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The Lobster (2015): Set in a dystopian near future, Yorgos Lanthimos?€™ comedy tells an unconventional love story where finding a romantic partner is a matter of life and death. Stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz. Despina Spyrou / IMDB

Brooklyn (2015): In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries. Directed by John Crowley, written by Nick Hornby, based on Colm Toib??n's novel of the same name, stars Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters.

35MM Feb. 4 at 2:35 and 7:05 p.m., Feb. 5 at 8:50 p.m., Feb. 6 at 1:05 and 5:30 p.m., Feb. 7 at 12:15 and 9:55 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

GUM Hall Feb. 4, 5, 9 and 10 at 12:15 and 7 p.m., Feb. 6 at 12:15 and 6:30 p.m., Feb. 7 at 12:15 and 11:05 p.m., Feb. 8 at 12:25 and 6:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner?  Feb. 4 at 1:05 and 7:15 p.m., Feb. 5 at 3:10, 7:15 and 9:20 p.m., Feb. 6 at 2:50, 6:40, 8:50 p.m. and 1:25 a.m., Feb. 7 at 11:10 a.m., 6 and 10:25 p.m., Feb. 8 at 1:05, 9:25 and 11:30 p.m., Feb. 9 at 3:10, 5:15 and 9 p.m., Feb. 10 at 11:40 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 t 10 at 1:40 and 8:25 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda Feb. 4 at 2:30 and 6:40 p.m., Feb. 5 at 4:45 and 8:10 p.m., Feb. 6 at 12:10 and 5:40 p.m., Feb. 7 at 5:55 p.m., Feb. 8 at 12:10 and 6:40 p.m., Feb. 9 at 1:15 and 8:10 p.m., Feb. 10 at 2:05 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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

Formula Kino Europe Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Desert Dancer (Tantsuyushchy v Pustyne, 2014): Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amidst his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing. Directed by Richard Raymond.

Pioner Feb. 4 at 5:15 p.m., Feb. 5 at 3:40 p.m., Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 9 at 5:25 p.m., Feb. 10 at 11:30 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015): Peter Greenaway's biopic explores the life-changing months "Battleship Potemkin" director Sergei Eisenstein spent in Mexico in the early 1930s, when he worked on the film "Que Viva Mexico!"

Pioner Feb. 7 at 12:30 a.m., Feb. 10 at 11:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Hamlet: Cumberbatch (2015): Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Lyndsey Turner's new staging of Shakespeare at the Barbican Center.

Center of Documentary Cinema Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Joy (2015): David O. Russell's semi-fictional film about self-made millionaire Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence) who created her own business empire in the 1990s. Co-stars Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper.

Pioner Feb. 4 at 11:30 p.m., Feb. 5 at 11:30 a.m., Feb. 7 at 11:40 p.m., Feb. 10 at 12:05 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 6:50 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Love (2015): A young man who feels trapped by an unplanned child with his girlfriend looks back on a previous, perhaps darker, relationship with a woman who is now missing. Directed by Gaspar Noe, stars Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman and Klara Kristin.

Pioner Feb. 4 at 11 p.m., Feb. 5 at 11:25 p.m., Feb. 6 at 10:55 p.m., Feb. 9 at 11:50 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Private Lives (Chastniye Zhizni): Jonathan Kent's staging of Noel Coward's comedy starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor. Old romance is kindled when a former married couple — each now on honeymoons with new spouses — meets in the Riviera.

Formula Kino Gorizont Feb. 6 at 3p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Slow West (Strogo na Zapad, 2015): UK/New Zealand action Western, written and directed by John Maclean, stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young Scottish man searching for his lost love in the American West, accompanied by a bounty hunter played by Michael Fassbender.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11:55 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.

Formula Kino Na Lubyanke Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Big Short (Igra na Ponizheniye, 2015): Adam McKay's adaptation of Michael Lewis' best-seller "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," which centers on the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s. Stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt.

35MM Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., Feb. 5 at 1:05 p.m., Feb. 6 at 3:10 and 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7 at 2:20 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner Feb. 5 at 9:30 p.m., Feb. 6 at 4:10 and 9 p.m., Feb. 7 at 2:10 p.m., Feb. 8 at 11:35 a.m. and 10:55 p.m., Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., Feb. 10 at 1:25 and 7:25 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 3:45 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda Feb. 4 at 10:40 a.m., Feb. 7 at 2:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Danish Girl (Devushka iz Danii, 2015): Tom Hooper's biographical drama stars Eddie Redmayne as artist Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

35MM Feb. 4 at 12:20 p.m., Feb. 5 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 6 at 9:50 p.m., Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner Feb. 4 at 11:30 a.m., 4:50 and 9:10 p.m., Feb. 5 at 7:10 and 11:50 p.m., Feb. 6 at 6:30 and 11:20 p.m., Feb. 7 at 1:25, 6:15 and 8:05 p.m., Feb. 8 at 3:10 and 7:15 p.m., Feb. 9 at 1:20, 7:15 and 11:05 p.m., Feb. 10 at 5:10 and 9:45 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb 4 to 10 at 11:25 a.m., 6:10 and 10:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m., Feb. 6 at 2:10 p.m., Feb. 7 at 10:05 a.m., Feb. 8 at 4:35 p.m., Feb. 9 at 11:10 a.m., Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Hateful Eight (Omerzitelnaya Vosmyorka, 2015): Quentin Tarantino's Western mystery stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demi?—n Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern as eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the American Civil War.

35MM?  Feb. 4 at 9:05 p.m., Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. and 5:45 p.m., Feb. 6 at 10 a.m., Feb. 7 ar 4:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner? ?  Feb. 6 at 1:10 p.m., Feb. 7 at 8:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 2:05 and 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Importance of Being Earnest (Kak Vazhno Byt Seryoznym): Oscar Wilde's satire about two young men who try winning their ladies by pretending to be named Ernest. Vadeville Theater 2015 production directed by Adrian Noble stars David Suchet as Lady Bracknell.

GUM Hall Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Oktyabr Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Lady in the Van (Dama v Furgone, 2015): Alan Bennett's autobiographical story about an elderly woman called Mary Shepherd who lived in a battered car on the driveway of the writer for 15 years. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, stars Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings.

Formula Kino Na Lubyanke Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Lobster (2015): Set in a dystopian near future, Yorgos Lanthimos' comedy tells an unconventional love story where finding a romantic partner is a matter of life and death. Stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.

Formula Kino Na Lubyanke Feb. 6 at 3 and 6 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Revenant (Vyzhivshy, 2015): Alejandro G. Inarritu's biographical Western about the experiences of frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass is set in 1823 Montana and South Dakota. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and Domhnall Gleeson.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11:15 a.m., 1:05, 5:10 and 11:05 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The True Cost (Realnaya Tsena Mody, 2015): Andrew Morgan's documentary explores the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

Center of Documentary Cinema Feb. 5 and 6 at 1 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Winter's Tale (Zimnyaya Skazka): Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is reimagined in a new production of the Kenneth Branagh Theater Company. Co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, it stars Judi Dench as Paulina and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.

Eldar Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Formula Kino Praga Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Karo Atrium?  Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (13 Chasov: Tainiye Soldaty Benghazi, 2016): An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Michael Bay's action thriller starring John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber and James Badge Dale.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11:10 a.m. Dubbed.

30 Svidany (30 Dates, 2016): a romantic comedy directed by Tatyana Kapitan.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 4:30 p.m.

All Roads Lead to Rome (Rimskiye Svidaniya, 2015): Ella Lemhagen's romantic comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Day and Raoul Bova.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 5 p.m. Dubbed.

Bolshoi Babylon (2015): Nick Read and Mark Franchetti's behind-the-scenes look at Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it's rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013.

Pioner Feb. 4 at 3:10 and 9:20 p.m., Feb. 5 at 1:30 and 5:25 p.m., Feb. 6 at 11:20 a.m. and 5 p.m., Feb. 7 at 4 p.m., Feb. 8 at 11:25 a.m., Feb. 9 at 11:15 a.m. and 7:20 p.m., Feb. 10 at 3:35 and 9:35 p.m. In Russian.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 1:50 p.m. In Russian.

Dirty Grandpa (Dedushka Lyogkogo Povedeniya, 2016): Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. Dan Mazer's comedy starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron and Zoey Deutch.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11 a.m. and 9:25 p.m. Dubbed.

Fifty Shades of Black (Pyatdesyat Ottenkov Chyornogo, 2016): An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship. Michael Tiddes' comedy starring Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk and Fred Willard.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 2:40, 8:10 and 11:15 p.m. Dubbed.

Human (2015): This beautiful documentary by French environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand about love and about what it means to be human is almost entirely composed of exclusive aerial footage and first-person stories told into the camera.

Center of Documentary Cinema Feb. 4 at 4:30 and 9 p.m., Feb. 5 at 3 and 7 p.m., Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., Feb. 7 at 5 p.m., Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m., Feb. 9 at 12:45 p.m., Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m. In various languages; Russian subtitles.

Kholodny Front (The Cold Front, 2015): Roman Volobuyev's debut feature is a thriller set in Normandy.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 10 p.m.

Regression (Zatmeniye, 2015): A detective and a psychoanalyst uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating the rape of a young woman. Written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 9:10 p.m. Dubbed.

Sangue del Mio Sangue (Blood of My Blood; Krov Moyei Krovi, 2015): Marco Bellocchio's twin tales about a 17th century witch trial and a modern-day encounter between a vampire and a tax inspector.

Pioner Feb. 5 at 11:20 a.m., Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. In Italian; Russian subtitles.

Status: Svoboden (Status: Free, 2015): Pavel Ruminov's romantic comedy starring Danila Kozlovsky and Yelizaveta Boyarskaya.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11:05 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.

Stranded in Canton (Zateryanny v Kantone, 2015): Swedish filmmaker Mans Mansson employs documentary elements to tell a tragi-comic tale of an awestruck Congolese democracy entrepreneur in China.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 1 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

The 5th Wave (Pyataya Volna, 2016): Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. Directed by J Blakeson, stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk and Gabriela Lopez.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 11:20 a.m. Dubbed.

The Finest Hours (I Gryanul Shtorm, 2016): The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Directed by Craig Gillespie, stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Feb. 4 to 10 at 3:35 and 7:45 p.m. Dubbed.

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

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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