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0116 242 2800 BOX OFFICE PHOENIX.ORG.UK BOOK ONLINE WHAT’S ON BOX OFFICE PHOENIX.ORG.UK FEB 2020 0116 242 2800 BAR É Available as Midweek Matinees – see p9 CINEMA / ART / CAF CINEMA / ART 0116 242 2800 BOX OFFICE FILMS P. 8 THE JAPAN SPARK #DMU FOUNDATION TOURING PHOENIX.ORG.UK BOOK ONLINE FESTIVAL PRIDE FILM PROGRAMME 2020 QUEEN & SLIM Fri 28 Feb – Mon 2 Mar P. 5 P. 7 P. 6 “And the winner is…” Ah, the starring Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya, which COMING NEXT MONTH ART & anticipation as those golden caused a sensation in the US. DIGITAL envelopes are oh-so-slowly We celebrate LGBT History Month with CULTURE opened and the cameras home in DMU’s Pride season, and following its on the faces of hopeful recipients, preview here in December the stunning P. 14 Portrait of a Lady on Fire begins a two- all trying to look like they’re not DARK WATERS week run at the end of February. in the least bit bothered by the impending announcement. It’s also the welcome return of our annual showcase of Japanese films from the February is awards season – and as ever, Japan Foundation, which kicks off on Sat Phoenix brings you a marvellous mix of 1 Feb with My Love Story!!. GREED headline-grabbing movies. We’ve got great family films and there’ll Highlights this month include Academy be loads of fun, free activities at half term Award-nominated Korean thriller as part of this year’s Spark Festival. Parasite, which has already won the Plus we turn off the lights for Comedy MILITARY WIVES Palme D’Or and a Golden Globe; Robert in the Dark for the Leicester Comedy Eggers’ psychological horror The Made possible with the support of Festival. Big names, big laughs, pitch dark! Lighthouse; biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which has earned Tom Whatever you’re into, Hanks BAFTA and Oscar nominations for you’ll find it at Phoenix. best supporting actor; a new version of Jane Austen’s Emma, from debut director Autumn de Wilde; and Queen & Slim, Phoenix is a registered charity, No 701078 0116 242 2800 BOX OFFICE FAMILY THE SPARK FESTIVAL: FILMS & PLUG AND PLAY ACTIVITIES PHOENIX.ORG.UK BOOK ONLINE We’ve lined up another great programme for families this Sat 15 – Sun 16 Feb month, including the return of the Spark Festival. 11am – 4pm JUMANJI: THE PAW PATROL: READY, The Spark Festival returns soft play area; or enjoy a to playing court jester in NEXT LEVEL 12A RACE, RESCUE! U to Phoenix, taking over mini-silent disco where you the court of a cartoon king. Sat 1 – Sun 2 Feb TICKETS Fri 21 – Sun 23 Feb TICKETS the building with cutting can change the sounds by Sat 8 – Sun 9 Feb £3 Can 2019, 48mins £3 edge interactive artworks, dancing! And for our Spark Festival USA 2019, 2hrs 3mins It’s the Adventure Bay 500. The creative games and cinema, our friends at Flatpack As the gang return to Jumanji pups have built an awesome race amazing animations. There’ll be a host of virtual have put together a brilliant to rescue a player, they discover track and are ready to be the and augmented reality selection of animated short that the game is actually broken pit crew for legendary racer The COMEDY IN THE DARK You can play with a wonderful experiences for you to try – films from across the world. and is starting to fight back! They’ll Whoosh. But when he’s unable to FOR KIDS need to brave unknown dangers drive in the championship race, The Sat 15 and Sat 22 Feb array of colours and shapes in from making 3D sculptures to escape the world's most Whoosh calls on his biggest fan-pup 6pm, doors open 5.45pm a series of interactive pieces in an immersive virtual world, Suitable for ages 4 – 13. dangerous game. Marshall to take his place! Pawsome Tickets £7 by brilliant Midlands-based Check our website for entertainment for your little ones. artist Will Hurt; work with additional age guidance A special family version of Comedy SPIES IN DISGUISE PG THE RUNAWAYS 12A in the Dark at Leicester Comedy Welsh collective Pyka to turn for specific activities. Tue 18 – Thu 20 Feb Fri 14 – Sun 16 Feb Festival. It’s still comedy, and old, unloved objects into TICKETS USA 2019, 1hr 42mins UK 2020, 1hr 53mins it’s still pitch black! Acts include awesome musical instruments; Available as Midweek Matinees – see p8 £3 Howard Read, Laura Davis, Samson dive into our interactive When super suave spy Lance When their home life is turned & Mabel, Stuart Goldsmith and Sterling is somehow turned into on its head, three children and more. A perfect family show for a pigeon (!), it’s up to his geeky their donkeys escape across the half-term giggles! Recommended ALL ACTIVITIES tech officer Walter to save the day. North Yorkshire moors, facing up for ages 8-12. Children must be ARE FREE AND A fun animated caper, voiced by to the harsh landscape and sibling accompanied by a paying adult. DROP-IN Will Smith and Tom Holland. relationships. A splendid modern children's adventure film. MRS DOUBTFIRE 12A Sat 29 Feb – Sun 1 Mar FAMILY WORKSHOP TICKETS UK 1993, 2hrs £3 COLOUR-A-FRAME Help us create a mini-animation This much-loved 90s comedy was WORKSHOP by colouring in individual pictures the perfect vehicle for Robin Williams' Sat 8 Feb, 12pm – 4pm (called frames) that we’ll then combine unique talent and manic energy. With Free, drop-in using a clever piece of software. a superb supporting cast, including Part of Cultural Quarter Earlies. No Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan, it need to book for this free, drop-in really is as good as you remember. workshop. Suitable for ages 3+. 4 5 MyPhoenix Members and Friends tickets £5 BREAKFAST ON PLUTO 15 Wed 12 Feb, 6.15pm Dir: Neil Jordan RIDE YOUR WAVE 18 Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sun 16 Feb, 3pm Brendon Gleeson Dir: Masaaki Yuasa THE JAPAN FOUNDATION Ire/UK 2005, 2hrs 4mins Cast: Ryota Katayose, Rina Kawaei TOURING FILM PROGRAMME 2020 Japan 2019, 1hr 36mins “Enchanting and hopeful” – rogerebert.com. Abandoned Anime director Masaaki Yuasa #DMU on the steps of the rectory in a (Lu Over the Wall) returns with this small Irish town, baby Patrick quirky love story. Student and avid PRIDE 2020 is found by the local priest and HAPPINESS IS A STATE surfer Hinako (Kawaei) falls in love We’re please to present placed in foster care. By the time with Minato (Katayose) but when he's a teen in the 1970s, Patrick OF MIND: JOY AND DESPAIR he loses his life at sea, Hinako a short season of films (Murphy) identifies as transgender, can no longer bear to even look in partnership with De renames himself Kitten and sets IN JAPANESE CINEMA at the ocean. One day Hinako out for London with a glam rock sings a song that reminds her of Montfort University Since 2004 the Japan Foundation has showcased some The season continues in group in the hope of finding their time together, and Minato as part of #DMUpride, his mother. Cillian Murphy was of the finest Japanese films, and now the UK’s largest March, and full details of appears in the water. From then on, nominated for a Golden Globe for festival of Japanese cinema is back for its 17th edition, the entire programme are she can summon him in any water. marking LGBT History his mesmerising performance in this year with the universal theme of ‘happiness’. available on our website. But can the pair really be together? Month 2020. Jordan’s comedy drama. VITA & VIRGINIA 12A MY BEAUTIFUL MY LOVE STORY!! 18 I GO GAGA, HER SKETCHBOOK THE ACTOR 18 Fri 7 Feb, 8pm LAUNDRETTE 15 Sat 1 Feb, 6.30pm MY DEAR 18 + Q&A 18 Tue 25 Feb, 6.15pm Dir: Chanya Button Wed 19 Feb, 6.15pm Dir: Hayato Kawai Tue 11 Feb, 6.15pm Wed 5 Feb, 6.30pm Dir: Satoko Yokohama Cast: Gemma Arterton, Dir: Stephen Frears Cast: Ryohei Suzuki, Mei Nagano Dir: Naoko Nobutomo Dir: Masaya Ozaki Cast: Ken Yasuda, Elizabeth Debicki Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Japan 2015, 1hr 45mins, subtitled Japan 2018, 1hr 42mins, subtitled Cast: Mugi Kadowaki, Takahiro Miura Kumiko Aso, Shohei Uno Ire/UK 2018, 1hr 50mins Gordon Warnecke Japan 2017, 1hr 46mins, subtitled Japan 2016, 2hrs 3mins UK 1985, 1hr 37mins Freshman Takeo (Suzuki) is a When TV documentary maker “ – Fizzes with emotion” loveable giant admired by his Naoko Nobutomo began to notice Mami (Kadowaki, A Double Life) Satoko Yokohama’s (Bare Essence – The Times. Based on Eileen – Empire. Omar, a young male classmates, but unfortunately gradual changes affecting her rarely leaves home since she of Life) first feature in six years is Atkins’ play of the same name, Pakistani man, is reunited with his girls are put off by his hulking elderly mother she decided to turn dropped out of school, and spends a heartwarming comedy about this biopic focuses on the former lover Johnny (Day-Lewis) appearance and tend to fall for his the camera on her parents’ life to her days in her room immersed in a thirty-something jobbing actor passionate relationship between and together they attempt to best friend instead. But everything document their everyday routines. her favourite manga. But when her who’s reached a crossroads in his Vita Sackville-West (Arterton) turn around a laundrette business changes one day when he rescues In her feature film debut Nobutomo father finds her a job as a video life.