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Sala Phenomena, which was voted the best cinema in Europe in a recent poll, is one of those special establishments that people (yes, I am talking about myself here) come to rely on – a reasonably priced refuge with a beautifully curated daily film selection, comfortable seating, incredible sound and visuals and aircon that doesn't mess around. We're just going to have to learn to live without it for a while, however – Sunday is the final day before Salas Phenomena closes for major renovation, with reopening scheduled for early 2026.

Stanley Kubrick's masterful, three-hour adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1844 novel about an ambitious Irishman who reinvents himself, scrabbling up from humble beginnings into the aristocracy through opportunism, manipulation and marriage, kicks off the final day of screenings. After that comes Manhattan at 3pm (Spain still doesn't seem to have got the memo about Woody Allen, though at least the Allen tribute bar in Gracia has closed down), Eddington at 5pm and the 50th-anniversary 4K re-release of Jaws at 8pm. We've got tickets for the final film, Alien at 10.30pm, so see you back-right for that.