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19:30 | AmFest 2017: Band Aid |
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Comedy/Romance. USA 2017, 91 min. Directed by oe Lister-Jones. Starring: Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen. A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band. Awards & Festivals: Sundance Film Festival – participation; Calgary Underground Film Festival – Special Jury Award. Read more
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21:30 | AmFest 2017: Escapes |
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Documentary. USA 2017, 89 min. Directed by Michael Almereyda. Director Michael Almereyda showcases the storytelling talents of Hampton Fancher - flamenco dancer, film and TV actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner, as well as screenwriter on the upcoming sequel. Fancher's running commentary - with a little help from Philip K. Dick - works in concert with extensive archival footage as Fancher relates death-defying escapades from a remarkable life. Romantic misadventures, two brief marriages, and wayward acts of jealousy, chivalry, and friendship are mirrored in a parallel universe where Fancher plays cowboys, killers, fops, cads, and the occasional hero. Read more
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Drama. USA 2017, 101 min. Directed by Benny Sadie, Josh Sadie. Starring: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh. In English with Russian subtitles. Desperate to find work and get money to pay his debts, Connie plans a bank robbery. Connie’s partner in this heist is his mentally-challenged brother, Nick. The robbery is a failure, Nick ends up behind bars, and the bag with the money explodes, covering Connie in dye from head to toe. Feeling guilty for what she’s done to her brother, he decides to do whatever it takes to get him away from the police. A drama by Benny Safdie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The director himself played the role of Nick, with Robert Pattinson playing opposite as Connie.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
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14:10, 21:20. Thriller/Drama. Georgia, Russia, Poland 2017, 104 min. Directed by Rezo Gigineishvili. Starring: Irakli Kvirikadze, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Avtandil Makharadze. In Georgian with Russian subtitles. Movie describes real events that took place in 1983 when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attampted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently tried and executed.
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| Kingsman: The Golden Circle |
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09:20, 19:10. Action/Comedy. Great Britsain, USA 2017, 135 min. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring: Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Colin Firth, Mark Strong. In English with Russian subtitles. A new challenge for the Kingsman secret service: their headquarters has been destroyed, and the whole world is being held hostage by unknown criminals. The super-agents discover that on the very same day that their organization was founded, the Americans founded their secret counterpart: “Statesman.” Now these two elite services must join forces and challenge their common enemy. The second part of Matthew Vaughn’s spy thriller, with Julianne Moore as the lead villain.
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Tragicomedy. France 2017, 88 min. Directed by Amanda Sthers. Starring: Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Michael Smiley, Rossy de Palma. In English with Russian subtitles. A wealthy couple, living in Paris, invites big-name guests to a dinner party. Among the invitees are the mayor of London and other aristocrats. Due to a series of coincidences, a total of 13 guests find themselves at the table. The superstitious hostess has no choice but to ask Maria, her maid, to pretend to be her Spanish friend and join the dinner. As Maria sits at the table incognito, a wealthy collector falls in love with her. A tragicomedy by Amanda Sthers, featuring Toni Collette (Golden Globe for her role in “United States of Tara”) and Rossy de Palma, muse to Pedro Almodovar (“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” “Broken Embraces,” “Julieta”).
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| Manhattan Short Film Festival |
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16:40, 23:40. Short films. New Zealand, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Syria, Italy, Switzerland, Georgia 2017, 115 min. Directed by Rosanne Liang, Ángel Gómez Hernández, Stephen Ward, Ben Price, Ignacio Redondo, Pavel Gumennikov, Rana Kazkaz & Anas Khalaf, Marta Savina, Fabio Friedli, Gega Khmaladze. In the original with Russian subtitles. The famous festival celebrates its 20th birthday this year. In the programme are two “Sundance” nominees, an experimental animated film from Switzerland, and a Spanish thriller, as well as the first short films in the festival’s history from Georgia and Latvia, among others. Per tradition, the festival screenings will start simultaneously in Moscow and New York, Saint Petersburg and Madrid, Yaroslavl and Prague, Los Angeles and Ekaterinburg, and many other cities.
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Detective/Drama/Horror. USA 2017, 120 min. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Brian Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer. In English with Russian subtitles. A young woman lives with her husband in their suburban home. She renovated the house herself, meticulously planning out every single detail in the hopes of creating the perfect place to live. One day, a stranger shows up at her doorstep in need of a place to stay, and brings his fearsome wife with him. The unwelcome guests worry the homemaker, and her anxiety only grows when she finds a picture of her own husband in the man’s bag. Darren Aronofsky’s new horror-thriller, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival a mere several days before its Russian release.
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Drama. France 2017, 84 min. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier de Benoist. In French with Russian subtitles. Julien is so obsessed with his work that he has no time left for his family. His constant business trips have ruined his marriage, and raising his seven-year-old boy, Mathys, has fallen on his ex-wife and her new lover. One day, he learns that the boy has been kidnapped, and he throws himself into the search. The further he goes into his investigation, the more desperately he wishes for revenge. An experimental film by Oscar and BAFTA nominee (for “Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël”) Christian Carion. The film was shot in only six days, and Canet was entirely unfamiliar with the screenplay – he relied on nothing but personal experience and the experience of Mélanie Laurent, who followed her own script to the letter.
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Drama. France 2017, 84 min. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier de Benoist. In French with Russian subtitles. Julien is so obsessed with his work that he has no time left for his family. His constant business trips have ruined his marriage, and raising his seven-year-old boy, Mathys, has fallen on his ex-wife and her new lover. One day, he learns that the boy has been kidnapped, and he throws himself into the search. The further he goes into his investigation, the more desperately he wishes for revenge. An experimental film by Oscar and BAFTA nominee (for “Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël”) Christian Carion. The film was shot in only six days, and Canet was entirely unfamiliar with the screenplay – he relied on nothing but personal experience and the experience of Mélanie Laurent, who followed her own script to the letter.
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Comedy. Italy 2017, 106 min. Directed by Simone Godano. Starring: Kasia Smutniak, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marta Gastini, Andrea Bruschi. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Sofia is a talented and ambitious TV anchor, prepared to achieve her goals by any means necessary. Andrea is a successful neurosurgeon. They’ve been together for ten years, and in order to return their prior love and mutual understanding, the couple undertakes an experiment which ends completely differently than expected. Now Andrea is Sofia, and Sofia is Andrea. As they find themselves in their spouse’s bodies, they must first learn a new (to them) profession, and then understand a great deal about each other.
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Biography. France, Belgium 2017, 119 min. Directed by Jacques Doillon. Starring: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Edward Akrout. In French with Russian subtitles. A story of the brilliant sculptor’s ascent to the top of the art world. This is the story of Auguste Rodin’s work, his countless love affairs, and his complex relationships with the women in his life – his talented student Camille Claudel and Rose Beuret, the mother of his only child.
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12:00 | 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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