Update title normalization test

common/known-removable-phrases.js

@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ const knownRemovablePhrases = [
   "Taste Film presents",
   "Tatau to Tattoo:",
   "TFFF:",
+  "- TFFF",
   "Tibet Film Festival London:",
   "Tim Burton's ",
   "Times+:",

common/normalize-title.js

@@ -1007,6 +1007,16 @@ function normalizeTitle(title, options) {
     title = hasBrackets[1];
   }
 
+  // Collapse multiple years
+  title = title.replace(/\((\d{4}),\s+(\d{4})\)/i, "($1/$2)");
+
+  // Remove diretor or other notes from bracketted years
+  // E.g. Convert "(1964, Glauber Rocha)" to "(1964)"
+  const hasYearWithComment = title.match(/^(.*?)\s+\((\d{4}),\s[^)]+\)/i);
+  if (hasYearWithComment) {
+    title = `${hasYearWithComment[1]} (${hasYearWithComment[2]})`;
+  }
+
   const hasSlavicPremier = title.match(/Кинопремиера на "([^"]+)" /i);
   if (hasSlavicPremier) {
     title = hasSlavicPremier[1];

common/standardize-prefixing-for-theatre-performances.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const yearRangeMatcher = /(\d{2})(\d{2})[-|/](\d{2})/;
 const shortYearRangeMatcher = /(\d{2})[-|/](\d{2})/;
 const yearSuffixMatcher = /\(\d{4}\)$/;
 const ownerMatcher = /:\s+[^\s]+['|’]s/;
-const baselineYear = new Date().getFullYear() - 1; // Keep the year at 2025
+const getBaselineYear = () => new Date().getFullYear();
 
 // Les Miserables
 function standardizePrefixingForLesMiserablesPerformances(title) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function standardizePrefixingForMetropolitanOperaPerformances(title, options) {
 
   updatedPrefixTitle = updatedPrefixTitle.replace(ownerMatcher, ":");
 
-  let year = baselineYear;
+  let year = getBaselineYear();
 
   const fullYearRangeMatch = updatedPrefixTitle.match(fullYearRangeMatcher);
   if (fullYearRangeMatch) {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function standardizePrefixingForMetropolitanOperaPerformances(title, options) {
   }
 
   const yearNumber = parseInt(year, 10);
-  const isFutureYear = yearNumber > baselineYear;
+  const isFutureYear = yearNumber > getBaselineYear();
   year = isFutureYear ? `${yearNumber - 1}` : year;
   updatedPrefixTitle = `${updatedPrefixTitle} (${year})`;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ const rboPrefixes = [
   /Royal Opera Live[:|\s]/i,
   /Royal Ballet Live[:|\s]/i,
   /RBO[:|\s]/i,
+  /Royal Ballet and Opera Live[:|\s]/i,
   /Royal Ballet and Opera[:|\s]/i,
+  /Royal Ballet & Opera Live[:|\s]/i,
   /Royal Ballet & Opera[:|\s]/i,
   /Royal Opera House[:|\s]/i,
   /^The Royal Ballet[:|\s]/i,
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ function standardizePrefixingForRoyalBalletOperaPerformances(title) {
     ":",
   );
 
-  let year = baselineYear;
+  let year = getBaselineYear();
 
   const fullYearRangeMatch = updatedPrefixTitle.match(fullYearRangeMatcher);
   if (fullYearRangeMatch) {
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ function standardizePrefixingForRoyalBalletOperaPerformances(title) {
   if (yearSuffixMatch) {
     const yearSuffix = yearSuffixMatch[0].replaceAll(/[()]/g, "");
     const yearNumber = parseInt(yearSuffix, 10);
-    const isFutureYear = yearNumber > baselineYear;
+    const isFutureYear = yearNumber > getBaselineYear();
     year = isFutureYear ? `${yearNumber - 1}` : yearSuffix;
     updatedPrefixTitle = updatedPrefixTitle.replace(yearMatcher, "");
   }

common/tests/normalize-title.test.js

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const normalizeTitle = require("../normalize-title");
 const testTitles = require("./test-titles.json");
 
 describe("Normalise Title", () => {
+  jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(new Date("2025-06-15"));
+
   test.each(testTitles)(
     "normalizes the title '$input'",
     ({ input, output }) => {

common/tests/test-titles.json

@@ -27893,7 +27893,7 @@
   },
   {
     "input": "The Gothique Film Society presents The Flying Serpent (1946) And It’s Alive (1974, 35mm)",
-    "output": "flying serpent (1946) its alive"
+    "output": "flying serpent (1946) its alive (1974)"
   },
   {
     "input": "Honey Don't! Unlimited Screening",
@@ -71505,7 +71505,7 @@
   },
   {
     "input": "New York Ninja (1984, 2021) vs Miami Connection (1987) - Pick Your Trash!",
-    "output": "new york ninja (1984 2021) vs miami connection (1987)"
+    "output": "new york ninja (1984/2021) vs miami connection (1987)"
   },
   {
     "input": "Cheese & Port Afternoon (October)",
@@ -79005,11 +79005,11 @@
   },
   {
     "input": "Hi, Mom! (1970, Brian De Palma) 4K Restoration - TFFF",
-    "output": "hi mom"
+    "output": "hi mom (1970)"
   },
   {
     "input": "The Dancing Hawk (1978, Grzegorz Królikiewicz) UK Theatrical Premiere - TFFF",
-    "output": "dancing hawk"
+    "output": "dancing hawk (1978)"
   },
   {
     "input": "All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party at 60",
@@ -79293,7 +79293,7 @@
   },
   {
     "input": "Black God, White Devil (1964, Glauber Rocha) 4k Restoration - TFFF",
-    "output": "black god white devil"
+    "output": "black god white devil (1964)"
   },
   {
     "input": "Faces of Death (1978) world theatrical premiere + Video intro by Daniel Goldhaber - TFFF",
@@ -79862,5 +79862,93 @@
   {
     "input": "THE EXCHANGE CINEMA CLUB PRESENTS - CHEF",
     "output": "chef"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 alices adventures in wonderland"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: CARMEN",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 carmen"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: COSÌ FAN TUTTE",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 cosi fan tutte"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 gotterdammerung"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 la fanciulla del west"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: MACBETH",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 macbeth"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: MANON",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 manon"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: SWAN LAKE",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 swan lake"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: THE NUTCRACKER",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 the nutcracker"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "ROYAL BALLET & OPERA LIVE: TOSCA",
+    "output": "royal ballet opera 2025 tosca"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Moana (Live Action) (2026) Sing-along",
+    "output": "moana (2026)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Black God, White Devil (1964, Glauber Rocha)- TFFF",
+    "output": "black god white devil (1964)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Hi, Mom! (1970, Brian De Palma) - TFFF",
+    "output": "hi mom (1970)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "All I Ever Wanted",
+    "output": "all i ever wanted"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Harbinger",
+    "output": "harbinger"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Rise of the Footsoldier: All Day Marathon",
+    "output": "rise of the footsoldier all day marathon"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution",
+    "output": "rise of the footsoldier retribution"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)",
+    "output": "shaun the sheep movie (2015)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)",
+    "output": "shaun the sheep movie farmageddon (2019)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)",
+    "output": "pirates in an adventure with scientists (2012)"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave/A Matter of Loaf and Death",
+    "output": "wallace gromit a close shave/a matter of loaf death"
+  },
+  {
+    "input": "Cine-Real presents: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest",
+    "output": "one flew over the cuckoos nest"
   }
 ]