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Now You See Me 2 (Illyuziya Obmana-2, 2016): Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco, with Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, and Sanaa Lathan; Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in Jon M. Chu?€™s sequel to Louis Leterrier?€™s 2013 crime thriller. The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. IMDB

A Bigger Splash (Bolshoi Vsplesk, 2015): The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. Luca Guadagnino's erotic thriller starring Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes.

GUM Hall June 9 to 15 at 4:50 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner June 9 at 7:15 and 11:40 p.m., June 10 at 1:25 and 7:30 p.m., June 11 at 3:30 p.m., June 12 at 11:30 a.m., 6 and 10:30 p.m., June 13 at 1:40 and 8:20 p.m., June 14 at 11:10 a.m., 3:40 and 9:45 p.m., June 15 at 1:05 and 7:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 1:10 and 8:05 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda June 9 at 2:10 p.m., June 10 at 5:50 p.m., June 11 and 15 at 2:10 p.m., June 12 at 10:10 a.m., June 13 at 8 p.m., June 14 at 5:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (Alisa v Zazerkalye, 2016): Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. Directed by James Bobin, stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Pioner June 9 at 11:10 a.m., June 11 at 3:45 p.m., June 12 at 4 p.m., June 13 at noon, June 14 at 7:15 p.m., June 15 at 1:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

As You Like It (Kak Vam Eto Ponravitsya): Shakespeare's comedy directed by Thea Sharrock. 2009 production of Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Karo Atrium June 11 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Australian Film: Charlie's Country (Strana Charlie, 2013): Rolf de Heer's award-winning drama focuses on an Aboriginal man (David Gulpilil) who lives in Arnhem Land paints tree barks and fishes barramundi fish, all the while feeling out of place in an Australia which is no longer his.

Formula Kino Gorizont June 9 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Australian Film: Girl Asleep (Devushka Probuzhdayetsya, 2015): Rosemary Myers' coming of age drama follows a shy and awkward teenager holding on to adolescence, who is propelled into a weird parallel place during her 15th birthday party where she is challenged to find herself.

Formula Kino Gorizont June 11 at 6 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Australian Film: Holding the Man (Derzhi Yego, 2015): Neil Armfield's romantic drama film adapted from Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name.

Formula Kino Gorizont June 10 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Australian Film: Last Cab to Darwin (Darwin — Konechnaya Ostanovka, 2015): When Rex, a taxi driver in Broken Hill, New South Wales, is told he doesn't have long to live, he decides to pursue euthanasia at a clinic in Darwin, Northern Territory. Along the way, he experiences various encounters which encourage him to re-evaluate his life. Stars Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford and Mark Coles Smith.

Formula Kino Gorizont June 12 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Australian Film: The Dressmaker (Mest Haute Couture, 2015): A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. Jocelyn Moorhouse's drama starring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.

Formula Kino Gorizont June 11 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Beat Film: Hot Sugar's Cold World (2015): A documentary that follows electronic musician Hot Sugar in his quest to capture, transform and extract meaning from the sounds and silences of every day life.

Center of Documentary Cinema June 11 at 3 p.m. In English.

FESTIVAL Beat Film: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2016): English artist and thinker John Berger is portrayed in four shorts directed by Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz and Tilda Swinton.

Center of Documentary Cinema June 12 at 3 p.m. In English.

Crazy About Tiffany's (2016): A past to present fully authorized documentary of Tiffany & Co. Directed by Matthew Miele.

Center of Documentary Cinema June 10 at 1 and 7 p.m., June 11 at 1 and 9:30 p.m., June 12 at 5 p.m., June 13 at 3 and 7:30 p.m., June 14 at 3 and 9:30 p.m., June 15 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner June 9 at 11:20 a.m., June 10 at 3:40 p.m., June 11 at 11:15 a.m., June 12 at 1:15 p.m., June 13 at 4 p.m., June 14 at 5:55 p.m., June 15 at 3:20 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 1 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.

Formula Kino Europe June 15 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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

Cinema Park Riviera June 14 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Heart of a Dog (2015): Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.

Center of Documentary Cinema June 9 at 9 p.m., June 10, 11 and 14 at 5 p.m., June 12 at 7 p.m., JUne 13 at 9:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner June 9 at 5:45 p.m., June 10 at 1:30 p.m., June 11 at 11:30 a.m., June 14 at 3:50 p.m., June 15 at 11:40 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda June 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 at 4:30 p.m., June 11 at 8:55 p.m., June 14 at 4:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Moscow Jewish Festival: Finding Babel (V Poiskakh Babelya, 2015): Seventy-five years after subversive Soviet writer Isaac Babel's execution for supposed criticism of the Communist Party, his grandson Andrei Malaev-Babel works to piece together the story of the grandfather he never knew and understand the author's unique artistic style. A documentary directed by David Novack.

Center of Documentary Cinema June 15 at 5 p.m. In English: Russian subtitles.

Now You See Me 2 (Illyuziya Obmana-2, 2016): Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco, with Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, and Sanaa Lathan; Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in Jon M. Chu's?  sequel to Louis Leterrier's 2013 crime thriller. The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.

GUM Hall June 9, 10, 14 and 15 at 10:30 a.m., June 11, 12 and 13 at 2:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner June 9 at 1:20, 7:20 and 11:45 p.m., June 10 at 3, 9:25 and 11:50 p.m., June 11 at 1:10, 6 and 10:40 June 12 at 1:20, 6:10 and 10:40 p.m., June 13 at 2:20 and 7 p.m., June 14 at 11:25 a.m., 9:25 and 11:50 p.m., June 15 at 7:20 and 11:40 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 Na Lubyanke June 10 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Cherepashki-Ninja 2, 2016): The Turtles return to save the city from a dangerous threat. Directed by Dave Green.

GUM Hall June 9, 10, 14 and 15 at 12:45 p.m., June 11, 12 and 13 at 10:30 a.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 June 11 at 3 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.

Formula Kino Praga June 12 at 3 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Legend of Barney Thomson (Uboinaya Strizhka, 2015): British crime comedy directed by and starring Robert Carlyle is based on the novel "The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson" by Douglas Lindsay. Co-stars Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen and Brian Pettifer.

Pioner June 9 at 1 p.m., June 10 at 11:55 p.m., June 12 at 12:45 a.m., June 14 at 12:05 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 3:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Nice Guys (Slavniye Parni, 2016): Shane Black directs neo-noir crime buddy comedy starring?  Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David and Kim Basinger. A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles.

Pioner June 9 at 5:05 and 9:30 p.m., June 10 at 5:20 and 9:45 p.m., June 11 at 6:10 p.m. and 12:45 a.m., June 12 at 8:20 p.m., June 13 at 6 and 10:40 p.m., June 14 at 7:35 p.m., June 15 at 5 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda June 9 at 10:15 a.m., June 10 at 8:10 p.m., June 11 at 4:25 p.m., June 12 at 2:20 p.m., June 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Warcraft (2016): Duncan Jones's fantasy film, based on the Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of Azeroth, portrays the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs.

Pioner June 9 at 2:50 p.m., June 10 at 11:10 a.m., June 11 at 1 p.m., June 12 at 3:30 p.m., June 12 at 11:20 a.m., June 14 at 1:25 p.m., June 15 at 10:50 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

A Dragon Arrives! (Prikhodit Drakon, 2016): Iranin director Mani Haghighi's meta-cinematic detective story set in 1960s Iran, shot through with counter-culture references and magical realism, channelling both the Westernised cool of the country's pre-Revolution intelligentsia and the climate of fear and paranoia engendered by the Shah's repressive regime.

Pioner June 9 at 3:45 p.m., June 10 at 5:25 p.m., June 13 at 11:10 p.m., June 14 at 1:50 p.m., June 15 at 5:20 p.m. In Persian; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda June 9 and 11 at 12:20 p.m., June 14 at 12:15 p.m. In Persian; Russian subtitles.

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.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 11 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Equipage (Flight Crew, 2016): Nikolai Lebedev's disaster film starring Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Mashkov, Sergei Shakurov and Yelena Yakovleva.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 1:30 p.m. In Russian.

Future Shorts: Spring 2016: a program of shorts from 2014 to 2015.

GUM Hall June 9, 10 and 15 at 3:15 p.m., June 11, 12, 13 at 4 p.m., June 14 at 1 p.m. In various languages.

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.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya June 9 to 15 at 11:10 a.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Microbe et Gasoil (Microbe and Gasoline, 2015): Michel Gondry's comedy observes two young friends on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.

Pioner June 11 at 8:30 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL New Swedish Cinema: A Man Called Ove (Vtoraya Zhizn Ove, 2015): Hannes Holm's dramedy about a determined miser whose grumpy-old-man routine is put to the test when a young family moves in next door to him.

Oktyabr June 15 at 8 p.m. In Swedish; Russian subtitles.

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

Pioner June 9 at 9:15 a.m., June 10 at 11:30 a.m., June 12 at 9:10 a.m., June 14 at 5:20 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

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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