All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm and sometimes midnight, especially on week-ends. Special film seasons and screenings are held in cultural centres listed below commercial cinemas. This information is correct at the time of going to press, it remains wise, however, to check with venues for any short notice alteration. Americana Plaza Sixth of October, Sheikh Zayed next to Ceramica Cleopatra behind Hyper one. Tel: 010 2002 0033 *The Croods (3D) *Epic (3D) *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Hummingbird *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Rise of the Zombies *Samir Abul-Nil *Scary Movie 5 *Tattah *Upside Down Cine Comfort *The Great Gatsby (3D) (16 May) *Iron Man 3 (3D) IMAX Cinema *Fast & Furious 6 (9pm & midnight) *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) (10am, 1, 3, 6pm)
Bandar, Maadi Bandar Mall, 1 Palestine St, New Maadi. Tel: 2519 0770 *Fast & Furious 6 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Samir Abul-Nil
Cine Max Cityscape Mall, Horriya Sq, 6 October City. Tel: 012 0666 1336 *Fast &Furious 6 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D)
Cosmos 12 Emadeddin St, Downtown Cairo. Tel: 2574 2177 *Al-Hafla (The Party) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Pussy Cat *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Dandy Mall Beginning of Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road. Tel: 018 919 6438 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
Downtown 8 Emadeddin St, Downtown. Tel: 2592 4727 *Fast & Furious 6 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
Dream Dream Land, Sixth of October City. Tel: 3855 3217 *Ala Gousety(Over My Dead Body) *Febrayer Al-Eswed(Black February) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Galaxy 67 Abdel-Aziz Al-Seoud St, Manial. Tel: 2532 5745/6 *Epic (3D) *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Galaxy Cineplex Mall of Arabia, Sixth of October City. Tel: 010 6880 0933 *The Croods (3D) *Dark Skies *Epic (3D) *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Hummingbird *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Pussy Cat *Rise of the Zombies *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Golden Stars City Stars Mall New Annex, Heliopolis. Tel: 2480 2580/1 *Epic (3D) *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Tattah
Golf City Al-Obour City. Tel: 4610 6155/6/7 *Fast & Furious 6 *Al-Hafla (The Party) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *A Good Day to Die Hard *Mama *Oblivion *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
Metro 35 Talaat Harb St, Downtown Cairo. Tel: 2393 7566- 016 553 0856 *Febrayer Al-Eswed(Black February) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
New Modern Shubra Al-Mazallat St, Shubra. Tel: 2430 9122 *Febrayer Al-Eswed(Black February) *Tattah
Nile City Nile City Towers, Nile Corniche, Maspero. Tel: 2461 9101 *The Big Wedding *Fast & Furious 6 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Pain and Gain *The Place Beyond the Pines *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
Odeon 4 Dr Abdel-Hamid Said St, downtown Cairo. Tel: 2575 8797- 2576 5642 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Ramses Hilton Nile Corniche, Maspero. Tel: 2574 7435 *Epic (3D) *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Sarai Al-Hada'iq 16 Walielahd St, off Masr wal-Sudan St, Hada'iq Al-Qubba. Tel: 2485 8400 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Serag Mall Attia El-Sawalhy St, off Makram Ebeid Nasr City. Tel: 2276 0080 *Ala Gousety(Over My Dead Body) *Al-Hafla(The Party) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Sixth of October Sixth of October City. Tel: 3835 7569 *Fast & Furious 6 *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah
Stars City Stars Mall: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab St, Heliopolis. Tel: 2480 2013/4 *The Croods (3D) *Epic (3D) *Evil Dead *The Great Gatsby (3D) *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Hummingbird *Iron Man 3 (3D) *Jack the Giant Slayer (3D) *Pussy Cat *Rise of the Zombies *Samir Abul-Nil *Tattah *Welcome to the Punch
Sun City Behind Sheraton buildings, Heliopolis. Tel: 010 0002 1211 *The Big Wedding *The Call *Fast & Furious 6 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *G.I. Joe Retaliation *Oblivion *Pain and Gain *The Place Beyond the Pines *Pussy Cat *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah Royal Sun City *Fast & Furious 6 *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
Wonderland Abbas El Akkad St, Nasr City. Tel: 2401 2254 *Al-Harami wal Abeit(The Thief and the Dork) *Pussy Cat *Samir Abul-Nil *Star Trek: Into Darkness (3D) *Tattah
CULTURAL CENTRES
Artellewa Space for Contemporary Arts 19 Mohamed Ali Al-Esarri, Ard Al-Lewa, Giza. Tel: 012 2596 3611 24 May, 7pm: The Tree of Life, the story of a family in Waco Texas in 1956 starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and directed by Terrence Malick.
French Cultural Centre 1 Madraset Al-Hoqouq Al-Ferensiya St, off El-Sheikh Ali Youssef St, Mounira. Tel: 2791 5800; Fax: 2795 7148 Heliopolis branch: 5 El-Sheikh El-Dib St, Ard Al-Golf. Tel: 2419 3857; Fax: 2419 9143 26 May, 7:30pm: Changement d'adresse (Change of Address), comedy starring Emmanuel Mouret and Frédérique Bel, directed by Emmanuel Mouret (Mounira branch).
Gezira Art Centre 1Al-Sheikh Al Marsafi St, Zamalek, Cairo. Tel: 2737 3298 26 May, 6:30pm: Ghareib (Stranger), directed by Nada Zatouna Al-Mawasem Al-Arbaa(The Four Seasons), directed by Noha Al-Maadawi Al-Bab(The Door), directed by Abdel-Fattah Kamal
Italian Cultural Centre 3 Al-Sheikh Al Marsafi St, Zamalek, Cairo. Tel: 2735 8791 23 May, 7pm: Il comandante e la cicoqna (The Commander and the Stork), comedy starring Valerio Mastandrea and Alba Rohrwacher, directed by Silvio Soldini (English subtitles). 30 May, 7pm: Il rosso e il Blu (The Red and the Blue), comedy starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Margherita Buy, directed by Giuseppe Piccioni (English subtitles).
Japanese Cultural Centre 81 Corniche Al-Nil St, Maadi. Tel: 2528 5903 – 2528 5906 23 May, 6pm: Hankyu Railway: A 15-Minute Miracle, production of 2009 directed by Yoshishige Miyake (Arabic subtitles).
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek. Tel: 2738 2522- 2738 2520; Fax: 2738 2523 26 May, 7pm: The Last Days of Emma Blank, a 2009 dark comedy directed by Alex van Warmerdam.
Sufi 12 Sayed Bakri St, Zamalek. Tel: 2738 1643 24 May, 7pm: Microcosmos, a 1996 documentary about the life of insects with close-ups and slow motion and photography, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou.