’ve introduced more ‘lite bites’ such as macaroni cheese and ciabatta pizzas. Amongst other changes, we’ve boosted our sandwich range, added a mini breakfast and a wider range of toasted english muffins. So whether you’re watching a film and fancy making an evening of it, or just looking for somewhere for lunch, we hope to see you soon!

Film Quiz Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm Join us in the Café Bar for the famous Phoenix Film Quiz! Do you know your Malick from your Murnau? Your Bergman from your Bunuel? Fassbinder from Fassbender? Well, come and enjoy a drink and some food whilst pitting your wits against a selection of film clips, music excerpts and questions on contemporary, classic and world cinema – all set by our resident quizmasters Alan and Jake. Book places at the Phoenix box office on 0116 242 2800. £1 per team member – maximum five members per team.

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Parking is also available around Phoenix. On single yellow lines, parking is free after 6pm. In pay and display bays, parking is free after 6pm and all day on Sundays. Please always check the signs as circumstances may change and temporary restrictions may be in place.

Train Station