A cheesecake and a love triangle: what you can't miss this week
What you may have missed and what you definitely cannot miss: the cultural and leisure proposals of 'Ara Diumenge'
The week ahead, with Jordi Garrigós
Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days
I will listen to Libertad, the new single by Baya Baye featuring Bexnil, Mushkaa's usual producer. The rapper from Montgat continues to defend a raw and uninhibited Catalan identity, in this case reclaiming the nineties sound and with verses that attack the well-known national melancholy: "Enough of being silent, enough of fooling around. Let the enemy tremble." You may like it more or less, but there's no one else like him.
I will start a new podcast with a cult vibe: Caminar, with director Míriam Lázaro and Carlos de Diego, screenwriter and member of Los Pioneros del Siglo XXI. Precisely, his partner in this project, Carlo Padial, is one of the first guests of a space dedicated exclusively to the activity of walking, strolling, and making a path. Just that, with all that it entails. Don't listen to it if you are fans of walking posturing, that is, of doing the Camino de Santiago.
I will repeat one of the Ebro's best-kept secrets: the immense cheesecake from Pastelería Larrosa in Flix. I agree that we are at a time when cheesecake is starting to get a bit tiresome, but make no mistake: Larrosa's is not only made with local, zero-kilometer products, but tasting it transports you directly to seventh heaven.
The week that ends, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets
Notes on what we have seen, heard, tasted, and ultimately experienced in the last seven days
I've been listening on repeat to the song Nightcall –included in the soundtrack of the movie Drive and which was a worldwide hit– after learning about the death of its creator,Kavinsky, one of the most international figures in French electronic music. The musician had collaborated with other artists from his country's music scene such as Daft Punk and Justice and had released his latest album Reborn in 2022.
I have enjoyed the series DTF St. Louis, which you can watch on HBO, and which mixes elements of thriller –it all starts with a death that seems like a murder to solve–, but which also has ingredients of comedy where the midlife crisis is portrayed and a love triangle with apparently happy characters who hide many more secrets than they can bear.
I have booked tickets for FilmoXica, the weekend sessions that the Filmoteca is organizing this August to bring cinema closer to children. This year, the theme is bicycles and the program includes iconic proposals such as The Goonies or My Uncle and more recent ones such as Super 8 or My Week with Maisie.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about the legacy of the Irish singer Glen Hansard, who passed away last week and leaves us with a prolific musical output, especially at the helm of his band, The Frames. Nevertheless, the musician will go down in history for his more cinematic side, especially for the film Once which he co-starred in with Czech artist Markéta Irglová, although also for being one of the protagonists of Alan Parker's iconic film The Commitments by Alan Parker.
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