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12:20, 19:05. Sci-Fi. UK, Hungary, USA 2020, 69 min. Directed by Gavin Rothery. Starring: Theo James, Stacy Martin, Rhona Mitra. In English with Russian subtitles. 2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs: being reunited with his dead wife.
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14:00, 21:40. Comedy, Drama. Australia 2019, 118 min. Directed by Shannon Murphy. Starring: Eliza Scanlen, Michelle Lotters, Toby Wallace. In English with Russian subtitles. When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But as Milla's first brush with love brings her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit -- her parents, Moses, a sensitive music teacher, a budding child violinist, and a disarmingly honest pregnant neighbor -- how to live like you have nothing to lose. What might have been a disaster for the Finlay family instead leads to letting go and finding grace in the glorious chaos of life. Babyteeth joyously explores how good it is not to be dead and how far we will go for love.
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| Beat Film Festival: Other, Like Me |
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20:40. Documentary. UK 2020, 80 min. Directed by Dan Fox, Marcus Werner Hed. In English with Russian subtitles. The story of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle told for the first time on film by the artists themselves.The British industrial town Hull could hardly have a more appropriate name. It is a fitting place for a nihilistic avant-garde collective, which at the end of the 1970s aggressively confronted every conceivable taboo: sex, pornography, violence and self-mutilation.
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| Beat Film Festival: The American Sector |
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20:00. Documentary. USA 2020, 67 min. Directed by Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez. In English and German. The American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our country's past resonate into the present.
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| Beat Film Festival: The Capote Tapes |
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22:15. Documentary, Biography. USA, UK 2019, 91 min. Directed by Ebs Burnough. In English with Russian subtitles. Using the tapes, animation, and new on-camera interviews with people who knew him, the film explores the impact of Capote's explosive unfinished novel "Answered Prayers."
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09:50, 19:20. Comedy, Crime, Drama. UK 2019, 101 min. Directed by Brian Welsh. In English with Russian subtitles. Best friends Spanner and Johnno plan to attend an illegal rave held in Scotland during the summer of 1994. But their diva behavior causes friction with Johnno's family who consider his relationship with Spanner a bad influence as they try to keep them apart.
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| Mathera. L'ascolto dei sassi |
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17:10. Documentary. Italy 2019, 90 min. Directed by Francesco Invernizzi, Vito Salinaro. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Matera has long been the most representative site of agricultural life and rural culture in Italy. Now, this fascinating city is on the UNESCO's world heritage list. Acknowledged as one of the most desirable holiday destinations in the Italian Peninsula, Matera lies at the heart of an extremely fascinating region, where tradition, science and technology coexist and thrive together, creating an unforeseen bridge between its folkloristic past and its bright, promising future.
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16:35, 00:25. Action, Crime, Drama. Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium 2013, 90 min. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm. In English with Russian subtitles. Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Carmen |
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The Metropolitan Opera 2019, 197 min (with one intermission). Directed by Richard Ayre. Starring: Clémentine Margaine, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak. In French. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine is opera’s ultimate seductress, opposite tenor Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak sings Micaëla, alongside bass Alexander Vinogradov as the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s lively production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Cyrano de Bergerac |
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19:30. National Theatre 2019, 170 min (with one interval). Directed by Jamie Lloyd. Starring: James McAvoy, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Eben Figueiredo. In English. James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live to cinemas from the London’s West End. Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal). This classic play will be brought to life with linguistic ingenuity to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful and resonant resistance against overwhelming odds.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Rigoletto |
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The Metropolitan Opera 1981, 125 min. Conductor: James Levine. Starring: Christiane Eda-Pierre, Isola Jones, Luciano Pavarotti. In Italian. Luciano Pavarotti is the elegant, reckless Duke of Mantua whose betrayal of the innocent Gilda (Christiane Eda-Pierre) leads to a tragic ending. Louis Quilico plays Rigoletto, the court jester and Gilda’s father, who has dedicated his life to keeping his daughter away from the Duke—only to have her sacrifice her own life for the villainous nobleman. James Levine’s conducting brings out the scorching drama in Verdi’s unforgettable score. Watch online here.
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| Waiting for the Barbarians |
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00:05. Drama. Italy, USA 2019, 113 min. Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson. In English with Russian subtitles. The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire. Adapted by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee from his own book, Directed by Ciro Guerra, co-starring Robert Pattinson.
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