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“Hector and the Search for Happiness” follows Hector (Simon Pegg), a psychiatrist who is fed up that he is unable to make his patients any happier and decides to find out what really brings them joy. In English at 35mm.

3 Coeurs (Three Hearts; Tri Serdtsa, 2013): Benoit Jacquot's romantic drama starring Benoit Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Chiara Mastroianni.

35MM Opens Dec. 25. In French; Russian subtitles.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Son v Letnyuyu Noch): Shakespeare's comedy of love and magic in a wood near Athens. Dominic Dromgoole's 2013 staging for Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Formula Kino Europe Wed. at 7:30 p.m. In German; Russian subtitles.

A Streetcar Named Desire (Tramvai "Zhelaniye"): Australian director Benedict Andrews' version of Tennessee Williams. Production of the Young Vic Theater (London).

Cinema Park Metropolis Wed. at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Asterix: Le domaine des dieux (Asterix: The Land of Gods, 2014): French animated film. Caesar plans to absorb the Gauls into Roman culture by building a Roman estate next to their village.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Thurs. to Wed. at 11 a.m., 3:30 and 5:15 p.m. Dubbed.

Pyat Zvyozd-Paveletskaya Thurs. to Wed. at 10:10, 10:30, 11:55 a.m., 12:20, 1:45, 4, 5:20, 7:10 and 9 p.m. Dubbed.

Rolan Thurs. to Wed. at 11 a.m., 2:30 and 6:40 p.m. Dubbed.

Carmen: Richard Eyre's staging of Bizet's opera with Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna in the leads. The Metropolitan Opera production.

Formula Kino Gorizont Sat. at 3 p.m. In French; Russian subtitles.

Driving Miss Daisy (Shofyor Miss Daisy): Alfred Uhry's story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. Melbourne Comedy Theatre production starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.

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

Formula Kino Praga Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Durak (The Fool, 2014): A drama directed by Alexei Uchitel. A plumber finds himself at the mercy of a small town's bureaucracy when he discovers that the building he is servicing is in immediate danger of collapse.

Center of Documentary Cinema Sat. at 3 p.m., Mon. at 9 p.m., Tues. at 5:15 p.m.

Pioner Thurs. at 9:30 a.m., Fri. at 11:40 a.m., Sat. at 9:20 a.m., Sun. at 1:35 p.m., Mon. at 9:15 a.m., Tues. at 11:05 p.m., Wed. at 11:35 a.m.

Zvezda Thurs. at 5:15 p.m., Fri. at 2 p.m., Sat. and Sun. at 8 p.m., Mon. at 5:45 p.m., Tues. at 11:50 a.m.

Fantastic Shorts: a program of short and animated sci-fi films.

35MM Sat. at 12:35 p.m. In English, French, German and Swedish; Russian subtitles.

From Here to Eternity (Otnyne i Vovek): A musical based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. Music by Stuart Brayson, lyrics by Tim Rice, directed by Tamara Harvey. Shaftesbury Theatre production.

Formula Kino Gorizont Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Future Shorts: a selection of 2014 short films.

35MM Thurs. at 4:20 p.m., Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 8:10 p.m., Sun. at 6:40 p.m. In English, Romanian and Persian; Russian subtitles.

Guilty Pleasures (Porochniye Udovolstviya, 2010): Every four seconds a Harlequin romance is sold somewhere in the world. Julie Moggan's documentary takes a look at the contrast between the lives of the books' readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape.

Center of Documentary Cinema Sat. at 5 p.m. In English. Free admission by registration at the Center of Documentary Cinema site.

Hector and the Search for Happiness (Puteshestviye Gektora v Poiskakh Schastya, 2014): A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. Peter Chelsom's comedy starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike and Tracy Ann Oberman.

35MM Fri. at 10 a.m. In English, French and German; Russian subtitles.

Love's Labours Lost (Besplodniye Usiliya Lyubvi): Dominic Dromgoole's 2009 staging of Shakespeare's comedy for Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Formula Kino Gorizont Dec. 25 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Maps to the Stars (Zvyozdnaya Karta, 2014): David Cronenberg's satirical drama about the Hollywood film factory stars Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson.

35MM Thurs. at 2:15 and 8:10 p.m., Fri. at 6 and 9:50 p.m., Sat. at 6 p.m., Sun. at 2:45 and 8:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner Thurs. at 4:45, 9:55 p.m. and midnight, Fri. at 2 and 7:10 p.m., Sat. at 11:25 a.m., 6:50 p.m. and 12:35 a.m., Sun. at 9:05 a.m., 4:25 and 9:45 p.m., Mon. at 11:35 a.m., 7:10 p.m. and midnight, Tues. at 12:05 a.m., Wed. at 9:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Medea: Euripides in a new version by Ben Power as staged by Carrie Cracknell for the National Theater. Stars Helen McCrory.

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

Obce Cialo (Foreign Body; Inorodnoye Telo, 2014): Krzysztof Zanussi's look at contemporary Poland through the eyes of two very different women — a nun and a corporate ladder-climber whose lives intersect through their common relationship with a young Italian man.

35MM Thurs. at 6:15 p.m., Fri. at 4 p.m., Sat. at 10 p.m., Sun. at 4:45 p.m. In Polish; Russian subtitles.

Pioner Thurs. at 2:25 and 7:15 p.m., Fri. at 9:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m., Sat. at 4:20 p.m. and 12:40 a.m., Sun. at 2:25 p.m. and 12:25 a.m.,, Mon. at 7:15 p.m., Tues. at 11:50 a.m. and 4:55 p.m., Wed. at 11:55 a.m. In Polish; Russian subtitles.

Of Mice and Men (O Myshakh i Lyudyakh): Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro's Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's classic stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd.

Formula Kino Europe Dec. 26 at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Formula Kino Praga Sat. at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

GUM Cinema Hall Mon. at 8:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Sky: animated films from all over the world. "My Own Personal Moose" program.

Formula Kino Gorizont Thurs. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 6:30 p.m. In various languages; Russian subtitles.

FESTIVAL Sky: animated films from all over the world. "The Missing Scarf" program.

Formula Kino Gorizont Fri. at 7:30 p.m., Sun. at 3:30 p.m. In various languages; Russian subtitles.

Svecenikova Djeca (The Priest's Children; Deti Svyashchennika, 2014): Vinko Bresan's black comedy about a young priest who gets the idea to pierce condoms before they are sold in order to increase the birth rate of his island.

35MM Thurs. at 12:30 p.m., Sat. at 10:50 a.m. In Croatian; Russian subtitles.

Center of Documentary Cinema Thurs. at 1 p.m., Fri. at 5 p.m., Tues. at 7:15 p.m. In Croatian; Russian subtitles.

The Barber of Seville: The 2012 Metropolitan Opera production of Gioacchino Rossini's opera, based on Beaumarchais' comedy.

Cinema Park Europe Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. In Italian; Russian subtitles.

Cinema Park Metropolis Dec. 27 at 3 p.m. In Italian; Russian subtitles.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014): A couple tries to reclaim the love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. Ned Benson's drama stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis.

35 Thurs. at 10:15 a.m., Sun. at 10:10 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner Fri. at 9:20 a.m., Sat. at 9:05 a.m., Sun. at 11:15 a.m., Tues. at 5:20 p.m., Wed. at 7:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda Thurs. at 12:10 p.m., Sat. at 12:45 p.m., Mon. at 3:25 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Godfather Trilogy (1992): Part 1 of Francis Ford Coppola's multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.

Pioner Fri. at 9:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Godfather Trilogy (1992): Part 2 of Francis Ford Coppola's saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.

Pioner Sat. at 9 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Godfather Trilogy (1992): Part 3 of Francis Ford Coppola's crime saga.

Pioner Sun. at 6:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): the final installment in the three-part film adaptation of "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Directed by Peter Jackson, stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage.

Pioner Thurs. at 11:40 a.m., 4:25 and 9:15 p.m., Fri. at 1:45, 4:30 p.m. and 12:45 a.m., Sat. at 1:35, 4:05 and 6:20 p.m., Sun. at 11:40 a.m., 3:45 and 9:40 p.m., Mon. at 11:10 a.m., 4:25 and 9:15 p.m., Tues. at 2 and 9:20 p.m., Wed. at 4:25 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (Neveroyatnoye Puteshestviye Mistera Spiveta, 2013): family adventure film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, based on Reif Larsen's book "The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet.

35MM Sat. at 2:20 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Twelfth Night (Dvenadtsataya Noch): William Shakespeare's romantic comedy about twins who are separated by a shipwreck and later reunited by a series of amorous intrigues. Directed by Tim Carroll. 2012 Production of Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Formula Kino Gorizont Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Zvezda (The Star, 2014): Anna Melikyan's melodrama.

35MM Fri. at 12:05 p.m., Sun. at 12:25 p.m.

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, www.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, www.cinemapark.ru

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

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

Dome Cinema
Also known as Pod Kupolom. In front of the Renaissance Hotel, 18/1 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. (temporarily closed) 495-931-9873, http://www.domecinema.ru/

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

Illyuzion
1/15 Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Taganskaya, Kitai-Gorod. 495-915-4339, 915-4353, www.gosfilmofond.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, www.mmoma.ru

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

Muzeon Park of Arts
2 Krymsky Val. M. Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. 499-238-3396, www.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. www.platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, BigBilet.Ru, www.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, www.strelka.com

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

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