Bye, bye, January.
A CINEMA MENU. We use a cliché, a tagline, but that's how it is: in this new coffee shop in Madrid you will have a movie time. Literally. Why? because it is located within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Calle de Zurbano, 3), on the ground floor at street level. A corner used before only by academics now opens its doors for anyone who wants to have a drink before or after the different events and screenings or simply happens to be in the area and wants to rest, eat in a quiet place and buy some interesting reading about the seventh art.
After a simple renovation, the cafeteria is now a warm, Nordic-inspired space, due to its light colors and the predominance of wood. Have French-style menu of the day: a main dish with accompaniment, dessert and drink (for €11.50). And also option Burger (€10) or toast (€9.50). pastries, cakes and a menu of teas and coffees for breakfast or snacks.
is open from Monday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and it's a collaboration with the iconic film bookstore Eight and a half, so, in addition, they take advantage of the space to sell books.
RECOVER THE RAMBLA. The most popular and populous avenue in Barcelona has been the protagonist of BCBlack 2021, the crime and crime novel festival that, despite the pandemic, has decided to go ahead with all its scheduled activities virtually, all accessible via streaming on its website. Round tables, talks, many activities that began last weekend and end this Sunday in style. After paying the obligatory tribute to Patricia Highsmith (Saturday 30 at 6 p.m.), whose centenary was celebrated precisely these days, the literary meeting continues with the delivery of the first prize Paco Camarasa from black novel to Luis Llort (Sunday, January 31 at 5:30 p.m.) and with performances by Tori Sparks, from Barcelona by adoption (Sunday at 5 pm), and Josele Santiago (Sunday at 7:00 p.m.).
A FEW MINUTES WITH DELIBES. In 2020, the centenary of the birth of Miguel Delibes. the author of The way, the innocent saints either Five hours with Mario received a well-deserved tribute in the form of great exhibition in the National Library of Spain, in Madrid. A sample that covered his life, from his childhood in Valladolid to his French education or his caricatures in El Norte de Castilla. Life and work intertwined in a writer who is so relevant today, if not more so, because of his vindication of the rural world. On December 22 of last year, the exhibition was installed in the Municipal Exhibition Hall of La Pasión de Valladolid, where can you see Until the 4th of may, but since we still cannot go to the castle city of Leon, Delibes comes to us. starting this weekend it will be possible to visit in a virtual way 360º gigapixel, very high resolution so as not to lose detail of the 24 showcases that include personal objects, manuscripts, photographs... In addition, there are videos and audios with passages read by the actor Jose Sacristan.
Delibes, the exhibition, at your home.
FILOMENA FOREVER. We will not forget you, Philomena. The historic snowfall in Madrid that made us fall in love and bothered us in almost equal parts will continue for a long time in our conversations, our memories and our phones. All those photos that we take on daring walks through a very white white city can now have a beautiful destination. The Madrid History Museum (Calle de Fuencarral, 78) has called a photography contest to select 40 winning snapshots of the occasion. With the name Madrid, Filomena despite myself, The institution asks citizens to send them their photos, which will then be reviewed by a jury, made up of Museum employees, artists and photographers, to select their 40 favorites, which will end up uploaded to their Facebook account and hung on the walls of the Museum. to be part of their archives so that Filomena remains registered forever. The images They can be sent until March 7 and the bases of the contest can be found on the Museum's website.
Alcala Gate
CRONENBERG REVIVAL. And we continue with celebrations and anniversaries. 25 years after its theatrical release, Crash by David Cronenberg one of the films that marked the most youth of moviegoers in the 90s returns to theaters (because, yes, the theaters, some are still open and are safe). The erotic and shady thriller starring James Spader, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette can be seen in 45 theaters throughout Spain to stir up old fans and capture new ones.
This weekend, in addition, some of the sessions in Spain will be followed by talks with journalists and film critics in what they have called Dissecting Crash to analyze the film in detail. In the Cines Verdi in Barcelona on Friday in the session at 7:30 p.m. The members of the Marea Nocturna podcast, Desirée de Fez, Jordi Sánchez-Navarro, Xavi Sánchez Pons and Àngel Sala (director of the Sitges Festival) will be present. In the Prince of San Sebastian Cinemas On Friday the 29th at 6:30 p.m., Josemi Beltrán, director of the Terror Week in Donostia, will participate. In the Verdi Cinemas in Madrid, Jesús Palacios and Pablo Vázquez (critics for Fotogramas) will talk about the film on Sunday in the session at 6:30 p.m.
David Cronenberg in 'Crash'.