Film
Boy Erased
Gay conversion therapy gets the indictment it deserves, from an insightful script based on a you-are-there tell-all, and an outstanding cast
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Current highlights from Barcelona's English-language cinema scene
Film
Pet Sematary
This satisfyingly spooky film finds so-far unmined depth in Stephen King’s undead pet yarn
Film
Dumbo
Tim Burton’s live-action take on the animation classic veers from bland to bonkers and back again
Film
Assassination Nation
Gonzo feminist shocks meets male-gaze fantasy. Feminism comes out on top – just.
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Original-language cinemas
Cinemas
Renoir Floridablanca
Renoir-Floridablanca screens up to eight independent, offbeat American, British and Spanish films in original version per day, though note that programming...
Cinemas
Cinemes Maldà
In its latest incarnation, the well-loved Cinema Maldà is now showing indie and arthouse films. Cinema in original version with subtitles.
Cinemas
Filmoteca de Catalunya
The government-funded Filmoteca is a little dry for some tastes, offering comprehensive seasons of cinema's more recondite auteurs alongside better-known...
Cinemas
Yelmo Cines Icaria
This vast multiplex has all the atmosphere of the near-empty mall that surrounds it. But what it lacks in charm, it makes up for in choice, with 15 screens...
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Cinemas
Multicines Balmes
This cinema has 12 screens (two in 3-D) and specialises in commercial films in their original language with subtitles.
Cinemas
Verdi Park HD
The five-screen Verdi and Verdi Park, its four-screen annexe on the next street, have transformed this corner of Gràcia with a diverse programme of...
Cinemas
Cinemes Texas
This cinema in Gràcia has four screens and shows a variety of films. The big draw for the locals is the subtitles are in Catalan. The big draw for everyone...
Our favourites
Film
On The Basis Of Sex
Thinkers debate with passion in Mimi Leder’s intellectual ‘On the Basis of Sex’...
