The PhoenixPhoenix Square
Midland Street
Leicester
LE1 1TG
Box Office: 01162422800
General Enquiries: 01162422803Web:http://phoenix.org.uk/
Monday 25th JuneVisit the Phoenix website (link above and below) for allstart times and certification.
2 Days inNew York Julie Delphy writes, directs and stars in this followup to her hit comedy Two Days in Paris. Delphy plays Marion, a passionateFrench photographer living in New York with her DJ boyfriend Mingus (ChrisRock, playing brilliantly against type). When Marion's family descends on thecouple out of the blue, their cosy life is thrown into disarray through aseries of misunderstandings and a profound clash of cultures. A wickedly wittyensemble piece, cementing Delphy's reputation as a director of skill andimagination.
Cafe deFlore One of the standout films on last year's festivalcircuit, Cafe De Flore weaves together two love stories separated by 40 years.In modern day Montreal, Carole mourns the loss of her husband and childhoodsweetheart to another woman, whilst four decades back in 1960's Paris,Jacqueline (Vanessa Paradis) cares for the love of her life: her 7 year-oldson. With its stunning mix of music and visual textures, Vallee creates a dreamy,moving exploration of obsession and lost love.
LONDON2012 FESTIVAL FILMS The premiere of four brilliant short filmscelebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by some of the UK’sfinest directors.Witness a unique cinematic event as the four films arescreened together on Monday 25 June at 6.30, followed by exclusive Q&Aswith the filmmakers live via satellite from Hackney Picturehouse, London.
MonsieurLazhar Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, BachirLazhar plays an Algerian immigrant hired as a substitute after a primary schoolteacher commits suicide. As his antiquated teaching methods and policy ofmutual respect begins to help the pupils deal with their grief, so to must hecome to terms with tragic events in his own life. With echoes of The Class andÊtre et avoir, this is a moving and thoroughly brilliant film. The final scenewon't leave a dry eye in the house.
Tuesday 26th June
2 Days InNew York(See Above)
Café DeFlore(See Above)
MonsieurLazhar(See above)
Wednesday 27th June
2 Days InNew York(See Above)
Café DeFlore(See Above)
MonsieurLazhar(See above)
Thursday 28th June
2 Days InNew York(See Above)
Café DeFlore(See Above)
MonsieurLazhar(See above)
StevenSeverin - Vampyr After the success of his Blood of a Poet tour in2010, Steven Severin returns to Phoenix with a rare opportunity to hear his newscore for Vampyr, the third in his ongoing film accompaniment series - MusicFor Silents. Dreyer's unsettling tale of fear and obsession finds its auralcounterpart in Severin's suitably textured score, a synthesised, highlyatmospheric soundscape. Loosely based on Sheridan Le Fanu's genre-defining 1872vampire tale Carmilla, Vampyr is an alternative take on the cinematic vampire,creating an intense, nightmarish atmosphere that haunts the mind long after thelights go up.
Friday 29th June
Free Men(Les Hommes Libres) Tahar Ramin (A Prophet) delivers another intenseperformance Younes - an Algerian smuggler who finds himself in the hands of theGestapo in Paris in 1942. Instructed to spy on the local Muslim community, theinitially apolitical Younes finds himself drawn to benevolent mosque leader SiKaddour Ban Ghabrit (Michael Lonsdale Of Gods and Men) and the plight of theresistance. A tense, intelligent and thrilling tale of suspense and trust indifficult times based on real events.
Mamma Mia Join us at Phoenix for a special one- off screeningof Phyllida Lloyd’s 2008 smash-hit! A young bride-to-be’s search for her realfather is played out to the songs of 70s super-group ABBA! Grab a glass of wine(or two!) and sing your heart out to this endlessly charming movie! Come andsing along to Mamma Mia with Anne and friends from Marriott Primary School asthey celebrate a successful school year and her retirement.
The Source(La Source des femmes) Romanian born Mihaileanu (The Concert) presents amodern re-telling of the Lysistrata myth in this tale of female empowerment ina remote Magherb village. The women of the secluded community have finally hadenough of carrying water to the township everyday while the men lounge onporches drinking tea. They enforce a love embargo, denying their frustratedhusbands sex until they consent to build a water pipe to the village. Anintense drama punctuated with great songs and moments of laugh-out-loud humour.
Top Cat 3DTop Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who isnot at all happy with the poor officer Dribble's performance trying to preventTop Cat's scams!
Saturday 30th June
Free Men(Les Hommes Libres)(See Above)
The Source(La Source des femmes) (See Above)
Top Cat 3D(See Above)
VanechandNo Var ghodo A non-stop comedy film adapated from a popularGujarati book. Devang Patel is best known for his popular song - Jalsa kar babajalsa kar. Please note that this screening is in Gujarati with no Englishsubtitles.
Sunday 1st July
Free Men(Les Hommes Libres)(See Above)
The Source(La Source des femmes) (See Above)
Top Cat 3D(See Above)
The PhoenixPhoenix Square
Midland Street
Leicester
LE1 1TG
Box Office: 01162422800
General Enquiries: 01162422803Web:http://phoenix.org.uk/
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