Phoenix Cinema Brochure | February - March 2012

52 High Road, East Finchley N2 9PJ • 020 8444 6789 • www.phoenixcinema.co.uk

February – March 2012

The Kid With a Bike(12A) from 23 March

Film timesFilms start 20 minutes after the stated programme times except for Kids Club, Film Classics, From The Archives and the second film in a double bill which start promptly at the published times. All times listed are subject to confirmation. For up to date information please:

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ParkingIn the evenings, there are plenty of spaces in the tube station car park (£4.50 Mon–Fri, £1.50 Saturday, £1 Sundays/Bank Holidays).Controlled Parking is in operation on the High Rd and surrounding streets. Parking bays have a maximum stay of 90 minutes and are payable by mobile phone only. Free parking from 6.30pm and on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

TransportTube: East Finchley (Northern Line, High Barnet branch) Buses: 102, 143, 234, 263, 603, H3.

Tickets and bookingThe box office is open from 11am • Mon–Sat and from 1pm Sunday.

Both tills on the ground floor serve • tickets, food and drink.

Tickets for the film week starting • Friday will go on sale no later than the Monday prior.

Saturday & Sunday evening • shows have allocated seating. It is advisable to book in advance for these busy screenings.

Tickets booked online or by • telephone are subject to a booking fee.

The Phoenix does not give refunds • or exchanges on any tickets within 48 hours of a screening. All refunds are at the manager’s discretion.

Monday all day: £6

Tuesday–Friday before 5pm: £6 (all tickets) after 5pm: £9.50 (£7 concessions)

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays before 5pm: £9.50 (£7 concessions) after 5pm: £9.50 (all tickets)

Concession prices are available for unemployed, senior citizens, children under 15, students or registered disabled. Please bring proof of status. Friends receive £2 off all regular film screenings excluding Kids Club. Discounts for special events vary.

Disabled accessFull access for wheelchair users: external ramp, lift,

disabled toilet. Four dedicated spaces in the auditorium. Please let us know when booking.

Guide dogs are welcome; please let us know in advance.

Disabled parking is available outside the cinema on

the High Road and Fairlawn Avenue on single yellow lines and in parking bays any time and free of charge.

There are limited guide features for visually impaired visitors. Stairs have

clear step markings and floor surfaces are non-slip. Staff will be happy to assist.

Free admission for carers of registered disabled visitors,

subject to CEA card and availability. Applications for the CEA card available from the box office.

Subtitled screenings offered when we are able.

Integrated induction loop available.

This programme is available in large format.

Phoenix information TOURING EXHIBITION The Phoenix Cinema: 100 yearsOur exhibition is on tour and at the following locations: • Hornsey Library, Haringey Park, N8 9JA: 1-29 Feb• Highgate Library, 1 Shepherd’s Hill, N6 5QJ: 5-30 March

The Phoenix Film GroupThe Film Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month, every month, and it’s easy to take part: sign up with your e-mail address to receive details of the film with a synopsis or review each month, then come along, buy your cinema ticket, enjoy a free tea or coffee from our kiosk (mention you’re a Film Club Member) and enjoy the film. Afterwards meet other film-lovers for discussion in our cafe. To sign up, send your email address to us at [email protected] and we will add you to our membership list. Alternatively, just come along and speak to Kim on the night.

Phoenix GalleryFebruary: Residents of Hammerson House, various media.March: TBC

Hire the PhoenixThe Phoenix is available to hire for children’s parties, private screenings, business events and as a filming location. For more details see the ‘About Us’ section of the website or call the box office.

Orange WednesdaysIf you are an Orange mobile phone user, you can buy two tickets for the price of one every Wednesday. Simply call 241 from your Orange mobile, or text the word FILM to 241. Friends’ discount may not be used in conjunction with Orange Wednesdays.

Management reserve the right of admission. Information correct at time of press. Registered charity no. 296135. Part of the Europa Cinemas Network of the European MEDIA Programme.

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After a month of must-see films in January we’ve put together another great run for February and March. In addition to main features such as Carnage, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and the return of the Dardenne brothers with The Kid on a Bike, we also have a variety of special events and screenings.

On 12 February we have a special event with a screening of a truly independent British film, Black Pond, followed by a Q&A. Peter Bradshaw called the film ‘a deeply eccentric haunting marvel’ and we hope you’ll agree. On Valentine’s Day we’ve partnered with UK Jewish Film to bring you The Matchmaker, a charming picture of 1968 Israel and on 25 March we bring you ‘Jewish London’, with the authors of the guidebook of the same name taking you on a visual tour culminating with a screening of It Always Rains on Sunday. Also on Sundays we have two chances to see films you may have missed – Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret and Dreams of a Life. And if that’s not enough, we have three National Theatre performances, two Met operas and a Bolshoi ballet, all live via satellite. We hope to see you soon!

Kids Club On Saturdays at 11am we have an activity every week for kids aged 5–10 followed at midday by a film. A maximum of 20 children can attend the activities. Pre-booking is advised. Tickets are £2 with a group ticket at £10 (5-10 people including 2 adults). The activity session is free. All children under 8 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible adult. No lone adults. Friends discount not applicable.

Early bird These Tuesday screenings finish by 3.15pm (perfect for parents picking up children from school) and include a free hot drink from the kiosk.

bringing up baby Wednesday morning screenings offer parents with babies up to 18 months a chance to see our main feature.

Welcome

From 23 MarchThe Kid with a Bike(12A)

This poetic French family story won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

From 16 MarchIn Darkness(15)

In Nazi-occupied Poland, a sewer worker hides a group of Jews in the labyrinth beneath the city.

From 9 MarchTrishna(15)

A modern re-telling of Tess of the D’Urbervilles explores class, tradition and a tragic relationship.

From 24 FebruaryThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(12A)

A charming film about a group retiring to India.

From 17 FebruaryA Dangerous Method(15)

David Cronenberg analyses the turbulent relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

From 3 FebruaryCarnage(15)

Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster star in the film adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play.

Featured films

Saturday 4 FebruaryKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.The Cat Returns(U)

1hr 15. Dubbed in English.From the makers of Ponyo, a young girl earns herself an invitation to the magical kingdom of the cats by saving a Prince.

Sunday 5 FebruaryDOUBLE BILL at 2pm.Dreams of a Life(12A)

1hr 35. UK 2011. Directed by Carol Morley. With Zawe Ashton. In 2006 Joyce Carol Vincent’s body was discovered in her Wood Green flat three years after her death. Morley’s moving film attempts to tell Joyce’s tragic story through recreation and interviews with those who knew her. She is remembered as a beautiful and vibrant young woman who led an exciting and full life. How had she been completely forgotten? + Bobby Fischer Against the World(12A) at 4.10pm.1hr 33. USA/UK 2011. Directed by Liz Garbus.Considered by many to be the world’s greatest chess player, Bobby Fischer personified the link between genius and madness. This film explores his trajectory from child prodigy to world champion at age 29 and then into a nosedive of delusions and paranoia.

Tuesday 7 FebruaryEARLy BIRD at 1pm.Carnage(15) 1hr 20.

Wednesday 8 FebruaryBRINGING UP BABy at 11am.Carnage(15) 1hr 20.

Thursday 9 FebruaryFILM CLASSICS at 11am.Terra Estrangeira(15)

1hr 39. Brazil/Portugal 1996. Directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Shown from DVD.Political and personal turmoil uproots Paco from Brazil to Lisbon and he turns to smuggling: a violin full of diamonds. Will he make his fortune and a romantic escape with Alex or will he be pulled under by the sleazy underworld he has been drawn into?

Thursday 9 FebruaryNT LIVE at 7pm.Travelling LightNicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age; and a haunting look at the stories we tell about our own lives. The award-winning Antony Sher returns to the National to play Jacob.

Friday 3 February – Thursday 9 February Box office 020 8444 6789

Carnage(15)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

1hr 20. France/Germany/Poland/Spain 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly.The bitterly amusing story of two families who become locked in a showdown after their children are involved in a playground squabble, Carnage shines a spotlight on the risible contradictions and grotesque prejudices of four well-heeled American parents. Shot in real time as the four adults meet to settle the dispute, Carnage pits power couple Nancy and Alan Cowan against the liberal writer and campaigner Penelope Longstreet and her wholesaler husband, Michael. Unpredictable and shocking, the film hilariously exposes the hypocrisy lurking behind their polite façade. The film is based on the play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza which was hailed by critics and public alike and enjoyed sell-out runs in Paris, London and on Broadway after its premiere in 2006. Both Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet are nominated for Best Actress Golden Globe awards for their performances.

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Saturday 11 FebruaryKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Scooby-Doo(PG) 1hr 26.The Mystery Inc. gang are reunited on a spooky island where ancient forces have been awakened.

Saturday 11 FebruaryNy MET OPERA LIVE IN HD at 5pm. Returns only.Wagner’s Götterdämmerung6hrs 14 approx. With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution.

Sunday 12 FebruarySPECIAL EVENT at 2pm. with Q&A to followBlack Pond(15)

1hr 22. UK 2011. Directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe. With Chris Langham, Simon Amstell. Nominated for a BAFTA for best debut film, this mockumentary follows an ordinary British family who are accused of murder when a stranger

dies at their dinner table. Two-time BAFTA winner Chris Langham (Help, The Thick of It) is hilarious and heart-breaking as the bumbling Tom Thompson, who struggles to placate his neurotic wife Sophie and consistently fails to be a dignified father to his daughters, Jess and Katie. The inimitable Simon Amstell (Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Grandma’s House) makes his film debut as sinister psychotherapist Dr Eric Sacks.

Tuesday 14 FebruaryEARLy BIRDScreening to be confirmed.

Wednesday 15 FebruaryBRINGING UP BAByScreening to be confirmed.

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Carnage(15)

1hr 20. France/Germany/Poland/Spain 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly.

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings. See synopsis on previous page.

Tuesday 14 FebruaryUK JEWISH FILM SCREENING at 7.15pm.The Matchmaker1hr 52. Israel 2010. Directed by Avi Nesher. In Hebrew with English subtitles. A hugely pleasurable film that succeeds in weaving together many facets of life in Israel in 1968 that shed light on the country as it is today. When Haifa teenager Arik Burstein meets his friend’s rebellious cousin Tamara, who has grown up in America, he is seduced by her stories of free love and rock’n’roll. But the world that opens up when he gets a summer job working for a most unusual matchmaker, Yankele Bride,

is bizarre beyond belief. The scars of Nazi Europe hang over this bizarre community and those ghosts are never far away and yet there is some real comedy and a lot of charm in this powerful new film by Avi Nesher, one of Israel’s most renowned directors. Tickets £10/£6 students. Sorry no Friends’ discount.

Saturday 18 FebruaryKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Coraline(PG)

1hr 40.When lonely Coraline opens a secret door, she discovers a beautiful world that is strangely familiar… With a host of famous voices (Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French), this film will be a delight to parents and children alike.

Sunday 19 FebruaryFREE GUIDED TOURSfrom 10.30am to 12.45pm (booking essential). Go behind the scenes in one of the UK’s oldest cinemas. FROM THE ARCHIVES FREE at 2pm.The Colonial Eye: British Empire images of the Punjab, India 1912–1947Artist Tajender Sagoo has curated a series of short films produced during the British rule of India with a focus on the Punjab. The screening will bring together public information

and travelogue films found in British public archives and rarely seen on the big screen. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.Booking is essential for the film. Please call the box office to reserve your seat as this screening cannot be booked online.

Tuesday 21 FebruaryEARLy BIRD at 1pm.A Dangerous Method(15) 1hr 40.

Wednesday 22 FebruaryBRINGING UP BABy at 11am.A Dangerous Method(15) 1hr 40.

Thursday 23 FebruaryFILM CLASSICS at 11am.Central Station (Central do Brasil)(15)

1hr50. Brazil/France 1998. Directed by Walter Salles. In Portuguese with English subtitles.This beautifully directed film centres around a journey through Brazil. Dora, a charlatan, seeks redemption by helping a young boy find his father.

Friday 17 February – Thursday 23 February Box office 020 8444 6789

A Dangerous Method(15)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

1hr 40. UK/Germany/Canada/Switzerland. Directed by David Cronenberg. With Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen. David Cronenberg’s (Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) new film is from a screenplay by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons), who adapted his own stage play The Talking Cure for the screen. On the eve of World War I, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, A Dangerous Method takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. Into the mix comes Otto Gross, a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. This exploration of sensuality, ambition and deceit sets the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought.

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Saturday 25 FebruaryKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Mr Bean’s Holiday(PG) 1hr 29. The famous creation of Rowan Atkinson takes a trip to France and experiences the delights of French cuisine and bicycling before ending up at the Cannes Film Festival on his latest misadventure.

Saturday 25 FebruaryNy MET OPERA LIVE IN HD at 6pm. Returns only.Verdi’s Ernani3hrs 49 approx. Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Sunday 26 FebruaryNy MET OPERA ENCORE at 2pm.Verdi’s ErnaniTickets £20/£16 concs/£14 Friends. Recorded from the previous night’s live screening.

Tuesday 28 FebruaryEARLy BIRD at 12.30pm.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(12A) 2hrs 3.

Wednesday 29 FebruaryBRINGING UP BABy at 11am.The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(12A) 2hrs 3.

Thursday 1 March FILM CLASSICS at 11amWaste Land(PG)

1hr 38. Brazil/UK 2010. Directed by Lucy Walker. In English/Portuguese with English subtitles.Vik Muniz is an artist who uses other people’s discarded items to create his work. Waste Land follows his latest project in the infamous landfill site near Rio de Janeiro, meeting along the way those for whom ‘trash-picking’ each day is not a choice.

Thursday 1 MarchNT LIVE at 7pm.The Comedy of ErrorsShakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(12A)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

2hrs 3. UK 2011. Directed by John Madden. With Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel.For a disparate group of English pensioners (Dench, Nighy, Smith, Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie and Ronald Pickup), retirement takes an unconventional turn when they abandon their homeland, enticed by advertisements for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for “the elderly and beautiful” in Jaipur, India. On arrival, they discover that the hotel falls somewhat short of the romantic idyll promised in the brochure, but they are gradually won over by the ever-optimistic young manager Sonny (Patel), and tentatively embark on a new adventure, finding that life can begin again when you let go of the past.

friends and, most of all, herself. Paquin shared the actress of the year award with Meryl Streep at the Critics Circle awards this year.

Tuesday 6 MarchEARLy BIRDNo screening this week.

Wednesday 7 MarchBRINGING UP BAByNo screening this week.

Thursday 8 March FILM CLASSICS at 11am.Whisky(15)

1hr 38. Uruguay/Argentina/Germany/Spain 2004. Directed by Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll. In

Spanish/Portuguese/Italian with English subtitles.A terrific black comedy following the story of Jacobo, the lonely proprietor of a sock factory. Driven by sibling rivalry to create a fictitious wife, the situation descends into farce while the characters maintain a deadpan exterior.

Saturday 3 MarchKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Thumbelina(U) 1hr 26.Thumbelina may be no bigger than a thumb but she certainly has plenty of courage. When she is kidnapped by a toad she takes matters into her own hands and braves the big wide world instead!

Sunday 4 MarchSUNDAy MATINEE at 2pm.Margaret(15)

2hrs 30. USA 2011. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. With Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon.The long-awaited followup to Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me (2000) is an insightful portrait of young woman coming to terms with the adult world. Lisa (Paquin) witnesses a fatal traffic accident that she feels sure she inadvertently caused. In her attempts to set things right she meets resistance at every step. Torn apart with frustration she begins to lash out at family and

Friday 2 March – Thursday 8 March Box office 020 8444 6789

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(12A)

2hrs 3. UK 2011. Directed by John Madden. With Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel.

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings. See synopsis on previous page.

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Saturday 10 MarchKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Howl’s Moving Castle(U)

1hr 59.Dubbed in English. From the director of Spirited Away comes another animated classic. When Sofi is transformed into an old woman by a wicked witch, her friendship with the flamboyant and unpredictable wizard Howl is her only hope of breaking the spell.

Sunday 11 MarchBOLSHOI BALLET at 3pm.Le Corsaire(15)

3hrs 35 approx. Live via satellite from Moscow.A ballet in three acts to a scenario by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, loosely based on the long poem by Lord Byron. A swashbuckling romantic tale of the rescue of a beautiful slave from her tyrannical master by a handsome pirate – with some of ballet’s most famous individual passages, including the famous Pas de Deux. Music by Adolphe Adam.Tickets £15/ £13 concessions/ £6 children under 15. £2 discount for Friends.

Tuesday 13 MarchEARLy BIRD at 12.30pm.Trishna(15)

1hr 53.

Wednesday 14 MarchBRINGING UP BABy at 11am.Trishna(15)

1hr 53.

Thursday 15 MarchFILM CLASSICS at 11am.El Bano del Papa (The Pope’s Toilet)(15)

1hr 38. Uruguay/Brazil/France 2007. Directed by César Charlone, Enrique Fernández. In Spanish with English subtitles.A group of entrepreneurial villagers take advantage of the first Papal visit to Uruguay to create a commercial opportunity for themselves in this charming but heartfelt film.

Trishna(15)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

1hr 53. UK 2011. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. With Frieda Pinto, Riz Ahmed.Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Trishna tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Ahmed) who has come to India to work in his father’s hotel business. After an accident destroys her father’s Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. But despite their feelings for each other, they cannot escape the conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education. Trishna’s tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given her.

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Saturday 17 MarchKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Johnny English Reborn(PG)

1hr 41.Move over Bond … When it comes to saving the world, Johnny English is the real deal. With gadgets, assassins and a host of British stars, this mission is one not to be missed.

Sunday 18 MarchFREE GUIDED TOURSfrom 10.30am to 12.45pm. (booking essential). Go behind the scenes in one of the UK’s oldest cinemas. FROM THE ARCHIVES FREE at 2pm.Imitation of Life(12A)

For Mother’s Day, in association with Black History Studies. A legendary Hollywood melodrama about racial identity. A light-skinned black girl who can pass for white rejects her

mother and lives as a white woman. Starring Susan Kohner, Juanita Moore, Lana Turner and Sandra Dee.

Tuesday 20 MarchEARLy BIRD at 12.30pm.In Darkness(15)

2hrs 24.

Wednesday 21 MarchBRINGING UP BABy at 11amIn Darkness(15)

2hrs 24.

Thursday 22 MarchFILM CLASSICS at 11am.The Maid (La Nana)(15) 1hr 36. Chile/Mexico 2009. Directed by Sebastián Silva. In Spanish with English subtitles.When Raquel, the well-loved maid of an upper-class Chilean family, begins to show signs of strain, her employer tries to help by employing an assistant for her, little realising the territorial feelings it will spark.

Box office 020 8444 6789Friday 16 March – Thursday 22 March

In Darkness(15)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

2hrs 24. Poland/Germany/France/Canada 2011. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. With Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. In Polish/Ukrainian/yiddish/German with English subtitles. From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa), In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever-increasing and intense danger.

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Saturday 24 MarchKIDS CLUB at 12 noon. Activity starts at 11am prompt.Hugo 2D(U)

2hrs 5.A young orphan living in the walls of a Parisian train station becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and a mechanical man.

Sunday 25 MarchSPECIAL EVENT at 2pm.‘Jewish London’ at the PhoenixJoin Rachel Kolsky and Roslyn Rawson as they showcase their new guidebook, Jewish London. Beautifully illustrated, it is the only travel book available focusing on the heritage and culture of London’s historic and current Jewish communities. The varied programme includes talks by Searle Kochberg and Rachel, the delightful short The Tenth Man, filmed in the East End and a feature film from the 1940s. Enjoy!It Always Rains on Sunday(PG)

1hr 32. UK 1947. Directed by Robert Hamer.Featuring Bethnal Green post-WWII, an unhappily married woman rediscovers her former love, now on the run. Sidney Tafler and Yiddish actor Meier Tzelniker play the Jewish neighbours.

Tuesday 27 MarchEARLy BIRD at 1pm.The Kid With a Bike(12A) 1hr 27.

Wednesday 28 MarchBRINGING UP BABy at 11amThe Kid With a Bike(12A) 1hr 27.

Thursday 29 MarchFILM CLASSICS at 11am.Alamar (To The Sea)(U)

1hr13. Mexico 2009. Directed by Pedro Gonzáles-Rubio. In Spanish/Italian with English subtitles.A father and son learn about each other through the beauty of the natural world.

Thursday 29 MarchNT LIVE at 7pm.She Stoops to ConquerOne of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.Tickets £15/£13 concessions. £2 discount for Friends.

Friday 23 March – Thursday 29 March

The Kid With a Bike(12A)

Film times to be confirmed. Please check our website or local listings.

1hr 27. Belgium/France/Italy 2011. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With Thomas Doret, Cécile De France and Jérémie Renier. In French with English subtitles. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest film by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Rosetta, La Promesse) centers on Cyril, a restless 11-year-old boy (terrific newcomer Thomas Doret) placed in a children’s home after being abandoned by his father. Unwilling to face the fact that parents are imperfect people, Cyril runs away to his former apartment block in search of both dad and his abandoned bicycle. Instead, he meets Samantha (the excellent Cécile de France), a kind hairdresser who helps to retrieve his bike and eventually agrees to become his weekend guardian. But literally and figuratively, Cyril isn’t out of the woods just yet. Shooting once more in the Belgian seaport town of Seraing, the Dardennes have created another poetic, universally resonant drama about parents, children and moral responsibility.

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KioskThe Phoenix Kiosk stocks a range of traditional and delicious cinema food, as well as beer, wine and our popular cake. We have excellent ice cream from Criterion Ices and FairTrade dried fruit. You can buy food and drink from either till as you’re purchasing your ticket, so no need to queue twice.

Cafe BarThe café bar is open from 11am every Monday-Saturday and from 1pm Sundays, serving simple breakfasts and a range of homemade meals and cakes. An express menu is available during busy shows to enable prompt service, so if you’d like to order soups, stews and tasty mezze platters be sure to arrive early.

Now that we have the fastest wi-fi in East Finchley it is a perfect place to work over a big mug of good hot coffee. Or visit us to sample our fantastic range of beers and wines to enjoy on our tree-facing balcony or in our warm, friendly bar area. Friends of The Phoenix now receive 20 per cent off their order between 11am and 3pm weekdays.

For live screenings all interval food must be pre-ordered.