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11:15, 17:30. 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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22:00 | Garage Screen. The New Rijksmuseum |
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Documentary. Netherlands 2014, 90 min. Directed by Oeke Hoogendijk? In Dutch and English with subtitles. In the end, 400 hours of material was edited down to a single film that takes the viewer to the apotheosis: the reopening in 2013. In 2003, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum—one of the most important museums in the Netherlands—closed for a major renovation. The plan was to reopen in 2008, but what was to take five years took ten, with a budget that just kept on growing. Filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk was able to follow this exciting, difficult, and sometimes painfully funny process with the camera from behind closed museum doors. She captured the building as it was stripped to its bare bones, and as it gradually got back its old grandeur. We watch from up close as various curators prepare the layout of their new rooms with tremendous passion and dedication. We follow the caretaker, who looks at the building as if it were his child and protects it against intruders, and the architects who constantly have to adjust their designs. And we follow the museum directors Ronald de Leeuw and Wim Pijbes, who must deal with financial setbacks, bureaucracy, and squabbles—not to mention activist cyclists.
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09:20, 19:25. 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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20:30 | Les Vacances Françaises: Comme un Avion |
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Tragicomedy. France 2015, 105 min. Directed by Bruno Podalydès. Starring: Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Agnès Jaoui, Denis Podalydès, Pierre Arditi, Noémie Lvovsky. In French with Russian subtitles. There are people who dream their whole lives about going on real adventures but never take the first step. Michel is one of them: he rambles on and on about airmail pilots, and always wanted to set off on some grand trip, whether to sail down a huge river or just go off into the mountains. One day, he sees a beautiful picture of a kayak sinking in a river. Hiding from his wife, he buys himself a boat and sets off. Along the way, he stops at a little restaurant and gets to know the owner, Laetitia, as well as the attractive young waitress, Mila. Michel decides to stay the night, and on awaking the next morning, he can’t bring himself to leave the place... A tragicomedy about searching for oneself and the meaning of life, filmed along the Loire River by the actor and director Bruno Podalydès (“Paris, je t’aime”), who also played the lead role in the film. Nomination for the 2016 César for best supporting actress (Agnès Jaoui).
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20:30 | Les Vacances Françaises: Premiers crus |
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Drama. France 2015, 97 min. Directed by Jérôme le Gris. Starring: Gérard Lanvin, Jalil Lespert, Alice Taglioni, Laura Smet. In French with Russian subtitles. Charle Marechal, son of a winemaker, leaves his family and native Burgundy behind in order to become a famous Paris wine critic and author of a successful wine guide whose ratings are feared by winemakers. Meanwhile, on the Côte d’Or, his father commits a series of mistakes which could bring his vineyard to ruin. In order to save the family business, Charlie returns to Burgundy. Now he must become a simple vintner and work at a job that he never learned, all under his father’s skeptical watch. Regardless of the unpredictable weather and all the subtleties of winemaking, Charlie must prove to his father that he is worthy of the land that has been passed from generation to generation in their family.
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15:40, 21:20. 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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14:30, 19:10. 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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12:00, 21:00, 23:20. 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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13:15, 23:10. 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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19:30 | Vincent van Gogh - A New Way of Seeing |
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Exhibition Film. Great Britain 2014, 92 min. Directed by Phil Grabsky. In English with Russian subtitles. Enjoying complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this is a brilliant new film about one of the world’s most fascinating and beloved artists. Made in collaboration with the experts at the Van Gogh Museum, the film marks both a major re-showing of the gallery’s collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death. Experience the wonder of seeing Van Gogh’s legendary masterpieces on the big screen, in high definition, while specially invited guests, including world-renowned curators and art historians, offer their interpretations and explanations of his work. With exclusive new research revealing incredible recent discoveries, the Van Gogh Museum has helped craft a cinema experience like no other. Not to be missed.
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