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PHOENIX CINEMA OC TO B E R & N OV E M B E R 2018
WELCOME CONTENTS
Welcome Phoenix Friends to the October/November WEEKLY E-MAIL MAIN FEATURES 3-8
edition of our brochure. Stay up to date with all our
programming by subscribing UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 9-10
It’s the perfect time to visit the Phoenix and experience so to our free newsletter: e-mail
info@phoenixcinema.co.uk HOLIDAY SPECIALS 13
many diverse cultures within our community. We welcome or visit our website and be
the return of the UK Jewish Film Festival (pg.9 -10) and the entered into a monthly prize
London Korean Film Festival (pg.22) as well as hosting the draw to win two film tickets! FOR THE FAMILY 15-18
London Iranian Film Festival (pg.12) and the London Palestine
Film Festival (pg.23) for the first time. FOLLOW US ONLINE CINEMEMORIES 19
With the Autumn months comes awards season and an array For news, chatter and
competitions, find us on
SPECIAL EVENTS 21-23
of quality filmmaking. Look out for a career-best performance
Facebook, Twitter and
from Glenn Close in The Wife (pg.3), Oscar-winner Rachel Instagram. SCREEN ARTS 25-31
Weisz in Disobedience (pg.8) and the long-awaited Peterloo
from internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh (pg.6). @PhoenixCinema CINEMA INFORMATION 33-34
If your Picturedrome membership is up for renewal soon, PhoenixCinema
don’t forget to take advantage of our latest offer, giving you 15 Phoenix_Cinema
months for the price of 12.
And as the temperature continues to drop, why not cuddle
up with a warming hot chocolate and look out across East
Finchley on our iconic canopy?
Thank you for your continued support of the Phoenix, and we
hope to welcome you again soon.
Rob Belfield BOX OFFICE 020 8444 6789
WWW.PHOENIXCINEMA.CO.UK
Executive Director 52 HIGH ROAD, EAST FINCHLEY N2 9PJ
CONTINUING FROM FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER FROM FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER
The Wife 15 First Man 12A
1hr 40. Sweden 2017. Directed by Björn Runge. With Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, 2hrs 21. USA 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle. With Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy,
Christian Slater. Jason Clarke.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is a highly intelligent and still-striking On the heels of their six-time Academy Award-winning smash, La La Land,
beauty - the perfect devoted wife. She has spent 40 years sacrificing her Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling
own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic reteam for First Man, the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on
husband (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career, ignoring the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.
his infidelities and excuses because of his art with grace and humor. Their
A visceral, first-person account and based on the book by James R.
fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises, and Joan has
Hansen, the film explores the sacrifices and the cost - on Armstrong and
reached her breaking point.
on the nation - of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
“A fascinating and bravura performance from Glenn Close... a career-best to put
“Ryan Gosling shines in this remarkably told Neil Armstrong biopic.”
alongside her appearances in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction.”
a a a a a - David Lister, Independent
a a a a a - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
3 4
FROM FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER FROM FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Fahrenheit 11/9 TBC Peterloo 12A
2hrs 8. USA 2018. Directed by Michael Moore. 2hrs 34. UK 2018. Directed by Mike Leigh. With Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake,
Neil Bell.
Palme d’Or–winning documentarian Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11)
turns his attention to another significant date, examining the legacy of Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh
Trump’s ascension to the US presidency on November 9, 2016. portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous
Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed cavalry charged
In July 2016, Michael Moore was treated like a crackpot doomsayer for
into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester to demand
writing the essay “5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win.” His prediction was the
democratic reform.
opposite of most pollsters and pundits but it came true.
Mike Leigh brings an overwhelming simplicity and severity to this
Now Moore brings his sharp satire to analyse the legacy of 11/9 and to
historical epic, which begins with rhetoric and ends in violence.
raise questions about what lies ahead.
“With this richly intelligent, passionate movie Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant
“Fahrenheit 11/9 is ultimately Moore’s best film in years.” rearguard action on history’s political battlefield.”
a a a a - RogerEbert.com
a a a a a - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
5 6
FROM FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER FROM FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER
Shoplifters TBC
2hrs 1. Japan 2018. Directed by
Hirokazu Koreeda. With Lily Franky,
Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu.
Equal parts incisive social critique
and nuanced family portrait,
the latest from Japanese master
Hirokazu Kore-eda; winner
of this year’s Palme d’Or at
Cannes; follows a small band of
marginalized misfits struggling to
make ends meet in a merciless
urban environment.
Disobedience TBC
Widows TBC 1hr 54. UK 2017. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. With Rachel Weisz, Rachel
McAdams, Alessandro Nivola.
2hrs 8. UK 2018. Directed by Steve
McQueen. With Viola Davis, Michelle Ronit (played by Oscar-winner and co-producer Rachel Weisz) returns
Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki. from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community
she rejected years previously after a scandalous transgression. She
Steve McQueen’s adaptation of
unknowingly runs into Esti (Rachel McAdams), the wife of her strictly
Lynda La Plante’s crime novel.
religious cousin Dovid and the woman for whom she shared an illicit
Four women with nothing in attraction in their childhood. This happy reunion soon reignites the two
common except a debt left behind women’s burning, long-unrequited passions, an act of defiance that could
by their dead husbands’ criminal alter the course of their lives forever.
activities take their fate into their
own hands and conspire to forge a Disobedience is a timely and emotionally powerful tale set at the crossroads
future on their own terms. of tradition and modernity, of personal desires and the demands of faith.
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UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2018 11 - 22 NOVEMBER
11 NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER
6PM - OUTDOORS + Q&A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER + Q&A - 6:45PM
8:30PM - 2018 PEARS SHORT FILM FUND THE LIGHT OF HOPE - 9PM
AT UKJF WINNERS + Q&A
12 NOVEMBER 21 NOVEMBER
7:45PM - THE INTERPRETER + Q&A BUDAPEST NOIR - 6:45PM
UNSETTLING - 9PM
17 NOVEMBER 22 NOVEMBER
6:15PM - THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK SHELTER - 6:45PM
+ Q&A HUMOR ME - 9PM
8:45PM - ITZHAK
18 NOVEMBER
3:30PM - THE RESISTANCE
6PM - 93QUEEN + DISCUSSION
8:40PM - THE TESTAMENT TICKETS AVAILABLE AT
BOOKING.UKJEWISHFILM.ORG
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HOLIDAY SPECIALS
COMING IN OCTOBER
U
The monster family
embark on a luxury
cruise so Drac can take
a summer holiday. It’s
smooth sailing for Drac’s
Pack as the monsters
indulge in all of the
shipboard fun the cruise
has to offer. But the
dream holiday turns into
a nightmare when Mavis
realizes Drac has fallen
for the mysterious captain
of the ship, Ericka, who
hides a dangerous secret
that could destroy all of
monsterkind.
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KIDS CLUB SATURDAYS AT 12PM TICKETS £2 KIDS CLUB TICKETS £3
PHOENIX
On Saturdays at 11am we have a fun free activity for kids aged 5-10 years
KIDS CLUB
(pre-booking through our box office is advised)
followed by a film at midday.*
6 OCTOBER 3 NOVEMBER
ZARAFA PG LONDON KOREAN FILM FEST:
THE SHOWER PG
13 OCTOBER 10 NOVEMBER
THE LITTLE MERMAID U LONDON KOREAN FILM FEST:
PORORO PG
20 OCTOBER 17 NOVEMBER
THE BIG BAD FOX INCREDIBLES 2 PG
AND OTHER TALES... U
27 OCTOBER 24 NOVEMBER
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 U THOMAS AND FRIENDS:
BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES! U
15 *All children under 12yrs of age must be accompanied by a responsible adult. No lone adults without a child will be admitted. 16
BUB CLUB: WEDNESDAY TERM TIME AT 11AM TODDLER TIME: TUESDAY AT 11AM
For parents and carers of infants under 12 months.*
No need to find a babysitter or worry about making noise,
and a great way to meet other carers who are film fans too.
10 OCTOBER
TO BE CONFIRMED
17 OCTOBER
FIRST MAN 12A (pg.4)
31 OCTOBER A special 30 minute programme in a relaxed environment perfect for little
FAHRENHEIT 11/9 TBC (pg.5) ones with a fun activity at 10.30am (places are limited and must be
pre-booked in person or over the phone).
7 NOVEMBER
PETERLOO 12A (pg.6) Ages 2-4. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets £3 per child.
14 NOVEMBER
TO BE CONFIRMED Please note: Toddler Time programmes are subject to change.
21 NOVEMBER 9 October 30 October 20 November
TO BE CONFIRMED Messy Goes to Okido The Gruffalo Sarah and Duck
28 NOVEMBER 16 October 6 November 27 November
WIDOWS TBC (pg.7) Hey Duggee Rastamouse Octonauts
5 DECEMBER 23 October 13 November 4 December
DISOBEDIENCE TBC (pg.8) Hopster Showtime Room on the Broom Tee and Mo
17 * No lone adults without a baby will be admitted. 18CINEMEMORIES
Our Cinememories dementia friendly screenings are free for anyone over 60, who can
bring guests of any age, such as friends, family and carers.
The screening will have brighter lighting, quieter sound and a break in the middle of the
film for a sing-a-long and comfort break.
Free popcorn, biscuits and hot drinks are provided.
A Dementia Adviser for the borough of Barnet
(representing Alzheimer’s Society) will be present at the screenings.
I’m No Angel U My Sister Eileen U
Tuesday 9 October - 12pm Tuesday 6 November - 12pm
Miss Sadie Thompson U Sunnyside Up U
Tuesday 23 October - 12pm Tuesday 20 November - 12pm
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London.
Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub.SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS
Making Images: Pan’s Labyrinth 18
Art Into Industry 1hr 58. Spain 2006. Directed by
Guillermo del Toro.
This screening is the culmination
of our Making Images: Art Into Del Toro turns to the conclusion
Industry course. The course is of the Spanish Civil War for a tale
designed to introduce young of magical fantasy about a young
people to all aspects of the film girl desperate to escape her tragic
industry. family situation.
This is an opportunity to see the Special guest to be announced.
films made by participants on the In partnership with Tripwire
course this year. Magazine.
Sunday 14 October - 2pm
Friday 26 October - 11:15pm
£3
£10
Hellboy + Q&A 18 London Korean
2hrs 2. USA 2004. Directed by Film Festival 2018
Guillermo del Toro.
Treeless Mountain TBC
Starring Ron Pearlman as the A pair of sisters learns to cope
eponymous character battling with the sudden absence of their
undead Nazis with the assistance mother.
of his group of unlikely friends.
Saturday 3 November - 1pm
Includes a Q&A with
Christmas in August TBC
screenwriter Peter Briggs.
Jung-won suffers from a fatal
In partnership with Tripwire disease but meets Darim and falls
Magazine. in love.
Friday 19 October - 11:15pm Sunday 4 November - 1pm
21 £10 £8/£6 22SPECIAL EVENTS The London Palestine Film Festival Join us for an afternoon of Palestinian shorts which will be followed by a screening of feature documentary Gaza Surf Club. The Chair A young Palestinian woman visits her husband in an Israeli prison. Ave Maria A family of religious Israeli settlers crash their car into a convent’s wall. Roof Knocking A phone call by an Israeli soldier alerts a woman of the bombing of her building in 10 minutes. The Day My Father Dies An acting student returns home to Palestine with plans to write a play praising his father. Sunday 25 November - 2pm £12/£9
SCREEN ARTS SCREEN ARTS
The Winter’s Tale: Live Royal Opera House:
from Shakespeare’s Globe 12A Mayerling
3hrs. 2018. With Will Keen, Priyanga 3hrs 15. 2018. Directed by Kenneth
Burford. Macmillan.
Staged at the beautiful and iconic
Globe Theatre in London, this Mayerling is a classic of the
new production is directed Royal Ballet repertory, with
by Blanche McIntyre and its emotional depth, haunting
stars Will Keen as Leontes, imagery, and one of the most
Priyanga Burford as Hermione demanding roles ever created for
and Annette Badland as Old a male dancer.
Shepherd.
Monday 15 October - 7:15pm
Tuesday 4 October - 7:15pm £18/£15
£15/£13
The MET Live in HD: The MET Live in HD:
Aida Samson et Dalila
4hrs. 2018. With Anna Netrebko, 4hrs. 2018. Directed by Darko
Aleksandrs Antonenko. Tresnjak.
Superstar soprano Anna Netrebko Tony Award-winning director
makes her Met role debut as Aida in Darko Tresnjak gives Saint-
this thirtieth-anniversary revival of Saëns’s biblical epic its first new
Sonja Frisell’s production. Met production in twenty years.
LIVE LIVE
Saturday 6 October - 5:55pm Saturday 20 October - 5:55pm
ENCORE ENCORE
Sunday 7 October - 1:30pm Sunday 21 October - 1:30pm
£30/£26/£24/£20 £30/£26/£24/£20
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Funny Girl - The Musical 12A Royal Opera House:
2hrs 40. 2018. With Sheridan Smith, Die Walküre
Darius Campbell. 4hrs 50. 2018. Directed by Keith
Warner.
Following its record-breaking, Wagner’s Ring cycle is one of
sell-out run in London’s West the greatest works of all opera.
End and national tour, the Keith Warner’s production is
critically-acclaimed musical conducted by Antonio Pappano
Funny Girl comes to the Phoenix, and this final revival is cast with an
featuring Sheridan Smith in an outstanding international array of
unforgettable star turn. Wagnerian specialist singers.
Wednesday 24 October - 8pm Sunday 28 October - 5pm
£18/£15 £18/£15
The MET Live in HD: National Theatre Live:
La Fanciulla del West 12A Allelujah 12A
4hrs. 2018. With Jonas Kaufmann. 2hrs 50. 2018. Directed by Nicholas
Hytner.
Boasting gunfights, poker games,
and stagecoach robbers, La Fanciulla Alan Bennett’s sharp and
del West combines the action of a hilarious new play is just what the
great adventure with the emotional doctor ordered. Filmed live at
punch of Italian opera. London’s Bridge Theatre during its
limited run, don’t miss this rousing
LIVE chorus line for the NHS.
Saturday 27 October - 5:55pm
ENCORE Thursday 1 November - 7pm
Monday 29 October - 12pm £18/£15
27 £30/£26/£24/£20 28SCREEN ARTS SCREEN ARTS
The MET Live in HD: Royal Opera House:
Marnie La Bayadère
4hrs. 2018. With Isabel Leonard. 3hrs 5. 2018. Directed by Marius Petipa.
Based on the novel that also Marius Petipa’s fantasy tells the
inspired Hitchcock’s celebrated tale of a temple dancer and the
thriller, composer Nico Muhly’s prince who loves her but marries
Marnie stars Mezzo-soprano Isabel another.
Leonard in the title role.
The famous, moonlit ‘white act’
LIVE - The Kingdom of the Shades - is a
Saturday 10 November - 5:55pm corps de ballet highlight.
ENCORE Tuesday 13 November
Monday 12 November - 12pm - 7:15pm
£30/£26/£24/£20 £18/£15
Bolshoi: La Sylphide RSC Live:
2hrs. 2018. Directed by Johan Troilus and Cressida
Kobborg. 3hrs. 2018. Directed by Gregory
La Sylphide is one of the world’s Doran.
oldest surviving ballets, and Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn
a treasure in the Danish Glennie collaborates with RSC
Bournonville style. Restaged for Artistic Director Gregory Doran
the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert to create a satirical futuristic vision
Johan Kobborg, this production of a world resounding with the
is the ultimate romantic rhythm of battle
masterpiece.
Wednesday 14 November
Sunday 11 November - 3pm - 7pm
29 £15/£13 £15/£13 30SCREEN ARTS
National Theatre Live:
The Madness of George III
3hrs 30. 2018. With Mark Gatiss,
Adrian Scarborough.
Multi-award-winning drama The
Madness of George III is written
by one of Britain’s best-loved
playwrights Alan Bennett.
The cast of this new production
includes Olivier Award-winners
Mark Gatiss in the title role, and
Adrian Scarborough.
Tuesday 20 November - 7pm
£18/£15
The King and I:
From the London Palladium
3hrs. 2018. With Kelli O’Hara, Ken
Watanabe.
This multi-award winning and
critically acclaimed production of
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The
King And I comes to the Phoenix
in this unmissable event presented
from London’s iconic Palladium.
Thursday 29 November
- 7:30pm
31 £18/£15CINEMA INFORMATION WWW.PHOENIXCINEMA.CO.UK
FILM TIMES TICKETS AND BOOKING ACCESSIBILITY applications are available at the box
Main features and some special The box office is open from 11am We welcome wheelchair users and office or you can apply on line at
events start 20 minutes after the Mon–Sat and from 1pm Sunday. www.ceacard.co.uk
have full access across the building: an
stated programme times. All other Main Feature Pricing: external ramp at our entrance, a lift to
screenings start promptly at the our auditorium, a platform lift to our Blue badge parking is available outside
published times. All times listed are Adults café and an accessible toilet in the foyer. the cinema on the High Rd and on
subject to confirmation. For up to Mon (any time): £7 There are four dedicated wheelchair Fairlawn Ave on single yellow lines and in
date information please: spaces in the auditorium (two front parking bays any time, free of charge.
Tue-Fri (before 5pm): £8.50
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East Finchley Tube Station: which can be borrowed from our box
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£1 Sundays/Bank Holidays. described films (see our website for • Short film screenings
of status. details).
Local parking: • Tickets for the film week starting • Business events
Max stay 90mins, payable by mobile Friday will go on sale no later than Where possible we aim to screen at We have 255 seats and can project
phone. Free after 6.30pm and the Monday prior. least one subtitled performance of our 35mm as well as digital formats.
Sundays/Bank Holidays. main feature where a subtitled version Packages can be tailored to suit all
• Saturday evenings and some special of the film has been made available to us. budgets.
TRANSPORT events have allocated seating. Our auditorium is also equipped with an
Tube: East Finchley (Northern Line) • Tickets booked online or by phone integrated induction loop. For more information please email:
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*Please be sure to park only in Assistance dogs are welcome across our
• No refunds or exchanges will be building and we are happy to provide Management reserve the right of
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Please note: Fairlawn Avenue next of our special events and live
to the cinema is a one way street broadcasts. All refunds are at the We offer concessionary prices to those Part of the Europa Cinemas Network of
and can only be accessed from Fortis manager’s discretion. customers who are registered disabled, the European MEDIA Programme.
Green - there is no turning onto it and a free ticket for a carer subject to
from the High Road. CEA card and availability. CEA card
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