In Moscow, public discussions "Why Tolstoy?" © State Tretyakov Gallery Ilya Repin. Portrait of the writer L.N. Tolstoy. 1887 (fragment) State Museum L.N. Tolstoy, the Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana" and the Russian State Library begin the program of public discussions "Why Tolstoy?" “Together with the country's main intellectuals, we will discuss what the meaning of Tolstoy today and whether his ideas are needed for modern society,” the organizers say.

Dmitry Brusnikin died © Association of Theater Critics Today, August 9, in Moscow, at the age of 60, the actor and the director and film director, professor of the Moscow Art Theater School, artistic director of the Practice Theater Dmitry Brusnikin died. This was reported by the Rain TV channel with reference to the press service of the Practice Theater.

On August 11, the new film of the Chinese director Jia Zhankee Snow, at the Summer Cinema of the Museum of Contemporary Art “Garage” will be shown. Jia shot another elliptical epic about changes in the life of China, collecting the best motives from past films. The first part of the “ash” seems to be taken from the early film “Unknown Joy”. 2001, the town of Datun. Qiao (unchanged Zhao Tao), the daughter of the miner, looks after a modest gambling establishment.

A few years ago, the Danes of Brothers Moving “shot” in YouTube - a video of their street performances shot by ordinary passers -by began to collect hundreds of thousands of views. Simple guys in ordinary T -shirts cost a minimum set of musical means - hoarse vocals, acoustic guitars, bass and cahon. Today, the Brothers Moving, led by the Esben and Asuke Knoblahs, are the welcome guests at European festivals, their nearest Moscow concert will be held on August 11 at the VDNH Green Theater.

The following texts are taken from the website of the Association "New Dissidents" , created by the philosopher Michel Yelchaninov, editor -in -chief of Philosophie Magazine magazine. The association, which arose at the end of 2016 and quickly gained wide popularity in France, seeks to maintain all those who individually, openly and non -violently resist the repressive regimes in which they have to live.

On August 10, in Moscow , the mini-festival of the “Cinema of the Arab East” begins, on which only three films (not always truly eastern or Arabic ones) will be shown, but really standing. “The case in the Nile Hilton Hilton Incident hotel) director Tarik Salekh Egyptian almost “major” - the fate of bad police officers in all countries are similar.

An exhibition of Dutch artists will be held in Kazan On August 25, in the Center for Modern Culture “Smena” in Kazan, the exhibition “Extension.nl: a model of consensus” will open, which will present the works of ten Dutch artists working in different media - painting, sculpture, video and installation.

Oscar has a new category © Cinegarage The American Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences creates a new category of its Oscar. Now it will be awarded for the best popular films. This was reported by the official Twitter of the American Film Academy. The category is introduced from this season of the award. Films claiming Oscar in the new category can be nominated in the category of "Best Film".

Retrospective Sidney Lyumet will be held in St. Petersburg and Moscow © "Noveokino" From August 23 to 26, in the cinemas of St. Petersburg and Moscow, the company "Inekino", together with the Publishing House "Myth", with the support of the magazine "Art Kino", organize a retrospective of films by American director Sidney Lyumet.