Today, in 2026, a bookstore is not just a bookstore. And a bookseller is much more than a bookseller. There is a commitment, a perspective, an attitude that goes beyond them, that defines them, that makes them become priority cultural and civic agents. The dissemination of ideas, of social concerns and of the citizen's worries embodied in books, surely the greatest and most relevant institution of knowledge that humanity has ever produced. Put like that, it sounds a bit grandiloquent, but, at street level, it is immediately clear. Transparent. You only need to enter Antinous, on Casanova street almost at the corner with Consell de Cent, to realize it. You only need to talk for a while with the siblings Josep and Maria Vitas to see it clearly.

Muse of Generation Z. Internet celebrity with 362,000 Instagram followers. Trans activist. Musician and performerPodcaster at BombifiedSharp tongue and looks Impossible. Samantha Hudson will present the album Music for Dolls at the Razzmatazz venue in Barcelona on November 8th, with Hadas as the opening act. This new album showcases the two sides that have made him a leading figure in the industry. queer: the raw, frenzied energy of electronic music and the wisdom of political awareness. Above the stiletto heels rises a brilliant mind.

Long before writing Don Quixote, and after participating in a war between Christian and Muslim forces, Miguel de Cervantes was imprisoned in Algiers. Alejandro Amenábar uses this dark period in the novelist's life to place one biopic A fanciful story that, through a cunning and somewhat deceitful protagonist, emphasizes the magic of storytelling. And so, by telling stories, the character gives moments of escape to his fellow captives and at the same time wins the favor of his captor, as Scheherazade did in Arabian Nights.

It all started on X, back when it was still called Twitter. Screenwriter Bri LeRose read a comment from director Todd Phillips (Joker, Hangover in Las Vegas) on the negative effects of culture woke in today's comedy. Outraged, she tweeted: "I'll only see this coward's movie if Vera Drew makes it again." No sooner said than done: Drew began to recover. Joker with the intention of parodying it, but at some point in the process she decided to make a film about the Joker herself, but to tell her own story of accepting her identity as a trans woman. Produced for less than 100,000 euros, without Warner's permission and mixing real actors and animation, the result is The people's Joker, an irreverent cocktail of humor queer, a superhero drama that Filmin premieres this Friday.