On Monday: Uncles, Friends and a Weird Bird

By The Moscow Times

Aug. 16, 2015

Romeo and Juliet: Prokofiev's ballet based on Shakespeare's tragedy as staged by Natalya Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilyov. Grand Moscow Classical Ballet production. Novaya Opera. Aleksandr Zykov / Flickr

Nightcrawler (Stringer, 2014): When a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Written and directed by Dan Gilroy, stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Mon. at 2:20 and 11:45 p.m.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. Mon. at 3:10 and 9:20 p.m.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015): In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons. Guy Ritchie's action comedy starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander. In English; Russian subtitles.

GUM Hall 3 Red Square, line 3, floor 3. Metro Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-620-3062. Mon. at 9:35 p.m.

Pioner 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Mon. at 11:50 a.m., 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.

Gathering Friends: Lilian Tonella and Ozge Guncan perform music for two pianos by Brazilian, Argentinean and Turkish composers. Conservatory Myaskovsky Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. At 7 p.m.

Romeo and Juliet: Prokofiev's ballet based on Shakespeare's tragedy as staged by Natalya Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilyov. Grand Moscow Classical Ballet production. Novaya Opera. 3 Karetny Ryad. Metro Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868. At 7 p.m.

Weird Bird: new jazz from Switzerland. Alexei Kozlov Club. 16 Olimpiisky Prospekt, Bldg. 2, at the Art&Shock Complex. M. Prospekt Mira. 926-952-0077. At 8 p.m.

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