Spanish film criticism with newsprint pulse.
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El Cine en la SER treats cinema and television as live cultural arguments, moving quickly from premiere calendars into craft, politics, performance, and industry context. It suits listeners who want Spanish-language criticism with clips, interviews, sharp panel turns, and room for both Cannes and platform series.
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About El Cine en la SER
El Cine en la SER is Spanish-language cinema and television coverage with a restless sense of range. It follows premieres, festivals, platform series, interviews, and repertory events, but it treats the release calendar as a starting point rather than an end. A segment may begin with Apple TV, Jon Hamm, Michelle Pfeiffer, a wealthy neighborhood, or a second-season plot hook. Then it shifts. The conversation turns toward midlife crisis, menopause, divorce, comic pacing, class performance, and why stories about rich people keep returning. Another episode can leave that brightness behind and settle into La buena hija, where Julia de Paz’s film opens questions about vicarious violence, family meeting points, psychological abuse, and the social image of an abuser. The show is comfortable with that change in temperature. It can be funny without becoming flippant, and serious without flattening the films into lessons. Clips and interview fragments matter here. They are not decoration; they give the criticism something to answer. Tarantino’s Kill Bill appears through genre lineage, revenge cinema, Cannes history, and the draw of a long 70mm version. Spanish series coverage runs through mystery comedy, technological thrillers, Clanes, and an April platform slate with practical speed. Sorrentino’s La Grazia becomes a way to talk about politics, cynicism, democratic responsibility, and whether cinema can still imagine workable hope. Peaky Blinders leads to a broader question about series finales that become films, from fan service to justified continuation. The panel rhythm keeps the show moving. A sharp aside can sit beside a serious argument about violence, authorship, gender, power, class, or aging. The program suits listeners who like their film coverage current but not disposable. It assumes cinema is entertainment, craft, industry, and cultural record at once. That assumption gives the show its shape: quick on the news, alert to performances, and willing to argue when the images ask for more than a verdict.
Made for: For Spanish-speaking film and television followers who want current releases, festival context, interviews, and opinionated criticism in one fast-moving feed. It especially fits listeners who enjoy both platform coverage and serious discussion of social themes in cinema.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its range: it can cover Cannes, Tarantino, Apple TV, Spanish series, Sorrentino, and intimate social drama without changing its critical footing. Clips and interviews keep the analysis grounded while the panel keeps it lively.
In their own words
Podrás seguir los estrenos del cine y la televisión, estar informado de la actualidad cinematográfica, escuchar las entrevistas a los mejores profesionales del medio y disfrutar con los eventos más relevantes a nivel mundial, las coberturas más divertidas y exhaustivas: festivales, premios, homenajes… No nos perdemos una
As heard by us
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Spanish film and television criticism that connects releases, festivals, awards, and series to the social arguments inside the work.
El Cine en la SER is a Spanish-language TV & Film desk with a news beat: releases, festivals, awards, interviews, and television when a series earns its place in the conversation.
Why you'd press play
Pepa Blanes makes an Almodovar premiere your excuse to argue about the health of Spanish cinema.
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- to care why an Almodovar opening and a Torrente hit matter beyond the box office
- to hear critics ask how films portray trauma without reducing them to their subject matter
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Episodes
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El cine español va a por la Palma de Oro en Cannes y la versión inédita de 'Kill Bill' de Tarantino
This episode discusses Spanish cinema's pursuit of the Palma d'Or at Cannes and an unreleased version of Tarantino's 'Kill Bill'.
·1h 1m - 2
Un drama sobre la violencia vicaria y la película del síndrome de Tourette de Robert Aramayo
Este episodio analiza el cine español en festivales internacionales y recomienda dos dramas sociales: 'Incontrolable' sobre el síndrome de Tourette protagonizado por Robert Aramayo y 'La Buena Hija' sobre violencia vicaria, además de discutir regresos cinematográficos como 'Kill Bill' y nuevas comedias sobre IA.
·32m - 3
Los 'Vicios ocultos' de Jon Hamm y el gran regreso de Michelle Pfeiffer
This episode analyzes the second season of 'Vicios Ocultos', focusing on Jon Hamm's role as Coop, a man leading a double life as a thief during a midlife crisis.
Apr 12, 2026·20m·1 clip - 4
Un drama sobre la violencia vicaria y la película del síndrome de Tourette de Robert Aramayo
El Cine en la SER with host Pepa Blanes reviews five theatrical and streaming releases including Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Tarantino's 275-minute original four-hour cut now screening in 70mm in Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona.
Apr 11, 2026·32m·2 clips - 5
El cine español va a por la Palma de Oro en Cannes y la versión inédita de 'Kill Bill' de Tarantino
This episode discusses Spanish cinema's pursuit of the Palma d'Or at Cannes and an unreleased version of Tarantino's 'Kill Bill'.
Apr 10, 2026·1h 1m - 6
Entrevista | Júlia de Paz por 'La buena hija'
This episode features an interview with filmmaker Julia de Paz about her movie 'La buena hija', which explores themes of family meeting points and sexist violence based on real survivor stories.
Apr 8, 2026·26m - 7
Carrusel de series españolas en un mes de abril que trae grandes títulos internacionales
This episode previews Spanish and international series releases in April, focusing on the comedy-crime show 'Si es Martes es Asesinato' where tourists investigate a murder in Lisbon.
Apr 5, 2026·19m - 8
Carmen Maura reivindica la libertad y el deseo en la vejez en 'Calle Málaga'
Carmen Maura discusses freedom and desire in old age in the context of 'Calle Málaga', focusing on an 80-year-old woman's life in Spanish Tangier.
Apr 4, 2026·30m - 9
Paolo Sorrentino defiende la utilidad de la política en la magnífica 'La Grazia'
This episode discusses Paolo Sorrentino's film 'La Grazia' and its portrayal of a politician striving to do things right, contrasting with common cynical views on politics.
Apr 1, 2026·55m - 10
Las series que acaban en películas: el caso 'Peaky Blinders' y pocos ejemplos justificados
Mar 29, 2026·17m - 11
'Altas capacidades', la comedia negra que se ríe de la hipocresía al elegir colegio de los hijos
This episode discusses new film releases including the Spanish black comedy 'Altas capacidades' about middle-class hypocrisy in school choice, along with other premieres like 'Project Salvation' and 'Yo te creo'.
Mar 28, 2026·30m - 12
'Proyecto Salvación', la tierna y cómica odisea espacial de Ryan Gosling
El Cine en la Ser reviews five new releases: Ryan Gosling's science fiction film 'Proyecto Salvación' (Project Salvation), based on the novel by Andy Weir and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, which opened to over $80 million in the US — the second-biggest debut for an original MGM film behind Oppenheimer.
Mar 27, 2026·57m·4 clips - 13
De Nicole Kidman a Elisabeth Moss: las actrices toman el mando de sus propias series
Mar 22, 2026·18m - 14
El potente (y enrevesado) thriller de espías de Mario Casas y la vuelta de 'Peaky Blinders'
This episode discusses new film and series releases, including a spy thriller starring Mario Casas and the return of 'Peaky Blinders' with a sequel movie on Netflix.
Mar 21, 2026·33m - 15
'Amarga Navidad': Pedro Almodóvar se encomienda a la autoficción en un refinado e inolvidable drama
El Cine en la Ser reviews five new releases, leading with Pedro Almodóvar's 'Amarga Navidad,' a Spanish film in which a director played by Leonardo Sbaraglia draws creative inspiration from the tragedy of a close friend, raising questions about the ethics of autofiction.
Mar 20, 2026·55m·3 clips - 16
Entrevista | Pedro Almodóvar por 'Amarga Navidad'
Mar 17, 2026·21m - 17
Especial Oscars 2026 | Primera parte
Mar 16, 2026·2h - 18
Especial Oscars 2026 | Segunda parte
Mar 16, 2026·1h 58m - 19
Las series | Aníbal Gómez y el universo de 'Rafaela y su loco mundo'
Mar 15, 2026·25m - 20
El broche final al exitoso viaje de 'Sirât' y la revolución lesbiana de 'La hija pequeña'
Mar 14, 2026·33m - 21
Las predicciones finales para los Oscars y 'El testamento de Ann Lee' con una Amanda Seyfried desatada
Mar 13, 2026·58m - 22
De 'Riot women' a 'The Hack' y 'El joven Sherlock': las series británicas que estamos viendo
Mar 8, 2026·14m - 23
Los sexy moteros gais de 'Pillion' y la decepcionante 'El mago del Kremlin'
This episode reviews the new season of Spanish cinema starting with the Málaga Festival, highlighting premieres like the queer biker film 'Pillion' and the political drama 'El Mago del Kremlin' about Vladimir Putin.
Mar 7, 2026·36m - 24
Maggie Gyllenhaal arriesga con '¡La novia!' de Frankenstein en una película punk y feminista
Mar 6, 2026·55m - 25
Las series | La pequeña revolución de 'Los Bridgerton' y la serie noruega más sorprendente
Mar 2, 2026·17m - 26
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa se corona con 'Los domingos' en unos Goyas muy reivindicativos
Mar 1, 2026·38m - 27
El gran año del cine español en los Goya y el fantástico documental sobre Orwell para frenar al fascismo
El Cine en la SER previews and analyses the 40th Goya Awards ceremony in Barcelona, presented by Luis Tosar and Rigoberta Bandini, with 'Los Domingos' (13 nominations) and Oliver Laxe's 'Sirat' as frontrunners.
Feb 28, 2026·34m·2 clips - 28
La 'no' crítica de 'Scream 7', la tragicomedia sobre el trauma de Eva Victor y la vuelta al cine de Ana Belén
El Cine en la SER with host Pepa Blanes opens with a defence of Spanish cinema following the Goya Awards, citing CIMA data showing only one woman has won the cinematography award in 40 years.
Feb 27, 2026·47m·3 clips - 29
Especial Goyas 2026 | Mesa de actores y actrices
Feb 24, 2026·55m - 30
Las series | La farsa judicial de Marco Bellocchio en 'Portobello' y la resistencia de 'Ravalear'
This episode analyzes Marco Bellocchio's miniseries 'Portobello', which dramatizes the 1980s judicial farce against Italian TV presenter Enzo Tortora, falsely accused by the Camorra.
Feb 22, 2026·20m·2 clips - 31
'Sin conexión', a Bradley Cooper le sienta bien indagar en la pareja y el humor
Feb 21, 2026·31m - 32
'El agente secreto', el apasionante thriller de Wagner Moura sobre la memoria histórica de Brasil
Feb 20, 2026·59m