October Brochure by Jake Harvey

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Cinema Art Café Bar October Programme New film releases

On the Road Killing Them Softly Holy Motors Beasts of the Southern Wild Looper

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October at a glance Great White Silence p5

Lawless p5

Undefeated p5

Strawberry Fields p6

Hope Springs p6

Killing them Softly p5

ParaNorman 3D p6

The Queen of Versailles p6

Holy Motors p7

On the Road p7

Samsara p7

Beasts of the Southern Wild p10

Looper p7

Ping Pong p10

The Snows of Kilimanjaro p10

The Penguin King 3D p10

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A big hello to all students beginning the new academic year this month. Whether you’re returning to the city, or here for the first time, we hope you’ll come to Phoenix and discover one of best things about studying in Leicester! To give you an idea of what’s on offer this month, we’ve got 20 of the best new movies – including Walter Salles' On the Road – plus some of the coolest double bill film screenings, live music for Oxjam, and a horror all-nighter for Halloween! In the spirit of student fresher’s week, we’re offering a special deal – get a cinema ticket and a drink from our bar for just £6 per person on any Tuesday or Saturday night in October* (and you get to take your drink into the cinema screen!) There’s plenty more to see this month, including: Intuition and Ingenuity, an exciting art exhibition inspired by code breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing; a further screening of NT Live’s The Last of the Haussmans; and films chosen to celebrate Leicester’s Black History Season. And finally... a new temporary car park is now open next door to Phoenix which we hope will make things a little easier for our customers visiting us by car! (p 15) * Offer valid for NUS card holders only. See www.phoenix.org.uk for full details.

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Continued from last month

Untouchable 15 (Intouchables) • subtitled Mon 1 - Thu 11 Oct Dir: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano Actors: François Cluzet, Omar Sy France 2011, 1hr 52mins This wonderful feel-good movie about the friendship between Philippe, a wealthy Quadriplegic, and Driss, a man from the ghetto hired as his live-in carer, is a sensation. Smashing box-office records in its native France and picking up numerous festival awards along the way, it is now

the most successful foreignlanguage film of all time. Starring François Cluzet (Tell No One).

Petit Nicholas PG

To Rome with Love 12A Tabu 15

(Le Petit Nicolas) • subtitled Mon 1 Oct

• subtitled (parts) Mon 1 - Thu 4 Oct

• subtitled Mon 1 - Thu 4 Oct

Dir: Laurent Tirard Actors: Valerie LeMercier France / Belgium 2009, 1hr 31mins

Dir: Woody Allen Actors: Jesse Eisenberg USA 2012, 1hr 51mins

Dir: Miguel Gomes Actors: Teresa Madruga Portugal / Ger 2012, 1hr 58mins

Maxime Godart stars as Nicolas, a boy living a blissful suburban life with his mother and father, spending time enjoying school and playing with his friends. Disaster strikes, however, when he overhears news that his mother is pregnant! Thinking the baby will replace him, Nicolas sets out to be the best son he can possibly be. This sweet and charming film from France is a real treat.

Hot on the heels of the magical Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen continues his European tour with this Roman adventure. Weaving together four distinct plots, the highlight is the story of a neurotic opera director (played, of course, by Allen himself) struggling to stage a new show in the city. Featuring a host of charming performances from some of Hollywood’s finest actors, To Rome with Love is quite simply a pleasure from start to finish.

Our Beloved Month of August director Miguel Gomes brings us another delectable slice of art-house fare. Centering on the tragic love affair between Aurora and Gianluca and filled to the brim with the language of film, Tabu is a cinephile’s dream, awash with glorious celluloid textures, RKO pastiches and Murnau references. Nostalgic yet humorous, Gomes’ film is a beautiful meditation on yearning for the things we have lost.

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Killing Them Softly 18 Fri 12 - Thur 18 Oct Dir: Andrew Dominik Actors: Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins USA 2012, 1hr 37mins Andrew Dominik and his Assassination of Jesse James star Brad Pitt reunite for this bloody tale of mob justice in New Orleans. After the robbery of a gangster run poker game, mob fixer (read hitman) Jackie Cogan (Pitt), is hired to track down the culprits responsible. Featuring the gangster movie royalty of Ray Liotta and

The Great White Silence U Thu 4 Oct 6:30pm Dir: Herbert G. Ponting Documentary UK 1924, 1hr 43mins A hundred years ago, Captain Scott set out on his ill-fated race to the South Pole. Joining Scott was official photographer and cinematographer Herbert Ponting - the images he captured have fired imaginations ever since. This is a one-off screening in association with WEA (Workers' Educational Association) – one of the largest providers of adult education courses in the UK. The screening will be introduced by tutor Mike Wilson. For more information on WEA visit www.wea.org.uk.

James Gandolfini and revelling in mocking mob clichés, Killing Them Softly is cool, off-kilter and pitch black in its humour.

Lawless 18

Undefeated 12A

Fri 5 - Thur 11 Oct

Fri 5 - Mon 8 Oct

Dir: John Hillcoat Actors: Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce USA 2012, 1hr 55mins

Dir: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin Documentary USA 2011, 1hr 53mins

Together the Bondurant Brothers have built a successful moonshine bootlegging business in prohibition-era Virginia. But their success draws the attention of a psychopathic deputy (Guy Pearce) and they are forced to fight back or risk losing their livelihood. With top notch performances from an all-star cast and director John Hillcoat (The Proposition) at the helm, this is a brutal, thrilling tale of men walking the thin line between hero and outlaw.

The winner of best documentary at this year’s Oscars. An inner-city school football team, the Manassas Tigers of Memphis, have been on a losing streak for 14 years. Players in gangs are getting shot and the Tigers are routinely hired out as an easy practice team for bigger schools. In steps volunteer coach Bill Courtney, a kind-hearted man determined to turn around the team by teaching pride and self-respect. An inspiring and fascinating true story.

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Hope Springs 12A Fri 12- Thu 18 Oct Dir: David Frankel Actors: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones USA 2012, 1hr 39mins From the director of The Devil Wears Prada comes this charming rom-com starring acting royalty Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. Desperate to put the spark back into their relationship, a middle-aged couple attend an intensive, week-long counselling session to regain their mojo. Sweet, funny and superbly acted, with this

and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, it seems studios are finally making intelligent movies for those of a certain age. Long may it continue!

Strawberry Fields 15

ParaNorman 3D PG

Mon 8 - Thu 11 Oct

Sat 13 - Sun 14 Oct

Dir: Frances Lea Actors: Emun Elliott, Anna Madeley UK 2012, 1hr 26mins

Dir: Chris Butler, Sam Fell Voices: Anna Kendrick, John Goodman USA 2012, 1hr 32mins

Dir: Lauren Greenfield Documentary UK / USA 2012, 1hr 40mins

Described as A Streetcar Named Desire in the English countryside; this woozy, beautifully shot British film features standout performances from Christine Bottomley (The Arbor) and Anna Madeley (Brideshead Revisited). Mild-mannered Gillian arrives on a Strawberry farm and meets charming Scottish drifter, Kev. Life is blissful until Gillian’s controlling sister arrives.

An annoying older sibling, school bullies – most kids have to cope with these problems - but when you can also see ghosts and talk to the dead like little Norman Babcock, life can be very challenging indeed! Trying to save his town from an ancient curse, Norman must contend with zombies, ghouls, and disbelieving grown-ups! This wonderful stop-motion animated film from the makers of 2009’s Coraline features a superb voice-cast including Casey Affleck and John Goodman.

Not a period drama as the title would suggest, but a fascinating documentary tale of riches to rags. The billionaire Siegel family (businessman David, surgicallyenhanced peroxide-blond Jackie and 8 kids) – their fortune made in the timeshare business – start construction on the most expensive family home in America, only for the 2008 financial crisis to hit and leave them struggling to make ends meet. Schadenfreude aside, this Sundance Festival award-winning film makes for compelling viewing.

Showing as part of New British Cinema Quarterly www.nbcq.co.uk

The Queen of Versailles PG Fri 12 - Mon 15 Oct

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On the Road TBC Fri 19 Oct – Thu 1 Nov Dir: Walter Salles Actors: Sam Riley, Viggo Mortensen  France / UK 2012, 2hrs 17mins   This new film from Francis Ford Coppola and Walter Salles, the director of The Motorcycle Diaries, is a gorgeously shot road-trip based on Jack Kerouac’s classic beat-generation novel. Sam Riley stars as “Sal Paradise” a New York writer disheartened with life. After meeting charming ex-con Dean Moriarty, the two set off across 1940's America - desperate

to break free from society’s constrictions. Featuring a beautiful jazz soundtrack, this is a wonderful celebration of youth and ‘the mad ones...who burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles’.

Samsara 12A

Holy Motors 18

Looper 15

Mon 15 - Thu 18 Oct

• subtitled Fri 19 - Thu 25 Oct

Fri 19 - Thur 25 Oct

Dir: Ron Fricke Documentary USA 2011, 1hr 42mins

Ron Fricke, one of the filmmakers behind seminal montage masterpieces Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, returns with Samsara, an epic journey across 25 countries in 5 continents. Shot over a period of 5 years on 70mm, the result is a breathtakingly beautiful tour of the globe – from the regimented en-masse training of Buddhist monks to the desolation left after Hurricane Katrina. Largely dialogue-free, this is a hypnotic dreamy voyage that carries you away to far-flung cultures. Magic.

Dir: Leos Carax Actors: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob France / Germany 2012, 1hr 55mins

Dir: Rian Johnson Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt USA / China 2011, 1hr 58mins

Praised by the critics and nominated for the Palm d’Or at Cannes, Leos Carax returns to feature film with an utterly surrealist trip – it’s like something from another dimension of filmmaking. Denis Lavant (Beau Travail) stars as Monsieur Oscar, chauffeured around Paris in a white limo. He’s an assassin, a business-man, a tramp – each of his multiple personalities created in the back of the limo then played out. It’s reminiscent of Kafka, Nikolai Gogol and David Lynch, and a must-see.

Lauded by critics after launching the Toronto film festival, Brick director Rian Johnson’s film is a stylish and brilliantly realised sci-fi time-travel thriller that completely revitalises the genre. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Joe, an elite assassin in the not-too-distantfuture forced into a deadly game of cat & mouse with his older self, played with relish by Bruce Willis. A mind-bendingly ingenious film with standout performances from the two leads, Looper is destined to be a classic.

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Tabu Untouchable To Rome with Love Untouchable Petit Nicholas Untouchable Tabu To Rome with Love Untouchable Untouchable Black History Screening Genre: Horror Tabu Untouchable To Rome with Love Untouchable Tabu Untouchable To Rome with Love Untouchable Tabu To Rome with Love Untouchable Untouchable The Great White Silence Tabu Untouchable Undefeated Untouchable Untouchable Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Undefeated Lawless Untouchable

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Killing Them Softly Autistic Spectrum Screening: ParaNorman Killing Them Softly ParaNorman 3D Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly The Queen of Versailles Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Lazy Sunday: Hope Springs Killing Them Softly ParaNorman 3D Killing Them Softly The Queen of Versailles Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Hope Springs Killing Them Softly Samsara Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly The Queen of Versailles Killing Them Softly Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly Samsara NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly Samsara Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly Samsara Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly

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Holy Motors On the Road Looper On the Road Holy Motors Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road Ping-Pong On the Road Beasts of the Southern Wild ALL-NIGHT FRIGHTARAMA On the Road Ping-Pong Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road Ping-Pong On the Road Beasts of the Southern Wild Lazy Sunday: Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road Bolshoi Ballet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Swan Lake On the Road Ping-Pong On the Road Beasts of the Southern Wild The Snows of Kilimanjaro On the Road Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road Ping-Pong On the Road Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road The Snows of Kilimanjaro On the Road Black History Screening Beasts of the Southern Wild On the Road The Snows of Kilimanjaro On the Road

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Undefeated Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Lazy Sunday: Untouchable Undefeated Untouchable Double Bill:Citizen Kane & Vertigo Untouchable Untouchable Lawless Lawless Untouchable Undefeated Untouchable Strawberry Fields Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Black History Screening Strawberry Fields Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Strawberry Fields Untouchable Strawberry Fields Untouchable Lawless Untouchable Strawberry Fields Lawless NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans Untouchable The Queen of Versailles Killing Them Softly Hope Springs Killing Them Softly Double Bill: Ong Bak & The Raid 6.15pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.45pm 3.15pm Fri 19 4pm 6pm 7.15pm 8pm Sat 20 1.30pm 2pm 4.30pm 5pm 7.30pm 8pm Sun 21 12pm 1pm 3.30pm 3.30pm 7pm 8pm Mon 22 1pm 1.30pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Tue 23 3.30pm 4.30pm 6.15pm 7.45pm 8.45pm Wed 24 1pm 2pm 3.30pm 6pm 6.45pm 8.45pm 8.45pm

Samsara Killing Them Softly Black History Screening Killing Them Softly Holy Motors On the Road The Malthusian Paradox On the Road Looper On the Road Looper On the Road Holy Motors On the Road OXJAM LEICESTER Lazy Sunday: On the Road Looper Double Bill: Sweet Smell of Success & All the President’s Men On the Road On the Road Holy Motors Holy Motors On the Road Looper On the Road Holy Motors On the Road Looper Holy Motors On the Road Looper On the Road Holy Motors Holy Motors On the Road Looper On the Road The Penguin King 3D + Q&A Holy Motors On the Road Education Double Bills Events

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Films to look out for in November

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Enjoy a drink with your film

6.15pm Beasts of the Southern Wild 7.30pm On the Road 8.30pm The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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Beasts of the Southern Wild 12A Fri 26 Oct - Thu 8 Nov Dir: Benh Zeitlin Actors: Quvenzhané Wallis USA 2012, 1hr 33mins This award-winning fantasy-drama picked up the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. Trained by her tough-love father Wink on how to survive in their ramshackle bayou home, sixyear old Hush Puppy day-dreams about nature and the connections between all living things. When a local levee breaks, Hush Puppy thinks it’s because the ice-caps have melted and released the

Ping Pong PG • subtitled (parts) Fri 26 - Mon 29 Oct

Dir: Hugh Hartford Documentary UK 2012, 1hr 20mins This heart-warming and funny documentary follows 8 players (with a combined age of 703!) as they compete in the ‘World over 80s Table Tennis Championships’. Amongst them are Les - a 90 year old fitness fanatic, his 86 year-old arch-rival Rune, and 101 year-old Dorothy. While they may not be as spry as they once were, their competitiveness remains undimmed as they play with a passion and determination that is truly inspiring.

aurochs, huge boar-like ancient beasts. With the flood-waters rising, the aurochs coming, and her father unwell, Hush Puppy searches for her mother. This is wholly original filmmaking, poetic and filled with childlike wonder.

The Penguin King 3D U The Snows + Q&A with David Attenborough of Kilimanjaro 15 Wed 24 Oct, 6.45pm Tickets: £12.50 / £10.50 conc.

(Les neiges du Kilimandjaro) • subtitled Mon 29 Oct - Thu 1 Nov

Sir David Attenborough will take part in a one off, exclusive Q&A via satellite after this screening.

Dir: Robert Guédiguian Actors: Ariane Ascaride France 2011, 1hr 47mins

From the producers of the BAFTA winning Flying Monsters 3D and filmed in spectacular 3D, join one King Penguin on his incredible adventure from awkward adolescence to fatherhood. His story is often comic, sometimes tragic, and ultimately triumphant: a rite of passage set on South Georgia – one of the earth’s last great wildernesses. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

Winner of two awards at the Valladolid film festival, this is a tender look at family and responsibility in a community of French dock workers. After losing his job at the shipyard, Michel, a committed trade unionist, and his wife of 30 years are robbed in their home. Exploring the consequences of this act for the families of the victim and perpetrators, this is heartfelt and intelligent cinema.

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Double Bills

All tickets £10 (Individual film tickets released the week before show if available)

Citizen Kane/ Vertigo PG

13 Assassins/ The Raid 18

Sun 7 Oct, 3.30pm

Fri 12 Oct, 8.30pm

Recently voted the top two films of all time by Sight & Sound magazine, come and see what all the fuss is about! First up, Orson Welles’ opus chronicling the rise and fall of a publishing tycoon, and news reporters’ futile attempts to discover the meaning behind his cryptic last words. We follow with the film that toppled Kane off the top of the Sight & Sound list - Hitchcock’s stunning psychological thriller starring James Stewart.

Come get your fill of martial arts with our late night double bill o’ violence! First up, Takashi Miike’s stunning sword-slashing-fest 13 Assassins as a group of noble samurai band together on one final mission to kill an evil lord. We follow with the sensational fighta-thon The Raid. An Indonesian SWAT team are trapped in a gangster’s tower block and must fight their way to freedom!

The Sweet Smell of Success/All the President's Men 15 Sun 21 Oct, 3.30pm With the unscrupulous behaviour of the press in the public eye, we present two classic films about journalism. First up, a film-noir with Burt Lancaster as powerful showbiz columnist J.J. Hunsecker. Press agent Sidney (Tony Curtis) craves J.J’s success, but will he abandon his principles to get it? Next up, Hoffman and Redford star as two journalists at the Washington Post who uncover the Watergate scandal in this 70s masterpiece.

ALL-NIGHTFRIGHTARAMA On Friday 26th October Social Cinema & Frightarama combine to bring you a horrific Halloween weekend event with a 6 film all-night Horror marathon! Ticket options: ‘The whole damned thing’ (from 8pm to Dawn. Tickets to 6 films including social cinema ticket, bottomless coffee all night and breakfast butty): £30 Film marathon from 11pm (includes 5 films, breakfast butty and coffee at dawn): £25 Social Cinema only: £5 / £6 sofas See website for film programme.

The Social Cinema Evil Dead 2 15 8pm "Someone's in my fruit cellar! Someone with a fresh soul!" In collaboration with Frightarama, we’re unleashing Sam Raimi’s delectable slab of gore-filled fun in our cafe bar. With its innovative special effects, gallons of fake blood and Bruce Campbell in career defining slapstick form, Evil Dead 2 is the perfect way to kick off our Halloween all-nighter. A special Halloween menu, bespoke cocktails, DJs, zombie gaming and prizes for the best horror themed fancy dress. Groovy!

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Special Events

12 Enjoy the world's best theatre and ballet productions on the big screen at Phoenix. Sun 28 Oct, 3pm (recorded 2010) Tickets: £14 / £12 conc. Running time: 2hrs 25mins (including intermission) With the Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet. In the palace, the heir to the kingdom Prince Siegfried is celebrating his birthday. He is congratulated by his mother, the Princess Mother, his friends and courtiers. In a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight. Young girls try to attract his attention, as the prince must choose a wife during his birthday ball. By nightfall, overcome by emotion of a different order and dreaming of a pure and ideal love, Siegfried escapes into the night and finds a flock of swans, which he decides to pursue.

Bolshoi Ballet Swan Lake

A ballet in 2 acts and 4 scenes

Thu 11 Oct, 7pm SOLD OUT Extra date added due to demand! Tue 16 Oct, 8.15pm (Doors open 8pm) Pre-recorded encore of Thu 11 show Tickets: £13.50 / £11.50 conc. Running time: 3hrs including 20mins intermission Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly-anticipated new play: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter and Daniel - a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, longheld resentments, free love and failure.

NT Live

The Last of the Haussmans

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Black History Season Join us at Phoenix as we celebrate Black History Season in association with De Montfort University and Serendipity Arts. The theme of this year’s season is Independence, in particular marking the 50 years of independence for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. We are proud to show some fantastic films that explore Jamaican culture and icons, alongside fascinating documentaries examining the history of Black struggle in Britain. See our website for full film programme.

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

Tiger Bay is My Home & A Town under Siege

Thu 18 Oct, 8.30pm

Struggles for Black Community 2 films by Colin Prescod

Following the life of musician Lee Scratch Perry, from a handyman in recording studios in Jamaica to the ‘Salvador Dali of reggae’.

Marley 15 Tue 30 Oct, 8.30pm Another chance to see Kevin Macdonald’s brilliant documentary about the legendary Jamaican reggae star.

Tue 9 Oct, 6.30pm Running time: 76mins 2 fascinating documentaries from sociologist and documentary filmmaker Colin Prescod, examining the development of the black community in Britain. Tiger Bay... focuses on Cardiff since the 1850s, while Town under Siege looks at Southall, one of the major postWorld War Two Asian centres in Britain.

Great music for good causes If you love live music, get along to Phoenix for the Oxjam Leicester Music Takeover on Saturday 20th October. Helping to raise money for Oxfam, we’ll be hosting 12 of the most exciting young local singer songwriters in our café bar between 4 – 7pm. From 8.30pm, in cinema screen 2, we’ll bring you one of the highlights of Leicester’s recent Summer Sundae - the unique sound of The Daydream Club (“Wow! Really astonishing musicianship” – Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music).

Music programming thanks to Next Wave and Manic Music Productions ltd.

They’ll be supported by 'club o family band', a family collective generating interest from record companies, publishers and audiences everywhere! Entry to the evening performance is by Oxjam wristband (price £10); café bar is free entry all day. Donations to Oxfam are welcome.

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Digital Arts

Intuition and Ingenuity 8 Oct – 9 Nov Free entry Location: DMU Cube and café bar at Phoenix A major free exhibition of art inspired by code breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing. Intuition and Ingenuity explores the enduring influence of Alan Turing – the father of modern computing - on art and contemporary culture. The exhibition features a group of outstanding artists, including boredomresearch and Roman Verostko, whose work responds to key themes within Turing’s life and work. 2012 will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, one of the greatest minds Britain has ever produced. From inventing the digital computer and helping to decode the German Enigma machine, to founding the science of artificial intelligence, the world today would be a very different place without his ideas. This exhibition brings together important artists from digital art pioneers to emerging contemporary practitioners, including Roman Verostko, William Latham, Ernest Edmonds, Greg Garvey, Patrick Tresset, Anna Dumitriu and Alex May, with newly commissioned work by boredomresearch and Paul Brown. Intuition and Ingenuity is curated by Sue Gollifer, Nick Lambert and Anna Dumitriu. Supported by The University of Hertfordshire and the Computer Arts society (CAS).

Curators Talk 1 Nov, 6.30pm Learn more about the artists and the inspiration behind Intuition & Ingenuity in this fascinating talk from the exhibition curators Image credit: Fragments of Lost Flight by boredomresearch

The Malthusian Paradox Urban Angel Fri 19 October, 6.30pm Location: Cinema screen 2 Free entry Take part in The Malthusian Paradox, a game you can play online and in real life. Like being inside a thriller, you’ll become one of the characters - solving clues, interacting with events, and working with a global audience to save the world. Expect the unexpected as the game begins with ‘Whose Holy Grail?’, a performance at Phoenix by Dr Solomon Baxter. For more information and to start taking part go to www.malthusianparadox.com

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Courses Genre: Horror

Hollywood and Politics

Film Making: The Next Level

Tuesdays, 2 Oct – 27 Nov Times: 7pm – 9pm Price: £63 / £54 conc.

Sat 13 Nov Times: 10am – 4pm Price: £25 / £20 conc.

Sat 17 – Sun 18 Nov Time: 10am – 4pm Price: £99 (no concessions)

We examine the horror genre and how its films play on our most primal fears: our nightmares, our vulnerabilities and fear of the unknown. Featuring film excerpts and theoretical study, tutor Blake Goddard will take you through the genre highlighting some of its most revered offspring including: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Wickerman and more recently The Cabin in the Woods.

With the American elections close at hand, join us for this one day course in which we explore Hollywood’s special relationship with American politics.

An action-packed weekend for anyone looking to develop practical skills and knowledge in film making. Run by award-winning production company Large Scale, this course will equip you with the knowledge, skills and professional tips and tricks you need to make brilliant films. The course will cover how to make best use of sunlight, artificial and movie lighting, scene staging, continuity editing and more.

From the McCarthy 'witchhunts', through the Cold War and on to the 'War on Terror’, Hollywood has both exploited and held up a mirror to the political issues of the day. We’ll take a look at the key cinematic images from the last sixty years.

Please book through Leicester Adult Skills and Learning Services on 0116 233 4343

Food & Film

New car park!

Turn a trip to the cinema into a great value night out with our £13 film and dine offer. At Phoenix, you can enjoy freshly-cooked food before or after your film in our relaxed café bar.

A new temporary car park with 45 spaces has been opened on the currently unused land next to Phoenix – providing more parking options for customers visiting us by car.

Choose from our regular menu or the daily specials board – today’s selection includes Mozzarella Chilli & Dill Fishcakes; Garlic Mushroom and Rocket Penne; and Smoked Haddock & Pea Risotto. Come along and find out what’s cooking tomorrow!

Parking will cost £1 per hour, £1.50 for two hours, £2 for three hours and £4 all day - via pay and display. Parking after 6pm and on Sundays will be free.

Food and drinks are served throughout the day – see back page for opening times. Please note that at times we can get busy, so be sure to leave at least an hour if you’re eating before your film.

The space has been made available on a temporary basis by Leicester City Council to make parking easier for Phoenix customers and businesses in the surrounding cultural quarter. Further parking is also available in bays around Phoenix and in the nearby NCP carpark. See backpage for full details.

Enjoy a drink with your film At Phoenix, you’re welcome to take any drink you order at our bar into the cinema.

Tickets

Opening Times

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

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Café Bar & DMU Cube gallery

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Food Served 11am – 9pm

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Conc*

Student

After 5pm & weekends

£7.25

£5.60

£5.00

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

£5.65

£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: • Unemployed • Under 16s • Disabled • Retired in receipt of state pension

Phoenix, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG

2 for 1 tickets (requires purchase of Leicester Mercury

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

on Thursdays)

Art exhibitions are all FREE entry.

Special ticket offers Mercury Mondays

Orange Wednesdays 2 for 1 tickets (for Orange customers) 94

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A pay and display car park is available next to Phoenix. Parking costs £1 per hour, £1.50 for two hours, £2 for three hours and £4 all day. Parking after 6pm and on Sundays is free.

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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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