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Freeheld (Vsyo, Chto u Menya Yest, 2015): New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester?€™s pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Directed by Peter Sollett, stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, and Steve Carell. IMDB

Coriolanus: Josie Rourke directs Shakespeare's tragedy of political manipulation and revenge with Tom Hiddleston in the lead. Donmar Warehouse 2014 production.

Formula Kino Gorizont May 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Dangerous Liaisons (Opasniye Svyazi): Christopher Hampton's play based on Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century novel about the Marquise de Meurteil and the Vicomte de Valmont who test the limits of their will in a conspiracy of sexual seductions. Donmar Warehouse production directed by Josie Rourke stars Elaine Cassidy, Dominic West, Una Stubbs and Janet McTeer.

Center of Documentary Cinema May 11 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Oktyabr May 8 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Freeheld (Vsyo, Chto u Menya Yest, 2015): New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Directed by Peter Sollett, stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, and Steve Carell.

Center of Documentary Cinema May 5 at 3 p.m., May 6 at 12:45 p.m., May 8 at 2:30 p.m., May 10 at 2:15 p.m., May 11 at 4 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner May 5 at 2 p.m. and 12:05 a.m., May 6 at 7:10 and 11:55 p.m., May 7 at 2:15 and 11:55 p.m., May 8 at 3:55 and 8:50 p.m., May 9 at 4:10 and 9 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Hail, Caesar! (Da Zdravstvuyet Tsezar!, 2016): Joel and Ethan Coen's comedy is a fictional story that follows the real-life "fixer" Eddie Mannix working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanishes during filming. Stars Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya May 5 to 11 at 11:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Hamlet: Cumberbatch (2015): Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Lyndsey Turner's new staging of Shakespeare. Produced by the Sonia Friedman Productions.

Karo Atrium May 7 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Hangmen (Palachi): Martin McDonagh's new black comedy directed by Matthew Dunster stars David Morrissey and Reece Shearsmith. In his small pub in Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and sycophantic pub regulars, dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, a peculiar stranger lurks, with a very different motive for his visit.

Formula Kino Na Lubyanke May 6 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

High-Rise (Vysotka, 2015): Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control. British sci-fi thriller directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy and Keeley Hawes.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya May 5 to 11 at 1:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

La Corrispondenza (Dvoye vo Vselennoi, 2016): Giuseppe Tornatore's romantic drama about an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart. Stars Olga Kurylenko, Jeremy Irons and Shauna Macdonald.

Pioner May 5 at 9:25 p.m., May 6 at 7:20 and 11:40 p.m., May 7 at 8:20 p.m., May 8 at 6:10 and 10:40 p.m., May 9 at 2:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda May 5 at 10:45 a.m., May 6 at 3:35 p.m., May 7 at 5:20 p.m., May 10 at 7:50 p.m., May 11 at 10:30 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Man and Superman (Chelovek i Sverkhchelovek): Ralph Fiennes takes the role of celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor Jack Tanner in this reinvention of Shaw's witty, provocative classic. Simon Godwin's 2015 staging for the National Theater.

Cinema Park Metropolis May 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Karo Atrium May 11 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Audience (Audientsiya, 2013): Peter Morgan's play imagines a series of pivotal meetings between Downing Street incumbents and their queen. Directed by Stephen Daldry, stars Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. National Theater production.

Oktyabr May 11 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

13 Minutes (Vzorvat Gitlera, 2015): In November 1939, Georg Elser's attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, stars Christian Friedel, Katharina Schuttler, Burghart Klaussner.

Pioner May 5 at 12:10 p.m., May 7 at 3:40 p.m., May 9 at 4:50 p.m. In German; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda May 5 at 3:35 p.m., May 8 at 8:05 p.m., May 10 at 3:30 p.m. In German; Russian subtitles.

Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015): Rene Feret's last film, released just weeks before his death, stars Nicolas Giraud as the famous Russian playwright and master of the short story.

Pioner May 5 and 6 at 9:10 a.m., May 8 at 9:20 a.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Captain America: Civil War (Pervy Mstitel: Protivostoyaniye, 2016): Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya May 5 to 11 at 11:15 a.m., 12, 3:45, 4:45, 6, 7:35, 8:55 and 10:25 p.m. Dubbed.

Equipage (2016): A man wakes up in a Moscow laboratory to learn that he's been brought back from the dead as a half-human, half-robotic hybrid. Ilya Naishuller's first person action film starring Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, and Tim Roth.

Hardcore Henry May 5 to 11 at 9:25 p.m. In Russian.

Pioner May 5 at 9:20 a.m., May 6 at 2 p.m., May 7 at 10:30 p.m., May 8 at 1:20 p.m., May 9 at 9:30 a.m. In Russian.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya May 5 to 11 at 12:40, 3:20, 8:50 and 11:30 p.m. In Russian.

Zvezda May 5 at 1 p.m., May 7 at 7:35 p.m., May 8 at 1 p.m., May 9 at 7:35 p.m., May 10 at 10:30 a.m., May 11 at 12:50 p.m. In Russian.

FESTIVAL French Cinema: Chocolat (2015): The real-life story of France's first famous black performer, directed by actor Roschdy Zem, stars Omar Sy, James Thierree and Clotilde Hesme.

Cinema Park Riviera May 11 at 8 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL French Cinema: La loi du marche (The Measure of a Man; Zakon Rynka, 2015): Stephane Brizewon's drama about a 51-year-old unemployed factory worker (Vincent Lindon) who is trying to make ends meet in working-class France, won the Best Actor award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Cinema Park Riviera May 13 at 8 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL French Cinema: Marguerite (2015): Xavier Giannoli's drama, set in the Golden Twenties in Paris, stars Catherine Frot as a socialite and aspiring opera singer who believes she has a beautiful voice.

Cinema Park Riviera May 12 at 8 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL French Cinema: Saint Amour (2016): Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern's road-trip comedy starring?  Gerard Depardieu, Benoit Poelvoorde and Vincent Lacoste.

Cinema Park Riviera May 14 at 8 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL French Cinema: Un homme a la hauteur (Up for Love; Lyubov ne po Razmeru, 2016): Laurent Tirard's romantic comedy Virginie Efira as Diane as a newly single lawyer who gets a call from Alexandre (Jean Dujardin), a charming architect she's never met, who happened to find her lost phone. The two hit it off and decide to meet, but that first date takes an unexpected twist.

Cinema Park Riviera May 10 at 8 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Pas Son Genre (Not My Type; Ne v Moyom Vkuse, 2014): A dashing philosopher is sent off to teach in a quiet northern town, where he soon falls for a bubbly and rather vulgar local hairdresser. Directed by Lucas Belvaux, stars Emilie Dequenne, Loic Corbery and Sandra Nkake.

Center of Documentary Cinema May 5 at 12:45 p.m., May 7 at 2:30 p.m., May 10 at 4:15 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Pioner May 5 at 2:30 and 7:15 p.m., May 6 at 4:50 p.m., May 7 at 11:20 a.m. and 6 p.m., May 8 at 12:50 a.m., May 9 at 11:20 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Russkiye Yevrei. Film Pervy. Do Revolyutsii (Russian Jews. Film One. Before the Revolution, 2016): a documentary by Leonid Parfyonov and Sergei Nurmamed.

Center of Documentary Cinema May 5 at 7 p.m., May 6 at 3 and 9:15 p.m., May 7 at 6:45 p.m., May 8 at 4:40 and 6:15 p.m., May 9 at 4:30 p.m., May 10 at 8:45 p.m. In Russian.

Saul Fia (Son of Saul; Syn Saula, 2015): Laszlo Nemes' award-winning war drama, set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Auslander (played by Geza Rohrig), a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando.

Center of Documentary Cinema May 9 at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. In Hungarian and other languages; Russian subtitles.

Zimnyaya Pesnya (Winter Song, 2015): Georgian-French writer-director Otar Iosseliani's buddy comedy.

Pioner May 6 at 7 p.m., May 7 at 8:30 p.m., May 10 at 6:30 p.m., May 11 at 12:15 p.m. In Russian.

Zvezda May 5 at 5:40 p.m., May 6 at 8 p.m., May 7 at 3:10 p.m., May 8 at 5:55 p.m., May 9 at 11:10 a.m. and 5:25 p.m., May 10 at 5:45 p.m., May 11 at 8 p.m. In Russian.

Cinema Addresses

Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. 495-221-0757

Barvikha Luxury Village
114 Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Shosse, Posyolok Barvikha. M. Molodyozhnaya. 495-933-7363, barvikhaconcerthall.ru

Beat Film Festival
en.2014.beatfilmfestival.ru

35MM
47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. M. Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142

Cinema Club at Winzavod
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Green Hangar. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. 495-664-3980

Cinema Park Metropolis
16A Leningradskoye Shosse, Bldg. 4. M. Voikovskaya. 495-644-4111, cinemapark.ru

Center of Documentary Cinema
2 Zubovsky Bulvar, Bldg. 7. M. Park Kultury. 495-637-7919, cdkino.ru

Central House of Artists
10 Krymsky Val. M. Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya. 499-238-9634/9843, cha.ru

Cervantes Institute
20A Novinsky Bulvar, Bldg. 1-2. M. Krasnopresnenskaya. 495-609-9022/9422, moscu.cervantes.es/ru/default.shtm

Dom Kino
13 Vasilyevskaua Ul. M. Belorusskaya, unikino.ru

Domzhur
8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 495-691-5698, 222-1060, 697-20-86, domjour.ru

Eldar
105 Leninsky Prospekt. Metro Yugo-Zapadnaya, Prospekt Vernadskogo. 495-735-9944, 735-9968.

Formula Kino City
2 Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya, AfiMall City. M. Vystavochnaya. 800-250-8025

Formula Kino Europe
Ploshchad Kievskogo Vokzala. M. Kievskaya. 800-250-8025

Formula Kino Gorizont
21/10 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 800-250-8025

Formula Kino Na Rublyovke
62 Rublyovskoye Shosse, EvroPark Mall. 800-250-8025

Formula Kino Praga
10 Nizhnyaya Maslovka, M. Savyolovskaya, 800-250-8025

Formula Kino Strela
23/25 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Ploshchad. M. Smolenskaya. 800-250-8025

Gogol Theater
8A Ulitsa Kazakova. M. Kurskaya. 499-262-9214, 499-261-5528, (website currently being reconstructed)

GUM Hall Na Krasnoi Ploshchadi
3 Red Square, line 3, floor 3. 495-620-3062

Hermitage Garden
3 Ul. Karetny Ryad. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-0432, mosgorsad.ru

Illyuzion
1/15 Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Taganskaya, Kitai-Gorod. 495-915-4339, 915-4353, illuzion-cinema.ru

Karo Film
In the Atrium shopping mall, 33 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Kurskaya. 495-545-0505

Khudozhestvenny
14 Arbatskaya Ploshchad (at the intersection of Nikitsky Bulvar and Novy Arbat). M. Arbatskaya. 495-691-9624/5598/0247

MIFF Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka
25 Petrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-231-3660, mmoma.ru

Moskva
2 Okhotny Ryad, at the Moskva Hotel, 4th floor. M. Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya. 495-730-1031, cinema.moscow

Multimedia Art Museum
16 Ul. Ostozhenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-1100, mamm-mdf.ru/en

Museum of Moscow
2 Zubovsky Bulvar. M. Park Kultury. 499-766-4196, mosmuseum.ru

Muzeon Park of Arts
2 Krymsky Val. M. Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. 499-238-3396, muzeon.ru

Oktyabr
24 Novy Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 495-545-0505

Pioner
21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240

Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, bigbilet.ru, winzavod.ru)

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya
In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169

Pyat Zvyozd-Paveletskaya
25 Ulitsa Bakhrushina. M. Paveletskaya. 495-916-9169

Rolan
12 Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-916-9169

Strelka Institute
14 Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 5A. Across from Christ the Savior Cathedral over the Patriarchy Bridge. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-771-7437, strelka.com

Zvezda
18/22 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Kurskaya. 495- 917-8301, 495-916-2805, star-moskino.ru

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