Barcelona for little pockets

Barcelona is one of the cities that receives more tourists around the world. And also one of the most beautiful. For all those people who want to discover Barcelona but also need to save money, the city offers some free activities.

Betting for new TV formats

This Saturday I woke up with a very open-minded. At least I tried. I expected to spend all that morning in the theatre of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) where an atypical audiovisual sample took place.

It was the twentieth edition of Miniput, a festival which presents the most interesting new international television formats. There were different programmes shown previously in the latest International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT), organised in Helsinki in May. A meeting to share ideas between broadcasters and journalists.

Màxim Huerta looks for happiness in “La noche soñada”

A story about always looking for happiness. This is what the reader can find in “La noche soñada”, the last Maxim’s Huerta novel and the “Premio Primavera de novela 2014”.

Theatre for everyone

Culture is one of the most affected areas by the economic crisis. Not only the people don’t have money to go to the cinema or the theatre, but also there has been an important VAT increase that has aggravated the situation.

We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)

Everyone in Catalonia knows the story of the crossbow killer. All the Spanish media related how Andrés Rabadán drilled his father’s head with a medieval weapon. That happened twenty years ago, but there are a lot of unsolved mysteries around that crime.

In We Need to Talk about Kevin we can find almost the same story. This BBC film directed by the Scottish writter Lynne Ramsay presents the relationship between a psycho and his family. A teen obsessed with her mother and his favourite hobby: the archery.

Denzel Washington returns with his strongest version

Denzel Washington, the american actor who has participated in films as License to kill or Training Day, doesn’t stop working. One year after his last film, 2 guns, Washington returns with his strongest face in The Equalizer (2014), the last Antoine Fuqua film, a version of the 80’s TV series, The Avenger.

Blue Valentine, the earliest romantic drama by Cianfrance

How a couple start to lose their intimacy? Why a hug or a kiss can be disgusting between old lovers? Are they aware or does it just happen? Twelve years took to Derek Cianfrance to develop that idea in his film Blue Valentine (2010).

Discovering the reality through images

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Masters of sex, a great journalistic work

In the 60s, American married couples didn’t share a bed. People couldn’t talk about sex openly. In fact, women spent their lives unknowing what an orgasm was and thinking they were sinners for touching themselves.

Low cost habits, the other crisis of the cinema

The crisis of the cinema seems a mirage after the spectators number achieved this week in Spain. More than 2 million people went to movies during the Fiesta del Cine festival. Three days when the ticket prices cost one third of its normal price. But not everyone in the film industry considers it as a triumph.