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BOX OFFICE — 14 0116 242 2800 DEC phoenix.org.uk CINEMA / ART / CAFÉ BAR UNBROKEN Fri 26 Dec –Thu 15 Jan NEW FILMS — HOMESMAN GET ON UP LEVIATHON MY OLD LADY THIS MONTH — SCI-FI SEASON What does it mean to be human? NEW LEICESTER APPS Uncover the city’s hidden stories YOUR TOP 5 Vote back your favourite films & & A NEWHAPPY YEAR MERRY CHRISTMAS WELCOME DECEMBER AT A GLANCE To celebrate the five years we’ve been at Phoenix MY OLD LADY P4 Square, we’re planning to bring back the five films you – our customers – have enjoyed most in that time Box Office242 2800 0116 — Throughout December we’re giving you the chance to vote for your favourites, and in January we’ll reveal the top 5 films we’ll be showing again. Head over to our new website - at phoenix.org.uk/top-5 – where you’ll find a list of the 30 best-attended films Nightcrawler P4 THE DROP P5 INTERSTELLAR P5 over the last five years. You can select up to five of your favourites – including a nomination for one film which is not in the 30. As a thank you, we’ll enter you into a draw where you could win a film screening for yourself and up to 30 friends, with Film & Dine gift vouchers for three Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk runners-up. DEAR ALBERT P5 Northern SOUL P6 2014 has been a fantastic year for us – the number of you choosing to watch films at Phoenix, to view art, and take part in our workshops and courses continues to rise. We’d like to thank you for your support and wish every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! What WE DO IN THE SHADOWS P5 GET ON UP P6 THE OVERNIGHTERS P6 SET FIRE TO THE Stars P7 THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS P7 Leviathan P7 UNBROKEN P10 GRANDMASTER P10 Phoenix is a registered charity. Our aim is to bring inspirational film and art to all. COMING IN JANUARY Made possible with the support of: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING BIRDMAN INHERENT VICE 2 – 3 MY OLD LADY 12A DEAR ALBERT 15 THE DROP 15 WHAT WE DO IN THE Box Office242 2800 0116 — Fri 5 – Thu 11 Dec Fri 5 – Mon 8 Dec Fri 5 – Thu 11 Dec SHADOWS 15 Dir. Israel Horovitz Dir: Nick Hamer (documentary) Dir. Michaël R. Roskam Fri 5 – Thu 11 Dec Cast: Maggie Smith, UK 2014, 1hr 25mins Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace Dir. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement Kristin Scott Thomas USA 2014, 1hr 46mins Cast: Jemaine Clement UK / USA / France 2014, The UK premiere of this superb New Zealand 2014, 1hr 25mins, 1hr 46mins Leicester-made documentary. From the director of Bullhead, this subtitled parts Following recovery consultant Brooklyn-set noir stars Tom Hardy, Ill-fated New Yorker Mathias Jon Roberts as he works with addicts James Gandolfini (in his last role) and A hilarious new mockumentary Gold (Kevin Kline) inherits a in Leicestershire, debut director Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the from Flight of the Conchords’ Parisian apartment from his continue to collect monthly Nick Hamer explores Roberts’ own Dragon Tattoo). Bartender Bob Jemaine Clement. Paying rent and father, only to find it comes with payments from Mathias until her journey with addiction, notably the works at Marv’s, a ‘money drop’ resolving flatmate conflicts is hard an unexpected resident who death. Determined to sell the struggles he faced saying goodbye where mobsters leave cash to be enough for any mortal being - but refuses to leave. Due to an apartment, Mathias contacts a to ‘Albert’, his street-side alter-ego. picked up later. When a heist on the what if you’re immortal? Viago, Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk ancient French real estate law, buyer, but finds himself distracted Sober, steadfast and optimistic, bar sparks the interest of a detective Deacon and Vladislav are three the feisty Mathilde (Maggie by the beautiful Chloe and Jon offers illuminating and moving as well as the bar’s gangster owner, vampires trying to overcome such Smith) has lived in the apartment revelations about his late father. insights drawn from his own the tensions of the criminal obstacles; but it doesn’t help when for many years with her daughter Both funny and bittersweet, the challenges. The Fri 5 screening underworld come to the surface. you need to stay out of the sun, and Chloé (Thomas) and is entitled to three leads are on great form. will be followed by a Q&A with A terrific slow-burn thriller. then there’s the whole feasting on director Nick Hamer. human blood part... 4 THE IMITATION GAME NIGHTCRAWLER 15 HUMAN CAPITAL 15 INTERSTELLAR 12A 12 Mon 1 – Thu 4 Dec Mon 1 – Thu 4 Dec Fri 12 – Thu 18 Dec Mon 1 – Thu 11 Dec Dir. Dan Gilroy Dir. Paolo Virzi Dir. Christopher Nolan Dir. Morten Tyldum Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch USA 2014, 1hr 57mins Italy / France 2013, Anne Hathaway UK / USA 2014, 1hr 54mins 1hr 50mins, subs USA / UK 2014, 2hrs 48mins Set in the nocturnal underbelly of Based on the incredible true story contemporary Los Angeles, On the night before Christmas Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight of the Government Code and Nightcrawler stars a gaunt Jake Eve, an unsuspecting cyclist is Trilogy) returns with a stunning new Cypher School at Bletchley Park Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom, a driven knocked off the road by an SUV. sci-fi film. A team of scientists must during WWII, this new film from young man who discovers the As details about the events leave a dying Earth in order to the director of Headhunters stars cut-throat world of freelance crime leading up to the accident arise, journey through a wormhole and are available as Silver Screenings – see page 1 Benedict Cumberbatch as the scene journalism. Starting with a the lives of the elite Bernaschi search for a planet that can support genius eccentric Alan Turing. police scanner and a cheap camera, family collide with the middle- human life. A cast including Matthew A brilliant mathematician, Turing Lou’s amoral attitude soon class Rovellis, in ways that neither McConaughey (fresh from his Oscar joins a group of logician prodigies impresses network boss Nina. But family could have anticipated. win for Dallas Buyers Club), Anne Films marked employed by the British how far is he willing to go in pursuit Based on the novel by Stephen Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and the Government to crack the Enigma of the perfect shot? A pulse- Amidon, Human Capital is an UK’s David Oyelowo are all on top Nolan’s previous film Inception and Code, a German communication pounding thriller with an utterly intense thriller exploring the form, anchoring the film with the existentialism of 2001: A Space cipher with 159 million, million, mesmerising central performance insidious nature of vanity and powerful intimate moments amongst Odyssey, it’s intelligent, big screen 4 – 5 million possible configurations. from Gyllenhaal. social inequality. the spectacular. With echoes of entertainment. THE OVERNIGHTERS 12A WINTER SLEEP 15 NORTHERN SOUL 15 LEVIATHAN 15 Box Office242 2800 0116 — Mon 8 – Thu 11 Dec Fri 12 – Wed 18 Dec Fri 12 – Mon 15 Dec Fri 19 – Wed 24 Dec Dir. Jesse Moss Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan Dir: Elaine Constantine Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev Cast: Jay Reinke, Keegan Edwards Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen Cast: Elliot James Langridge Cast: Elena Lyadova, USA 2014, 1hr 41mins Turkey / France 2014, 3hrs 16mins, UK 2012, 1hr 41mins Vladimir Vdovichenkov subs Russia 2014, 2hrs 21mins, subtitled A modern-day Grapes of Wrath; Back by popular demand, Northern this documentary sees broken men This latest film from director Ceylan Soul follows two teenagers whose "A grave and beautiful drama, chase their dreams and run from (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) lives are changed forever when at once intimate and enormous" their demons in the oil fields of won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. In a they discover American soul music. – The New York Times North Dakota. Lured by the mountaintop hotel, proprietor No longer satisfied with their future promise of well paid jobs, the Aydin, lives with his younger wife on factory production lines, they One of the most critically-acclaimed towns are unable to cope with the and his divorced sister. Through his dream of going to America to films of the year and Best Film level of migrants so a local pastor businesses, Aydin has influence in become the best DJs on the winner at the London Film Festival, Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk starts a divisive programme of the nearby village and enjoys Northern Soul scene. Featuring Zvyagintsev’s (Elena) new drama is a giving people a place to sleep at wielding his power over local Steve Coogan and Ricky Tomlinson, compelling and subversive parable of determined to possess it by any his church. With workers and residents, but the isolation of winter it’s an uplifting insight into a youth modern Russia. Car mechanic Kolya means necessary. Turning to a lawyer townspeople clinging to the sees long-held animosities flare up culture that changed a generation. owns a small property in a desirable friend for help, Kolya finds himself American dream, tensions between for both his tenants and family. A location on the edge of the Barents caught in a perfect storm of the two groups begins to rise. gorgeous, contemplative drama. Sea, but the town’s mayor is corruption, politics and greed. 4 GET ON UP 12A SET FIRE TO THE POSSIBILITIES ARE IT’S A WONDERFUL Fri 19 – Wed 24 Dec THE STARS 15 ENDLESS 12A LIFE U Dir.