Christina Jeffs, UK, 2003 Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner, Michael Gambon, Jared Harris (voiceover) A biography of boh poet Sylvia Platt, who found love with Cambridge student (and another great poet) Ted Hughes and committed suicide at the age of 31. Roland Sat 27, Sun 28 December, Thu 1 – Sun 4 January

Moscow Championship Sports and recreation complex “Izmailovo”, Thu 25, Fri 26 December, 11.00, free admission

The milk-faced Buddha, the bird of Britpop, standing behind the turntables; the man who said no to Madonna and yes to Mick Jagger; The real author of “Right Here Right Now” and “You've Come a Long Way Baby” is sitting at home in Brighton, trying in vain to put his little son to bed and the last thing in the world wants to go on tour somewhere. Moscow is an exception: just for the New Year, Norman Kukovich Fatboy Slim takes his wife, BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball, with him and boards the plane.

Franco Zeffirelli, Italy-France-Great Britain, 2002 Starring Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright (voiceover) 1975. The 50s opera prima Maria Callas (Ardant), living as a recluse in Paris, cannot forgive impresario Larry Kelly (Irons) for her last Japanese tour, where the weakness of her ligaments was revealed to the whole world - but Kelly dares to...

Replaying cycles of classical symphonies is like re-publishing complete works. Few people want to do this and, most importantly, can do this. From the 90s, for example, we have only two important monographic cycles left - the heavily Russified Mahler by Evgeniy Svetlanov and the emphatically European Tchaikovsky by Mikhail Pletnev. Around the same years, another of our maestro, Vladimir Fedoseev, took up Beethoven and played all of his symphonies in two seasons. The event was a great success.

From January 6 to 12, the Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory will host the VII International Festival “Return,” which is jointly organized by former students of the Gnessin Ten Years who live abroad and remain in Moscow. The program includes, among other things, thematic concerts from works on political and historical themes and the latest works of famous composers.

Philippe Muil, France, 2002 Starring Michel Serrault, Claire Boiniche, Nad Dieu (subtitles) Road movie about an unsociable old man who collects butterflies, and an eight-year-old girl who clings to him on the day when he went to the Vercors plateau to get a rare specimen. One common place on another: a grumbler and an inquisitive person, squabbles and questions, roe deer and poachers, night gatherings accompanied by the chirping of cicadas - and the end of loneliness in the finale. And yet.

“You have cigarettes, I have a light,” the beautiful Sonya sings to her boyfriend Javier, not realizing that he has been lighting a cigarette with his best friend’s girlfriend for a long time. The deeply provincial Spanish musical about adultery is brightened up only by the excitingly beautiful Paz Vega (“Lucia and Sex”), but even for her sake it’s still not worth going to the film.

BEST OF'03 On December 31, theaters try to put on the shortest performance in their repertoire. The Bolshoi Theater is an exception. Every year on this day they give a Christmas tree - a rather large ballet “ The NUTCRACKER ” staged by Yuri Grigorovich. For the last few years, the best ballet man in Moscow, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, has always been a soloist in the New Year's performance.

For breakfast or for evening gossip, Le Gateau, a patisserie with expensive French chocolate, has turned into a chain. The premises of the Brasserie du Soleil on Tsvetnoy (already open) and on Paveletskaya (renovation in progress) are occupied. In the mahogany interior you feel cozy and relaxed. You can slouch on the sofa, but most visitors prefer to keep their backs straight on chairs with not very comfortable backs. The assortment of sweets, however, is poorer than at Le Gateau on Tverskaya.

According to the curators of the “Art Constitution”, this work by Vyacheslav Mizin and Konstantin Skotnikov (in the illustration) depicts Article 42 of the Basic Law of the Russian Federation: “Everyone has the right to a favorable environment, reliable information about its condition and to compensation for damage caused to his health or property by environmental violations.” To the right and to the left, it is easy to see, the environment extends; in the middle there is some damage.

NO-CONTACT JACKET – women's jacket with electric current. If an attacker grabs a woman wearing such a jacket, he will receive a discharge with a power of 80 thousand volts. The No-Contact Jacket is made from Aracon material - a similar fabric used for body armor - and is powered by a regular battery. To activate the jacket, you need to press the button hidden in the sleeve. There is no similar male model yet.

FROM DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 4: VASILIEV’S CHOICE François Ozon, France-Great Britain, 2003, starring Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier September this year was a success in the sun and warmth - that’s why many who would not deny themselves the pleasure of playing with Ozon’s new criminal charade (“8 women”) ended up enjoying the little masterpiece in parks and on terraces.

Alexander Shilov New exhibition in the new gallery building: the best, in the author’s opinion, portraits from the previous exhibition plus new works, as well as graphics - from student drawings to the latest sketches. permanent exhibition

There is very little time left until the New Year, and gifts have not yet been bought. 29 Poster ideas: from waterproof playing cards and a stuffed elephant to Louis Vuitton watches and Dior gloves. PAGE 44