|
|
|
| | Arts Calendar / February 19 / Film |
|
|
|
|
|
09:40, 11:30, 16:20. Fantasy, action, adventure. Canada, Argentina, USA 2019, 123 min. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring: Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Eiza Gonzalez, Jennifer Connelly, Lana Condor, Michelle Rodriguez, Ed Skrein, Christoph Waltz. In English with Russian subtitles. The 26th Century. Dr. Ido finds the discarded remains of a cyborg girl, brings her back to life, and gives her a name: Alita. As she comes back to life, she doesn’t remember anything from her previous life. As Alita is relearning how to live, the doctor tries to hide her mysterious past from her, but the girl yearns to know who she is and where she’s from. Unexpectedly, she discovers that she has impressive fighting skills, along with terrifying enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy Alita. And the key to victory lies in her unknown past.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14:20, 19:00. Drama. Russia, Germany, Poland, China, Kazakhstan 2018, 100 min. Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy. Starring: Samal Yeslyamova, Zhipara Abdilaeva, David Alaverdyan, Nurzhamal Madadalieva. In Russian with English subtitles. An uncompromising but deeply human drama from documentary director Sergey Dvortsevoy about a Kyrgyz immigrant girl, trying to survive in Moscow. Samal Yeslyamova won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. Ayka is a young woman who has come to Moscow illegally for work. After giving birth to a child, she leaves him in the maternity ward and sets off on a grueling trip across the city, covered in grey snow and unsparing towards both its own citizens and those from abroad. She hurries from one dirty, difficult job to another, without a home to call her own, hiding from the criminals to whom she is in debt and the cops who are hunting for migrants. For people like her, in this endless snowy hell, there’s neither hope nor the slightest bit of warmth.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drama. Lebanon, USA 2018, 121 min. Directed byNadine Labaki. Starring: Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea, Kawsar Al Hadded, Fadi Yousef, Haita Cedra Izzam. In Arabic and Amharic with Russian subtitles. 12-year-old Zain is growing up on the street, surviving thanks to his sharp mind and working illegally to help an Ethiopian refugee and her young child, when he finally winds up in prison. There, he files suit against his parents — all for the crime of bringing him into the world. In telling the stories of the most downtrodden people, the film surprises with its unexpected humor, tenderness, and poetry. In studying the depths of social injustice, it truly touches and still manages to give a glimmer of hope. The film won the jury prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drama. France 2018, 113 min. Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie. In French with French subtitles. Two years ago, the Perrin Industry Factory, 1100 employees, automotive supplier well known, affiliate to the German group Schäfer, signed an agreement asking to senior-managers and workers to accept a pay cut, in order to save the company in exchange of the promise to protect their jobs on at least the next five years. Today, the company takes the decision to close. The workers, conducted by their spokesperson Laurent Amadeo, refuse the inevitable and try to save their jobs.
Institut Français |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drama. Belgium, Netherlands 2019, 109 min. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Katelijne Damen, Valentijn Dhaenens, Alexia Depicker, Tijmen Govaerts, Nele Hardiman, Oliver Bodart, Alice de Broqueville, Magali Elali. In French, Flemish and English with Russian subtitles. Lara is 15 years old, and she wants to become a ballerina. Along with her father and younger brother, she moves to a new city to try and enter the most famous ballet academy in Belgium. Her dream seems closer than ever to coming true. Lara is ready for strict ballet discipline, but that’s not the only reason that every day becomes a struggle for her. Lara, in fact, was born with a boy’s body. Alongside her punishing lessons, she is going through a grueling physical and emotional process that will ultimately bring her to become her full self.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biography, drama. USA 2019, 105 min. Directed by Craig William Macneill. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chloé Sevigny, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, Jeff Perry, Fiona Shaw. In English with Russian subtitles. Craig William Macneill’s film, inspired by and featuring Chloé Sevigny in the title role, offers a new perspective on one of the most famous and mysterious crimes in American history. Mr. Borden and his second wife were chopped up with an axe in 1892. His daughter, Lizzie, was accused of the murder, and though she was acquitted by the court, now there is hardly any doubt as to her guilt. But what pushed the quiet, well-mannered lady to such a vicious crime? Maybe the answer is hidden in Lizzie’s relationship with their maid, Maggie; their secret love; family violence; and broken dreams.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
12:00 | Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World |
|
|
|
|
Animated. Japan 2018, 104 min. Directed by Takahiro Omori, Hideki Ito. In Japanese with Russian subtitles. From early childhood, Natsume was different from the rest: he saw magical creatures coming unseen into our world. He inherited this ability from his grandmother, the great wizard Reiko. It’s not easy to live with such a gift, as these magical creations often come with their fair share of unpleasantness. Natsume has help in dealing with them from his bodyguard spirit, in the form of a sweet kitten. One day, the boy finds a “book of friends” left behind by his grandmother, where she wrote down the names of the spirits that she defeated in duels and mastered. He decides to free them from their curse, but this choice leads to the most unexpected consequences.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biography, history. Ireland, UK, USA 2018, 120 min. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn. In English with Russian subtitles. Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
#ArtInCinemas. Documentary. UK 2018, 90 min. Directed by Phil Grabsky. In English with Russian subtitles. Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time - and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with these later years - the art, the affairs and the wide circle of friends. But where did this all begin? What made Picasso in the first place? Somewhat overlooked, it is time to look at the early years of Picasso; the upbringing and the learning that led to his extraordinary achievements.
Documentary Film Center |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians
