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Comedy/Drama. USA 2016 ,94 min. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell. In English with Russian subtitles. In the 1930s, young Bronx native Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) arrives in Hollywood in the hopes of finding a job in the film industry, where his uncle Phil (Steve Carell) works. Phil is a well-known Hollywood agent, and Bobby discovers the world of film stars, backstage drama, and the high life, while falling in love with Phil’s secretary (Kristen Stewart). Woody Allen’s 47th full-length film has a full complement of celebrities: Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Blake Lively, and Sheryl Lee, alongside the aforementioned Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and Steve Carell – and opened the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival. The legendary Vittorio Storaro (“Apocalypse Now,” “The Last Emperor,” “Dune”) served as cinematographer.
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11:30, 19:10. Drama. USA 2016, 118 min. Directed by Matt Ross. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso. In English with Russian subtitles. Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
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15:30, 00:05. Drama. Spain 2016, 99 min. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Adriana Ugarte, Inma Cuesta, Rossy de Palma, Michelle Jenner, Emma Suárez. In Spanish with Russian subtitles. Julieta is just a bit over fifty and lives in Madrid, but is planning to leave her orderly life behind and move to Portugal. Her daughter Antia, only recently having turned eighteen, disappears with no explanation, immediately after her father and Julieta’s husband, Xoan, tragically dies. After twelve years, Julieta finds out by accident that her daughter is still living in Madrid. She moves back into an apartment in the house where she raised Antiaband begins to write her daughter letters, in which she reconstructs the history of her relationship with both her daughter and Xoan, as well as with her own parents. Pedro Almodóvar’s twentieth film, in which he again tackles the familiar subject of a woman’s destiny and the relationship of a mother with her children. The film is based on three stories by Canadian writer and laureate of both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize, Alice Munro. The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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13:40, 19:50. Comady/Drama/Romance. Ireland, Netherlands, France 2016, 92 min. Directed by Whit Stillman. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Morfydd Clark, Tom Bennett, Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Fry. In English with Russian subtitles. The charming young widow Lady Susan is in a desperate search for a husband – both for herself and for her growing daughter. Hoping to hide herself from the judgmental stares of London society, she sets off to the estate of her brother and sister-in-law, both of whom also have decidedly mixed feelings about her. Her outstanding knack for social scandal introduces chaos into their measured country life: she offends her relatives, repels potential husbands, misleads young suitors, and makes plans for her daughter’s future, all the while managing to turn any situation to her own benefit. The film is based on Jane Austen’s epistolary novel “Lady Susan,” about the customs of British society at the end of the 18th century. Whit Stillman has taken it and freshly reimagined it, with merciless jokes at the expense of the “social order” and its rituals that take the guise of love and friendship in order to hide inequities and weakness. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016.
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09:30, 16:30, 23:45. Comedy. Italy 2016, 86 min. Directed by Gennaro Nunziante. Starring: Checco Zalone, Eleonora Giovanardi, Sonia Bergamasco. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Checco is born on the privileged side of life in an Italian small town, with a guaranteed job as a public servant. When a new reformist government vows to cut down on bureaucracy, Checco is forced to accept worsening conditions.
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14:00, 21:25. Action. USA 2016, 130 min. Directed by David Ayer. Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Ben Affleck. In English with Russian subtitles. A secret government agency, led by Amanda Waller, recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute incredibly dangerous and difficult missions. Only they can save the world from an unknown but powerful threat – in exchange for their freedom. But if the team suffers a stroke of bad luck, the agency will place all the blame for the fallout on them and them alone. David Ayer’s action fantasy, based on the comic books by the same name, with Jared Leto (The Joker), Will Smith (Deadshot), and, of course, Ben Affleck as Batman.
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09:15, 17:25, 21:40. Thriller. USA 2016, 127 min. Directed by Brad Furman. Starring: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger. In English with Russian subtitles. Florida, the 1980s. Robert Mazur is a special agent with the American DEA, specializing in drug trafficking into the country. He comes up with a plan to uncover and destroy one of the biggest illegal financial systems in history. In order to carry it out, Robert spends several years working undercover in Columbian kingpin Pablo Escobar’s cartel, posing as a businessman who helps the cartel launder money through his company. Escobar was famous as one of the toughest criminals of the 20th century, who also occupied a position in the Columbian government – and enjoyed popularity among the young and poor as a result. Bryan Cranston, still fresh in our minds from his breakout role as Mr. White of “Breaking Bad,” plays a hero on the side of the law this time. The film is based on the autobiography of Robert Mazur, an agent who played a key role in one of the biggest operations in the history of the American special forces.
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