Weekend Picks: Non-City-Day Fun

By The Moscow Times

Sep. 3, 2015

Song of the Sea: Tomm Moore's animated film about the adventures of Saoirse ?€” the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. IMDB

Red Army: The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players. Gabe Polsky's documentary. In English and Russian; Russian subtitles.

35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142. Fri. at 3 p.m., Sat. at 10:45 p.m., Sun. at 1 and 10:20 p.m.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Fri. at 3:30 p.m., Sat. at 9:10 a.m., Sun. at 11:10 a.m.

The Runner: In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Written and directed by Austin Stark, stars Nicolas Cage, Connie Nielsen and Sarah Paulson. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. Thurs. to Wed. at 1:35 and 7:30 p.m.

Song of the Sea: Tomm Moore's animated film about the adventures of Saoirse — the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. In English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic; Russian subtitles.

35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142. Fri. at 1:10 p.m., Sat. at 11 a.m., Sun. at 10:15 a.m.

Season Opening Concert at the Conservatory features Dmitry Masleyev (piano), Gaik Kazazyan (violin), Alexander Buzlov (cello) and Lukas Geniusas (piano). In program are works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Paganini and Schumann-Kreisler. Conservatory Great Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. Fri. at 7 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Youth: Gleb Stepanov (cello), Yekaterina Richter (piano), Ilya Gaisin (violin), Valentin Uryupin (clarinet) and Yevgeny Rumyantsev (cello) perform Brahms, Messiaen, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Davydov. Conservatory Small Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. Sun. at 2 p.m.

Inna Zhelannaya: strong vocals, jazz, trance, psychedelic. Kozlov Club. 16 Olimpiisky Prospekt, Bldg. 2, at the Art&Shock complex. Metro Prospekt Mira. 926-952-0077. Fri. at 8 p.m.

Glass Animals: British indie rock band from Oxford. Red. 9 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. Metro Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka. 495-649-3959. Sat. at 8 p.m.

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