Classical movies with live jazz music

Classical Movies in Barcelona

When cinema was invented, over a century ago, it was usual for screenings of those early silent films to have commentators and musicians to liven up the moving pictures.

The Círcol Maldà has taken up this idea again with a programme of silent films accompanied by jazz. Every Sunday you can see the silent classics of Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Snub Pollard, accompanied by music from the maestro, Josep Maria Borras, on piano.

The movies selected on these projections are Charles Chaplin’s One AM, Buster Keaton’s The Goat and Snub Pollard’s It’s a Gift.

When: Every Sunday at 8.30pm
Where: Círcol Maldà
Pi, 5 <M> Liceu

Sala Montjuïc: open-air cinema this summer in Barcelona

A Barcelona summer evening classic is back. Sala Montjuïc is here again with more films and music in one to the city’s most spectacular settings, Montjuïc Castle.

Sala Montjuïc in Barcelona

This year, with sessions every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 5 July and 6 August, it has a new, bigger screen. It is 16 x 9 metres, that is, 32 square metres more.

This year’s programme is a varied one that includes popular classics like Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange and Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday by Jacques Tati.

However, the “main dish” consists of more recent films, namely a selection of independent films popular with critics and the public, like the vampire movie Let Me In, the “anti-romantic” comedy In Search of a Midnight Kiss and the acclaimed French film The Class.

Apart from that, there will be a concert cinema session with The Gold Rush, by Charles Chaplin, accompanied by live music played by an orchestra conducted by Guerassim Voronkov.

open-air cinema during summer

The programme also includes animated films like My Neighbour Totoro from Japan and the documentary Waltz with Bashir. As for the closing film, you can vote for the one you like best out of three Catalan films.

The Sala Montjuïc programme is complimented by live concerts, prior to the film session, and there is also the chance to have a picnic. You can hire a deckchair too, so you are more comfortable.

Castell de Montjuïc -> Ctra Montjuïc, 66 | Sants-Montjuïc