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Action, Adventure, Fantasy. USA 2016, 115 min. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelson, Rachel MacAdams. In English with Russian subtitles. The famous neurosurgeon Steven Strange gets in terrible car accident, and his own wounds permanently damage his career. He refuses traditional treatment and sets off on a quest for healing. After he meets the Ancient One, the Supreme Magician of the World, he discovers his ability to alter space and time. In doing so, he becomes the link between parallel dimensions and Earth’s defender in a battle with impending doom. The 14th film in the Marvel universe, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as the all-powerful magician and Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One.
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Drama/Thriller. USA 2016, 109 min. Directed by Daniel Ragussis. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts. In English with Russian subtitles. Idealistic FBI agent Nate Foster goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy.
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19:30 | Show US! Festival of American Documentary Films: Racing Extinction |
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Documentary. USA, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Japan, Indonesia 2015, 90 min. Directed by Louie Psihoyos. In English with Russian subtitles. Oscar®-winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world’s most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction, Racing Extinction reveals stunning, never-before seen images that truly change the way we see the world. Awards: Academy Award Nomination - Best Song; Emmy Award Nomination - Best Documentary; Sundance Film Festival - participation; Cinema for Peace Award - Best Environmental Film; Boulder International Film Festival - Catalyst Award; Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Best Documentary; Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival - Audience Award.
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Drama/Biography. France, Belgium, Czech Republic 2016, 108 min. Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto. Starring: Stéphanie Sokolinski, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp. In French and English with Russian subtitles. 1887. After her father’s death, the young Marie-Louise sets off for New York in the hopes of conquering America and becoming a great actress. During one of her performances, a strange thing happens: the girl gets tangled in her dress and miraculously avoids falling by spinning the fabric around her. This disastrous scene unexpectedly drives the audience and her critics wild. The reviews claim that she has created a new kind of dance, full of emotion and free of boundaries and restrictions. The now-famous actress then leaves for Paris, where she becomes known by the name Loïe Fuller. She shines on the stage of the Folies Bergères, and the most distinguished men of the time consider her to be their muse. It seems like her dream has come true. However, she soon makes the acquaintance of the young Isadora Duncan, who is fated to eclipse her. The first full-length work by director Stephanie Di Giusto, nominated for the Caméra d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film was dedicated to the fate of Loïe Fuller – a legendary American dancer, who is considered to have founded the modern genre in dance art.
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11:20, 21:40. Thriller/Detective. USA 2016, 112 min. Directed by Tate Taylor. Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux. In English with Russian subtitles. Rachel Watson commutes by train every day from her suburb to London, and always passes by a charming cottage, in the windows of which a married couple is always visible. One morning, she notices that the woman in the pair has gone missing. From that moment on, Rachel gets tangled in a confusing web of a story – after all, it may be the case that she saw from her train window something that nobody else did…A psychological drama by Tate Taylor (“The Help”), based on the famous novel by Paula Hawkins, which became one of the biggest British bestsellers of recent years.
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23:45 | Where to Invade Next |
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Documentary. USA 2015, 120 min. Directed by Michael Moore. In English with Russian subtitles. Famous documentary filmmaker Michael Moore (“Fahrenheit 9/11”), armed with a camera and an American flag, sets off to “conquer” the most progressive European ideas in order to introduce them to America. To his surprise, he discovers that all these innovations of the Old World are forgotten fragments of the American Dream…Before the premiere of the film – whose filming process was carefully kept secret – Moore told reporters that his work was dedicated to the United States’ “perpetual war”: “After the September 11th attacks, America has a constant need to have an enemy to keep this whole military industrial complex alive and keep the companies that make a lot of money from this in business. Who’s our next enemy?” The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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