Phoenix Leicester

25/07/2026

Last night's Mystery Film was... 🥁🥁🥁

The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Journey through the weird, wonderful, cult and long forgotten - our August Mystery Film is on sale now!

📅 Fri 21 Aug, 6.15pm

Tickets 🎟 via our website

24/07/2026

We've added two Disney classics to our FOLKLORE FOR FAMILIES film season! 🐉🧙⚔️

🪽 Hercules
Mon 3 & Thu 20 Aug

💰 Robin Hood (1973)
Thu 6, Thu 13 & Sun 23 Aug

From the oldest surviving feature-length animation in cinema history to whimsical Celtic legends, our new family film season explores how myths, legends and folklore have been adapted into some of our faves.

Also screening as part of this season...

👑 The Princess Bride
Sat 1 Aug, 12pm

🐺 Wolfwalkers
Mon 27 Jul & Fri 7 Aug

🐎 The Adventures of Prince Achmed (100th
Anniversary)
Thu 30 Jul, Sun 9 & Fri 14 Aug

📚 Film & Folklore Storytelling
Sun 16 Aug, 2pm

CHEAPER TICKETS FOR FAMILIES! With the temporary UK-wide VAT rate of 5%, we're passing the saving onto you, with ALL child/ under 16 tickets £5.52 across the summer holidays!! 💷🍿

🎟 Book tickets via the website

24/07/2026

Last weekend was crazy busy, let's do it all over again Leicester!! 🍿

We've got extra shows of...
⚔️ The Odyssey (4K + 35mm showings)
🎨 Leonora in the Morning Light
🚗 The Last One for the Road

NEW films from today...
🫂 Familiar Touch
🇱🇰 The Girls – 4K restoration
🤠 Toy Story 5
🚕 Taxi Driver (50th Anniversary)

It's Mystery Film tonight! Nobody knows what we'll be screening (including us) until the film starts. 🤫❓

Our Summer Lovin' season continues tomorrow with Wong Kar-wai's haunting ode to heartbreak IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE! 💞

Part of our Of Gods & Men season, spectacularly fun, old fashioned sword-and-sandal adventure CLASH OF THE TITANS is back on our big screen this Sunday only! 🐍

🎟 Book tickets via our website

23/07/2026

We're halfway through 2026 and look at our 🔥🔥 Mystery Film line-up so far...

Nobody knows what we're screening (including our team so no hints from us) until the lights go down and the titles roll... 🤫🎬

What will join our 2026 line-up?
💈 The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
🪏 The Trouble with Harry (1955)
🚂 Double Indemnity (1944)
📰 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
🍝 Big Night (1996)
⚔️ Sanjuro (1962)

❓ screens Friday, 6.15pm
🎟 Book tickets via our website

23/07/2026

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK - Film Camps! 🎥

Make two short films in just five days at our very popular, summer film camp!

The budding filmmakers will be given a little bit of dialogue, a prop and a character - it's then a race against the clock to write, produce and shoot their films.

Participants will then be invited to walk the red carpet for an exclusive premiere screening in the autumn!! ✨🎟🍿

Three cohorts available, 9-12, 13-16 (SOLD OUT) and 17-21 year olds. 🎬

📅 Mon 27 – Fri 31 Jul (9-12 cohort)
📅 Mon 10 – Fri 14 Aug (17-21 cohort)

Places available via our website and Box Office 💻📞

22/07/2026

📽 PROJECTOR ASMR 📽

One of our all-time fave sounds, our projectionists have been busy keeping our 35mm projector fired up for THE ODYSSEY screenings! 🍿🎬

One of our projectionists have even worked out that the film strip is roughly 4,730 metres - long enough to wrap around our building 20 times!! 🤯

⚔️ EXTRA SCREENTIMES of The Odyssey on sale now, including 35mm screenings ⚔️

🎟 Tickets available via our website

22/07/2026

🐍 CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) 🐍

A spectacularly fun, old fashioned sword-and-sandal adventure, Clash of the Titans is back on the big screen for one day only!!

📅 Screening Sun 26 Jul, 3pm
🎟 Book tickets via our website

Desmond Davis' epic fantasy sees our hero Perseus in search of the world's deadliest weapon - the Gorgon's head - to slay the kraken and save Princess Andromeda.

‼️ Please note there are no ads for this film, and it will start promptly at 3pm ‼️

Part of our OF GODS & MEN film season, still to screen...

🗡️ Excalibur
Sun 2 Aug, 2.45pm

💰 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sun 9 Aug, 3.15pm

Love this season? Then don't miss Christopher Nolan's cinematic retelling of THE ODYSSEY - we're the only place in Leicester to see it on 35mm film... 🎞😏

21/07/2026

We've added a bunch of NEW film courses!! 🎥

From one-day deep dives to 8-week practical intros to filmmaking and screenwriting, learn more about film with our selection of specialist film courses.

Line-up includes...

🗣 Talking Pictures (Summer)
From Thu 23 Jul | 10-week course

🎬 Acting for Film
From Thu 3 Sep | 6-week course

😂 British Comedy Film
From Mon 5 Oct | 4-week course

💀 Shakespeare on Screen: Part 2
From Thu 15 Oct | 6-week course

✍️ The Art of Screenwriting
From Mon 19 Oct | 8-week course

🧛 Creatures of the Night: Vampires on Screen
Sat 24 Oct, 11.30am – 5pm

Places 🎟 available via our website

21/07/2026

💎 To Catch a Thief 💎

Grace Kelly and Cary Grant star in Alfred Hitchcock's gorgeous, sun-drenched romantic thriller.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Guardian
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Times
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Radio Times

📅 Screening Thu 23 Jul, 7.30pm

Showing as part of our SUMMER LOVIN' season where we yearn over sizzling romances and heart-breaking passion! 💋🔥

Upcoming films in this season...

💞 In the Mood for Love
Sat 25 Jul, 7.30pm

🚄 Before Sunrise
Mon 27 Jul, 7.30pm

🇫🇷 Before Sunset
Mon 3 Aug, 7.30pm

🌂 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Thu 6 Aug, 6.30pm | Sun 30 Aug, 3pm

🌞 Before Midnight
Mon 10 Aug, 7.30pm

👜 What's Up, Doc?
Sun 9 Aug, 3.30pm | Sat 22 Aug, 6.15pm

💍 True Romance
Thu 13 Aug, 8pm | Fri 14 Aug, 8.30pm

Tickets 🎟 via our website

21/07/2026