Night In
A projector, a shelf,
and Argentine sound.
The living room is set up for slow evenings — Argentine films on the projector, a shelf of books about the country, and a stack of CDs with the music that shaped it.
Plan a Night InWatch
Argentine films.
Pick one, we set it up.
Spanish with English subtitles. Empanadas and Malbec available on request.
- Cry
El Secreto de sus Ojos · 2009
A love letter half-buried inside a thriller.
- Laugh & wince
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales) · 2014
Six stories about losing it, in the best possible way.
- Confused (in a good way)
Nueve Reinas · 2000
Buenos Aires con-men, pure plot.
- Cry, then smile
El Hijo de la Novia · 2001
A son, a mother, and a wedding decades late.
- Feel things
Argentina, 1985 · 2022
The trial that changed the country, told tightly.
- Reflect
La Historia Oficial · 1985
Oscar-winning, essential, still hard to shake.
- Laugh hard
Esperando la Carroza · 1985
An Argentine family classic. Quotes for life.
- Quiet smile
Medianeras · 2011
Two Buenos Aires apartments and a love story between.
Read
Argentine books.
Borrow one, take it slow.
A small library of novels, essays, and poetry — most in Spanish, some in translation.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Ficciones · 1944
Labyrinths, mirrors, and infinite libraries. The essential Borges.
- Julio Cortázar
Hopscotch · 1963
A Paris-Buenos Aires novel you can read in two directions.
- Ernesto Sábato
The Tunnel · 1948
Obsession, guilt, and one of the great Argentine opening lines.
- Tomás Eloy Martínez
Santa Evita · 1995
The afterlife of Evita's body — history as fiction.
- Ernesto Sábato
On Heroes and Tombs · 1961
A sweeping Buenos Aires novel of love, blindness, and secret societies.
- César Aira
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter · 2000
A slim, strange masterpiece from one of Argentina's most prolific writers.
Listen
Argentine music.
On CD, on the stereo.
Tango, folk, rock nacional, and the singers who still fill Buenos Aires kitchens.
- Astor Piazzolla
Libertango · 1974
Tango reinvented with electric guitar and breathless bandoneón.
- Mercedes Sosa
La voz de la zafra · —
The voice of Argentine folk, warm and uncompromising.
- Charly García
Clics modernos · 1983
Rock nacional at its most brilliant and unhinged.
- Atahualpa Yupanqui
El áspero camino del cantor · —
Guitar, landscape, and the deep roots of Argentine song.
- Luis Alberto Spinetta
Artaud · 1973
A rock milestone, poetic and luminous.
- Fito Páez
Siempre lo mismo · —
The piano-driven sound of Buenos Aires after midnight.