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May Programme

New film releases

The Great Gatsby (17 May – 6 June)

Also this month

Fun for children at Spark Festival and half term New 'Silver Screenings' matinee programme Sci-Fi Festival returns!

Trance The Great Gatsby I'm So Excited Love Is All You Need

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May at a glance A Late Quartet p4

Neighbouring Sounds p5

BAFTA Shorts p4

Trance p5

Good Vibrations p5

The Paperboy p6

Love Is All You Need p6

White Elephant p6

Home p6

The Eye of the Storm p7

Promised Land p7

I'm so Excited p7

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone p7 Maniac p10

The Great Gatsby p10

The Gatekeepers p10

Mud p10

Beware of Mr Baker

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Coming in June

A Hijacking

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There’s something for everyone – young and old – at Phoenix this month. For children, we’ve got a bumper crop of digital delights for the Spark Festival from 29th May. Let them spray shapes and colours on a huge virtual canvas, be a superstar DJ, or take part in a workshop to learn about music making, film production and digital media. We also have some delightful children’s films at weekends and over half-term – from Finding Nemo to two beautiful Studio Ghibli animations. At the other end of the age spectrum, we’re introducing our new weekly matinee ‘Silver Screenings’. Designed with our older customers in mind (but open to all), we’ll be showing films – both new releases and older classics - late mornings every Wednesday. With tickets just £4.60 including a free tea or coffee, and biscuits - we hope you’ll join us for the film and in our cafe bar afterwards. Don’t miss out Join us on Facebook and Twitter to get our latest news, share your thoughts and a whole lot more! facebook.com/phoenixsquare @PhoenixLeic Receive our monthly brochure by post FREE Get this brochure posted to you every month by joining our mailing list, or receive our weekly email update. Just email hello@phoenix.org.uk or jot down your name and address on the forms at the Phoenix reception. Cover image: The Great Gatsby (see page 10) Phoenix is a registered charity. Our aim is to bring inspirational film and art to all. Made possible with the support of:

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A Late Quartet

Fri 3 – Thu 9 May Dir: Yaron Zilberman Cast: Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman USA 2012, 1hr 46mins When Peter, the oldest member of a world-famous string quartet announces he is stepping down due to the onset of Parkinson’s, old resentments surface and threaten to tear the remaining group members apart. Christopher Walken gives a heartbreaking performance as Peter in this stirring

Continued From Last Month

Rebellion 15 Wed 1 – Thu 2 May France 2011, 2hrs 15mins, subtitled This riveting account of the Ouvéa hostage crisis in 1988 comes from Mathieu Kassovitz, director of 1995’s La Haine.

Spring Breakers 18 Wed 1 – Thu 2 May USA 2012, 1hr 34mins Harmony Korine’s controversial film stars former Disney starlets Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens as friends carrying out robberies to fund their spring break.

drama, with a fantastic supporting cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener. The music – Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor – is exquisite.

The Look of Love 18

2013 BAFTA Shorts 15

Wed 1 – Thu 9 May

Thu 2 May, 6.15pm

Dir: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Steve Coogan, Stephen Fry UK 2013, 1hr 41mins

Dir: Various 1hr 45mins, subtitled (parts)

From Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom, the team behind the acclaimed 24 Hour Party People and The Trip, comes this hugely entertaining biopic of Paul Raymond. Once Britain’s richest man and named the ‘King of Soho’, Raymond amassed a huge fortune through an empire of gentlemen’s clubs and magazines. A funny and fascinating account of Britain’s changing attitude to sex and sexuality, Coogan gives pathos to the complex character of Raymond whilst the superb script comes from Matt Greenhalgh (Control).

A feature-length selection of short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). Including Here to Fall; the superb The Curse from Morocco; a tale of Norse Warriors invaded by a very unusual army in Tumult; I'm Fine Thanks; the winner of Best Animation, The Making of Longbird; a London drama in Goodnight; and Lyne Ramsay’s Swimmer – the stunning short film she made for the Olympics.

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Trance 15 Fri 3 – Thu 9 May Dir: Danny Boyle Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson UK 2013, 1hr 41mins After his astonishing Olympic ceremony last year, Danny Boyle is back in the director’s chair for this hypnotic thriller. James McAvoy stars as auctioneer Simon, recruited by a vicious gang to help them steal a painting. When the painting goes missing and an injured Simon suffers

amnesia, the gang’s enigmatic leader Franck (Cassel) enlists hypnotherapist Elizabeth to help him remember - but Simon may not be all he appears, and this enthralling twisty-turny crimedrama has hidden depths.

Neighbouring Sounds 15

Good Vibrations

Fri 3 – Mon 6 May

Dir: Lisa Barros D'Sa Cast: Richard Dormer, Dylan Moran UK / Ireland 2012, 1hr 43mins

(O som ao redor)

Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast: Sebastiao Formiga Brazil 2012, 2hrs 11mins, subtitled This multi-award winner arrives on a wave of critical praise. A snapshot of life within a nouveauriche apartment complex in Brazil, director Filho expertly explores the characters to create one of this year’s truly unique films. When the residents of the complex hear about a local business offering security-guards it stirs their latent paranoia and they hire the firm. But the firm’s boss has revenge on his mind and tension within the community begins to build.

Mon 6 – Wed 8 May

A short 3-day run of this criticallyadored little cracker about the life of Teri Hooley – the godfather of the Belfast punk movement. During the dark days of the troubles, Hooley opened a record shop in the middle of Belfast which would soon become the centre for all things punk – including a record label which released The Undertones’ classic hit ‘Teenage Kicks’. With great performances and a superb soundtrack, this is a movie with heart and soul.

U3A: Possession 12 Wed 8 May, 10.30am Tickets: U3A members £3.75, all others £4.00 Dir: Neil LaBute Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Gwyneth Paltrow USA / UK 2002, 1hr 38mins Based on the best-selling Booker Prize-winning novel by A.S. Byatt, Possession stars Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow as a pair of literary sleuths, on the trail of love letters that reveal an illicit affair between a famous Victorian poet and his mistress. Obsessed with the story, they find themselves falling under a passionate spell, and they must stop their research falling into the hands of their archrival. Screening in association with the University of the Third Age (www.u3a.org.uk).

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Love is All You Need 15

(Den skaldede frisør) Fri 10 – Thu 16 May Dir: Susanne Bier Cast: Pierce Brosnan Denmark / Italy 2012, 1hr 56mins, subtitled (parts) Susanne Bier’s award-winning new film is a heart-warming romantic drama set around a wedding at a sun-drenched Italian estate. When Danish hairdresser and cancer survivor Ida walks in on her husband with another

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woman, she elects to attend her daughter’s nuptials alone. There she meets father of the groom Philip (Brosnan), a bitter widower still coming to terms with losing his wife. Despite a disastrous first impression, perhaps Ida and Philip can learn to love again.

White Elephant 15

Home 12A

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Mon 20 – Thu 23 May

Dir: Pablo Trapero Cast: Ricardo Darin Argentina 2012, 1hr 45mins, subtitled

Dir: Muzaffer Özdemir Cast: Muzaffer Özdemir Turkey 2011, 1hr 16mins, subtitled

(Elefante Blanco)

(Yurt)

Fri 10 – Mon 13 May Dir: Lee Daniels Cast: Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack USA 2012, 1hr 47mins Precious director Lee Daniels marks a radical change of pace with the release of this sweaty, sexually-charged noir thriller. Matthew McConaughey (continuing his thoroughly enjoyable career renaissance) stars as a newspaper researcher hired by femme fatale Charlotte (Kidman) to save her cop-killer lover from death row. Praised by some critics and reviled by others, you decide for yourself. One thing’s for sure, this rollicking mix of black comedy and swampy thriller is unlike anything else around.

A moving story of two priests striving to build a hospital in a shanty town in Buenos Aires, from the director of 2012’s Carancho. Ricardo Darin (The Secrets in their Eyes) stars as the determined Julian, using his political connections to push through building plans, whilst his fellow priest Nicolas struggles with his faith after his last project ended in tragedy. With cartel violence rising, the two friends find their lives in danger as they fight for the community.

Home marks the directorial debut of Muzaffer Ozdemir, the Palme d’Or-winning actor of Ceylan’s films Uzak and Clouds of May. Dogan, a depressed architect, falls ill whilst camping and is advised by his doctor to take a break. He decides to travel to the countryside of his childhood hoping to cure the ennui that’s beset him, only to find his homeland has changed dramatically with the onset of urbanisation. A meditative and moving journey.

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I'm So Excited 15 (Los amantes pasajeros) Fri 10 – Thu 23 May Dir: Pedro Almodovar Cast: Javier Cámara Spain 2013, 1hr 30mins, subtitled Pedro Almodovar, the flamboyant father of esoteric Spanish cinema, returns with this feel-good and endlessly fun mid-air romp. Facing a possible crash-landing during a flight to Mexico, the kooky crew and a collection of odd-ball passengers squabble, sing and get up to the odd saucy antic trying to come to terms with their fate.

Frothy and hilarious stuff from Pedro; look out for cameos from Almodovar veterans Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.

The Eye of the Storm 15

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 15

Promised Land 15

Thu 30 May, 7.30pm

Dir: Gus Van Sant Cast: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand USA / UAE 2012, 1hr 47mins

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Fri 24 – Thu 30 May Dir: Fred Schepisi Cast: Charlotte Rampling Australia 2011, 1hr 59mins This award-winning adaptation of Patrick White’s novel of the same name features an all-star cast including Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis. Rampling plays wealthy dying matriarch Elizabeth Hunter who, despite being on her deathbed, still exerts a destructive iron grip on her grown-up children Basil and Dorothy. Summoned to her Sydney mansion bedside, Basil and Dorothy have inheritance on their minds, but Elizabeth has other ideas. An intelligent, well-written and brilliantly-acted family drama.

Dir: Shane Meadows Documentary UK 2013, 3hrs This highly anticipated documentary from Shane Meadows (director of This is England and a huge fan of The Stone Roses) follows the legendary Manchester band throughout their incredible resurrection in 2012, where they played a string of concerts worldwide to the joy of their ardent fan base. Following the film there will be a Q&A with Shane Meadows and The Stone Roses broadcast live via satellite from Manchester!

Fri 31 May – Thu 6 Jun

This thoughtful film comes from Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) with a script by stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski. Hot-shot gas company employee Steve Butler arrives in a backwater town to convince residents to sign over their land for ‘fracking’ – extracting natural gas by drilling. Taking an interest in local teacher Alice, he finds his task further complicated by an environmentalist activist determined to stop the land sale. Superb support comes from Hal Holbrook, and Frances McDormand as Steve’s colleague.

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1pm The Look of Love 1.15pm Rebellion 3.45pm The Look of Love 4pm Spring Breakers 6.15pm The Look of Love 6.15pm Spring Breakers 8.30pm Rebellion 8.45pm The Look of Love 4pm Spring Breakers 4.30pm The Look of Love 6.15pm 2013 BAFTA shorts 7.30pm The Look of Love 8.30pm Rebellion 3.45pm Trance 4pm The Look of Love 6.15pm A Late Quartet 6.15pm Neighbouring Sounds 7pm Desktop Publishing 8.45pm Trance 9.15pm Cinema Bizarre: The Mad Magician 3D 11.30am Finding Nemo 3D 1pm A Late Quartet 2.15pm Finding Nemo 3D 3.45pm Trance 5pm The Look of Love 6.15pm A Late Quartet 7.30pm Neighbouring Sounds 8.45pm Trance 12pm Lazy Sunday: Trance 12.30pm Finding Nemo 3D 2.30pm A Late Quartet 2.45pm Neighbouring Sounds 5.15pm A Late Quartet 5.30pm The Look of Love 7.45pm Trance 7.45pm Neighbouring Sounds 1pm A Late Quartet 1.30pm Good Vibrations 3.45pm Trance 4pm The Look of Love 6.15pm A Late Quartet 6.30pm Good Vibrations 8.45pm Trance 8.45pm Neighbouring Sounds 3.45pm A Late Quartet 4pm Good Vibrations 6.15pm Trance 6.30pm The Look of Love 7pm Evolution of British Cinema 8.30pm A Late Quartet 8.45pm Good Vibrations 10.30am U3A: Possession 1pm A Late Quartet 1.30pm Good Vibrations 3.45pm Trance 4pm The Look of Love 6.15pm A Late Quartet 6.30pm Good Vibrations 8.45pm Trance 8.45pm The Look of Love 4pm A Late Quartet 4pm The Look of Love 6.30pm Trance 7pm Raymond E Feist 8.45pm The Look of Love 3pm I’m So Excited 3.30pm Love is All You Need 5.30pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm Love Is All You Need 7.45pm I’m So Excited 8.45pm The Paperboy 10.30am Autistic Spectrum Screening: The Croods 2D 11.30am The Croods 3D 12.45pm I’m So Excited 1.30pm Love Is All You Need 3pm From the Vaults:

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Once Upon a Time in the West 4pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm Love Is All You Need 6.30pm I’m So Excited 8.45pm The Paperboy 8.45pm I’m So Excited 11am The Croods 3D 12pm Lazy Sunday: I’m So Excited 1pm Love Is All You Need 2.30pm I’m So Excited 4pm Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo & Juliet 5pm I’m So Excited 7pm The Paperboy 7.30pm I’m So Excited 1pm Love Is All You Need 1.30pm I’m So Excited 3.45pm White Elephant 4pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm Love Is All You Need 6.15pm I’m So Excited 8.30pm I’m So Excited 8.45pm The Paperboy 3.45pm Love Is All You Need 4.15pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm White Elephant 6.30pm I’m So Excited 8.45pm Love Is All You Need 8.45pm I’m So Excited 11am Silver Screening: Love Is All You Need 1pm I’m So Excited 1.30pm Love Is All You Need 3.15pm I’m So Excited 4pm White Elephant 5.30pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm Love Is All You Need 7.45pm I’m So Excited 8.45pm White Elephant 3.45pm White Elephant 4.15pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm I’m So Excited 7pm NT Live: This House 8.30pm Love Is All You Need 1pm I’m So Excited 1.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 3pm I’m So Excited 5pm The Great Gatsby 2D 8.15pm The Great Gatsby 3D 12pm Sci-Fi fest 2013 12pm Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1pm The Great Gatsby 2D 2.30pm Flash Gordon 4.15pm The Great Gatsby 3D 5pm The Man Who Fell to Earth 7.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.30pm Dredd 3D 10.30pm Predator 12pm Lazy Sunday: The Great Gatsby 3D 1pm I’m So Excited 3.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 3.45pm I’m So Excited 6.15pm I’m So Excited 7pm The Great Gatsby 2D 1pm The Great Gatsby 2D 1.30pm I’m So Excited 4pm Home 4.15pm The Great Gatsby 3D 6.15pm I’m So Excited 7.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.30pm Home 4pm The Great Gatsby 3D 4.15pm I’m So Excited 6.30pm Home 7.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D 8.30pm I’m So Excited 11am Silver Screening: The Great Gatsby 2D 1pm The Great Gatsby 3D 2.15pm I’m So Excited 4.15pm The Great Gatsby 2D 4.30pm Home 6.30pm I’m So Excited 7.45pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.45pm Home

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4pm Home 4.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 6.15pm I’m So Excited 8pm NT Live: This House 8.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D 4pm My Neighbour Totoro (subs) Fri 24 4.45pm The Great Gatsby 3D 6.15pm Grave of the Fireflies 8pm The Great Gatsby 2D 8.30pm The Eye of the Storm 11.30am My Neighbour Totoro Sat 25 1pm The Great Gatsby 3D 1.30pm The Eye of the Storm 4pm My Neighbour Totoro (subs) 4.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D 6.15pm Grave of the Fireflies 8pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.30pm The Eye of the Storm Lazy Sunday: The Eye of the Storm Sun 26 12pm 1pm The Great Gatsby 2D 2.45pm Grave of the Fireflies 4.15pm The Great Gatsby 3D 5pm My Neighbour Totoro (subs) 7.15pm The Eye of the Storm 7.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D Mon 27 11.15am My Neighbour Totoro 1pm The Great Gatsby 2D 1.30pm The Eye of the Storm 4pm My Neighbour Totoro (subs) 4.30pm The Great Gatsby 3D 6.15pm The Eye of the Storm 7.45pm The Great Gatsby 2D 8.45pm Grave of the Fireflies The Great Gatsby 3D Tue 28 1pm 1.15pm My Neighbour Totoro 3.30pm Grave of the Fireflies 4.15pm The Great Gatsby 2D 7.45pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.30pm The Eye of the Storm Wed 29 10am Digi Kids 10.30am SPARK FILM 11am Silver Screening: The Eye of the Storm 1pm The Great Gatsby 2D 1.30pm The Eye of the Storm 4pm My Neighbour Totoro 4.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D 6.15pm Grave of the Fireflies 7.45pm The Great Gatsby 3D 8.30pm The Eye of the Storm Thu 30 10am Digi Kids 1.30pm SPARK FILM 1.45pm My Neighbour Totoro 4pm Grave of the Fireflies 4pm The Great Gatsby 3D 6.15pm The Eye of the Storm 7.30pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone + Q&A 8.30pm The Great Gatsby 2D Fri 31 10am Digi Kids 1pm SPARK FILM 1.30pm Promised Land 3pm The Great Gatsby 2D 4pm The Gatekeepers 6.15pm Mud 6.15pm Promised Land 8.45pm The Gatekeepers 9pm Maniac Key

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www.phoenix.org.uk Films to look out for in June • A Hijacking • Beware of Mr Baker • Iceman • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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The Great Gatsby 12A Fri 17 May – Thu 6 Jun Showing in 2D & 3D - see diary Dir: Baz Luhrmann Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire Australia / USA 2013, 2hrs 23mins Baz Luhrmann returns with this sumptuous adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. DiCaprio stars as American socialite Gatsby – an enigmatic character with a sprawling country estate, who seems to have it all. But when decorated war hero Nick Carraway

is welcomed into Gatsby’s lavish world, he realises something’s rotten and becomes determined to find Gatsby's dark secrets. Opening the Cannes Film Festival on May 15th and playing at Phoenix two days later, forget your superheroes, this is the film to see this summer.

The Gatekeepers 15

Mud 12A

Maniac 18

Fri 31 May – Sun 2 Jun

Fri 31 May - Thu 6 Jun

Fri 31 May – Sat 1 Jun

Dir: Dror Moreh Documentary Israel / France 2012, 1hr 41mins, subtitled

Dir: Jeff Nichols Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan USA 2012, 2hrs 10mins

Dir: Franck Khalfoun Cast: Elijah Wood France / USA 2012, 1hr 29mins

This enthralling Oscar-nominated documentary is based on a series of interviews with the former heads of the Shin Bet – the intelligence agency charged with defending Israel against terrorism. Never before interviewed, these six men reveal the fascinating history of this secretive group and talk candidly about past atrocities committed. A powerful and thoughtful film, one interviewee reflects on what the cycle of violence means for the future of Israel: 'We win the battles but we're losing the war.'

Jeff Nichols’ (Take Shelter) new film stars McConaughey as Mud, a fugitive hiding out on a Mississippi island. Discovered by teenagers Ellis and Neckbone, Mud tells them he needs their help to escape the police after murdering a rival for his true love Juniper. Excited by the danger of helping an outlaw, the boys agree to carry messages to Juniper, but Mud may not be what he claims. Steeped in Americana, this coming-of-age drama shifts into an immensely satisfying and atmospheric thriller.

One for the horror-heads, this remake of the violent 1980 film of the same name stars Elijah Wood as Frank Zito, a ruthless scalpcollecting serial-killer – Frodo Baggins he ain’t! After the death of his abusive mother, Frank works in her former mannequin store where he becomes obsessed with Anna, a local artist. Does Frank want another scalp or will it be true love? Shot entirely from Frank’s point of view, this is unnerving and memorable modern horror.

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Silver Screenings* Join us for our new weekly matinee screenings designed with our senior citizen customers firmly in mind (but open to all). Films cost just £4.60 and include a free tea or coffee and biscuits in our cafe bar to make things more social. There’s also a new Silver Screen set lunch menu if you fancy it!

Possession Wed 8 May, 10.30am This week’s screening in partnership with the University of the Third Age (U3A)

Love Is All You Need Wed 15 May, 11am

The Great Gatsby 2D

CINEMA BIZARRE

FROM THE VAULTS

The Mad Magician 3D 15

Once Upon a Time in the West 15

The weird and wonderful

Must-see masterpieces

Sat 11 May, 3pm

Fri 3 May, 9.15pm Dir: John Brahm Actors: Vincent Price, Eva Gabor USA 1954, 1hr 12mins

Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson Italy / USA 1968, 2hrs 45mins

This wonderful slice of 50’s horror stars Vincent Price at his charming and creepy best. Presented on a new digital print, The Mad Magician was originally released by Columbia in 1954 and gained a cult following after it was the first film shown in 3D on television. Price plays stage magician Gallico the Great, driven insane when a greedy rival steals his wife and tricks. Enraged, Gallico takes his violent revenge but must cover his tracks from a young policeman.

For our monthly classic cinema slot we present Leone’s masterful western on a 35mm print from the BFI. A railroad tycoon hires blueeyed mercenary Frank to kill a local landowner for his plot, but the land passes to his widow Jill. The widow comes under the protection of local bandit Cheyenne and enigmatic gunman ‘Harmonica’ (Bronson) - who have their own reasons for wanting a showdown with Frank. A rare chance to experience this magnificent film on the big screen.

Wed 22 May, 11am

The Social Cinema Eraserhead

Fri 7 June 8pm til late

The Eye of the Storm Wed 29 May, 11am See full film details in the main films section of this brochure or online. Tickets must be purchased via the box office. * We asked you for a suitable name. Phoenix Silver Screenings was the most popular suggestion. Other ideas including Phoenix Seniors, Retirees Releases and Films for Fogies!

Tickets: £5 / £6 sofa seats Join us in our cafe bar to celebrate the end of The Social Cinema’s second run with THE definitive cult film, Eraserhead. David Lynch’s dark and industrial tale of parental anxiety and urban alienation would kickstart his career and become a huge hit on the midnight movie circuit. With our friends at Two Queens gallery and The Short Cinema, we’ll be transforming the Phoenix cafe bar into a Lynchian space with sculptures, decorations, exhibitions and short films. There’ll also be a special menu of food and drinks offers, cocktails, a late bar and DJs playing a set of Lynch-inspired music. Social cinema takes place monthly in the Phoenix cafe bar. Tickets are limited. Contact the box office for full details.

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The Spark Festival at Phoenix Enjoy our programme jam-packed with amazing experiences, awesome activities and familyfriendly films – hand-picked for the new digital generation! We'll have a special children's menu plus fun and games to keep your kiddies content. [1]

Sparking the Imagination Wed 29 May – Sun 2 Jun 10am – 5pm daily Free events, 2+ years [1.1]

Book of Worlds This is no ordinary book. As you turn its pages, its tale comes to life around you with pictures, lights and sounds! This incredible interactive artwork takes children and their parents on a magical trip into a world where imagination becomes real. [1.2]

Graffit! See your digital artworks appear before your eyes in this wonderful interactive installation. Graffit! lets children spray colours and shapes across a huge virtual canvas. All of the fun with nothing to clear up! Book of Worlds and Graffit! have been devised by digital artist Luke Woodbury and commissioned by Phoenix for The Spark Festival 2013.

www.sparkfestival.co.uk [1.3]

Boredbrands – The Digital Funfair A trio of original, imaginative and very funny interactive artworks. Be a superstar DJ with the Beat Jigsaw, create awesome music and videos with the AV Arcade Table, and take a spin on the Pacbike to save the earth from alien invaders! [2]

The Lost Child Sat 1 & Sun 2 June, 11am & 2pm Ages: 3 - 10 years Running time: 50 mins Tickets: £3.50 (children and parents) When Rowan disappears, her father the Tinker sets off on a magical journey to find her encountering wonderful creatures along the way! Resident at Phoenix, Bigmix Theatre’s brilliant adaption of this charming story blends traditional theatre with digital animation to create a delightful performance which is funny, wonderfully weird and just a little bit scary!

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Digi Kids – 1 day workshop Wed 29 – Fri 31 May 10am – 2.30pm Tickets: £25 Ages: 7+ Let your imagination run wild! This media production course offers a taste of the exciting worlds of music making, film and computer programming, split into three sessions: Music making - produce your own music track and explore how computers manipulate sound. Film production - we’ll be developing ideas using imagination and performance. Digital media - learn how to use basic programming tools to play with film and sound.

Book online www.phoenix.org.uk [4]

Spark Films

Spark films cost £5.90 adults, £5.25 children. Suitable for 8+

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Wolf Children

The Day of the Crows

Wed 29 May - Sun 2 Jun, 1hr 57mins Times: See website for details

Wed 29 May - Sun 2 Jun, 1hr 34mins Times: See website for details

Hana must raise her two children, Ame and Yuki, whilst hiding a dark and magical secret – they’re wolf children. They must decide – do they want to grow up to be humans or wolves? A moving animation from Mamoru Hosoda, the rising star of Japanese Anime.

Deep in the forest, a boy and his father lead a wild life; the forest spirits their only companions. One day, the boy meets a young girl and falls in love. This charming animation is an absolute joy to behold.

More fun for the family!

We’ve plenty more for children in May including two wonderful Studio Ghibli animations over half term, plus our regular weekend screenings.

All tickets £3.50 on Sat & Sun before 5pm. Adults must be accompanied by a child. Standard prices at other times.

Finding Nemo 3D / U Sat 4 - Sun 5 May, 1hr 36mins When young fish Nemo gets caught and ends up in a fish tank, his dad Marlin will stop at nothing to bring him back. A beautiful 3D re-issue.

The Croods 3D U + Autistic Spectrum Screening: The Croods 2D U Sat 11 – Sun 12 May, 1hr 39mins In their family cave, the Crood family live a simple life, but when their home is destroyed they must venture into their fantastical primeval world to find a new one!

My Neighbour Totoro U

Grave of the Fireflies 12A

Fri 24 – Thu 30 May

Japan 1988, 1hr 22mins Some shows subtitled – see listings for details

Japan 1988, 1hr 30mins, subtitled

Satsuki and her sister Mei move into a house in the country to be closer to their hospitalised mother. The girls discover that the forest is inhabited by magical ‘Totoro’ creatures who they soon befriend and have magical adventures – one for kids of all ages!

Often cited as one of the greatest animated films ever made, Takahata’s powerful drama is recommended for older children. During the final days of World War II, 14 year old Seita and his sister lose their mother and find themselves alone in a country devastated by war.

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An evening with author Raymond E. Feist

Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

NT Live: This House

Sun 12 May, 4pm (Doors 3.45pm)

Thu 16 May, 7pm – SOLD OUT Thu 23 May, 8pm * (Doors 7.30pm)

Thu 9 May, 7pm - 9pm Tickets: £6 / £4 conc.

Approx running time: 2hrs 25mins (incl. intermission) Tickets: £14 / £12 conc.

Approx running time: 3hrs (incl. intermission) Tickets: £14 / £12 conc.

To celebrate the release of his latest novel Magician's End, bestselling US fantasy author Raymond E. Feist will be joining us at Phoenix for an evening of readings, signings and a Q&A session. One of fantasy fiction's best-known authors and creator of The Riftwar Cycle series, Raymond is visiting the UK as part of his 2013 tour - a rare opportunity to meet one of the fantasy fiction's biggest names. Presented in association with Harper Voyager.

One of the most popular ballets in the world, live from Moscow. With the Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, the Bolshoi Soloists, and Corps de Ballet, based on the play by William Shakespeare. The rivalry between the Capulet and Montague families brings bloodshed to the city of Verona. Romeo, the Montague heir, attends a ball where he meets Juliet and the two fall instantly in love – but they discover they belong to two rival families...

'★★★★★ - Ferociously witty' - The Telegraph In this critically-acclaimed new play it’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In a hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes. * Encore screenings are recordings of the first night’s live performance.

Sat 18th May, 12pm – till late Day tickets: £25 (includes 5 films and 10% off food in our cafe bar on Saturday) Individual film tickets: £6 (on sale closer to the event if available) Ladies, gentlemen and NerfHerders! Local sci-fi fantasy group StarBase Leicester and Phoenix have teamed up once again as Sci-Fi Fest returns to Phoenix for a 3rd year!

5pm

The Man Who Fell to Earth 18

2hrs 18mins 12pm

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock PG

8.30pm

1hr 41mins

1hr 35mins

2.30pm

10.30pm

1hr 46mins

Flash Gordon PG

Dredd 3D 18

Predator 18

Book online www.phoenix.org.uk

Short courses Fancy learning a new creative skill or expanding your cinema knowledge? Try a short course, starting at Phoenix soon.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Mon 29 Apr – Sat 25 May All tickets: £5 Now in its third year, the Let’s Dance International Festival goes from strength to strength. The ‘Dance on Film’ segment of the festival returns once again to Phoenix. Love Tomorrow Sat 11 May, 4pm An ex-ballet dancer’s life is turned upside down after receiving devastating news. Ballroom Dancer Mon 13 May, 6pm A documentary looking at former Latin American world champion, Vyacheslav ‘Slavik’ Kryklyvyy.

Desktop Publishing Fridays, 3 – 24 May (4 sessions) Times: 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £100 / £90 conc. Acting for Film Basics Tuesdays, 6 – 27 Jun (4 sessions) Times: 7pm – 9pm Price: £100 / £90 conc. Film Making! The Basics Sat 22 – Sun 23 June (2 days) Times: 10am – 4pm Price: £99 (Call LASALs to book on 0116 233 4343) The Evolution of British Cinema Tuesdays, 7 May – 2 Jul (9 sessions) Times: 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £63 / £54 conc.

Extinction Event A digital art exhibition by Dave Griffiths. Until Fri 24 May at Phoenix Free entry Inspired by astronomy and film, Northern Art prize-nominated artist Dave Griffiths’ exhibition includes a map of tiny film fragments embedded on the windows of our cafebar. The exhibition continues with Seer's Catalogue on the cafebar video-screens and in the Cube gallery with Babel Fiche, a film that imagines what future generations might make of us from the moments we capture and share.

Find out more at www.phoenix.org.uk under ‘short courses’. To book, call 0116 242 2800 or enquire at the box office.

Stomp the Yard Thu 16 May, 6pm A troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles enrols at Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Artist’s talk Thu 2 May, 6.30pm Find out more about Dave Griffith’s work. Book your free place at our box office.

Dil To Pagal Hai Sun 19 May, 2pm Classic Bollywood from 1997 starring Shahrukh Khan. Dance for Camera Sun 19 May, 6pm A selection of films from the Dance for Camera programme from DANCE:FILM 11. Over My Dead Body Mon 20 May, 6pm This powerful documentary follows controversial dancer turned choreographer David St Pierre.

15 May – 5 Jun Phoenix cafe bar Take in an exhibition of original prints and photographs created by filmmakers and printmakers working together in partnership in Leicester. On display in the Phoenix cafebar, the project resulted from a collaboration between Leicester Print Workshop and Seven Five Productions.

Tue 28 May, 6.30pm – 8pm Tickets: £3.50 From first-time film makers to industry professionals – Phoenix will be screenings the films shortlisted for awards in Leicester’s first ever 60 second film festival. Find out more about the festival and its organisers at: www.le60film.org

Drive in Cinema With a pay & display car park next door, parking’s much easier at Phoenix these days. It’s free after 6pm and on Sundays (full details below)

Opening Times

Tickets

Mon – Fri

Sat – Sun

You can buy tickets in advance online, by phone or in person at the Phoenix box office. There is no phone or online booking fee.

Box office

12pm – 9pm

11am – 9pm

Café Bar & DMU Cube gallery

9am – 11pm

10am – 11pm

Food Served 11am – 9pm

Full

Conc*

Student

After 5pm & weekends

£7.25

£5.60

£5.00

11am – 9pm (Sat) Before 5pm 10am – 6pm (Sun)

£5.90

£5.25

£5.00

3D films cost an additional £1.50

Box Office 0116 242 2800 Book Online www.phoenix.org.uk

*Concessions are available with proof of status, for: • Under 16s • Unemployed • Disabled • Retired in receipt of state pension

Phoenix, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG

All tickets £3.50 (adults must be accompanied by a child)

For office enquires, including corporate space hire, call 0116 242 2821.

Mercury Mondays: 2 for 1 tickets (requires purchase of

Special ticket offers Family ticket: £19 (2 adults + 2 under 16), £25 (3D Films) Children's weekend screenings before 5pm:

Leicester Mercury on Thursdays) Orange & EE Wednesdays: 2 for 1 tickets

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Rutland Street NCP on Halford Street (LE1 1TQ) is a short walk from Phoenix and costs £3.80 all day for Phoenix customers (with tickets stamped at the Phoenix box office).

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