Looks like winter has finally hit Barcelona this week. It’s been absolutely beautiful up until now with temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s and folks wandering around the streets in t-shirts and mini skirts. Yesterday, a cold front hit town and now we’ve got about a week of rain to look forward to with temps in the mid 60’s. Jan actually made me turn on the heating last night! I know, it’s not exactly freezing, but hey, we’re used to the good life.

So what does this mean? I’ll tell you: it means that we should all snuggle up under a warm blanket on the couch with our sweat pants on and a nice hot bowl of homemade carrot soup and pop a quality film into the DVD player. But which film? A-ha! I’m glad you asked.

I offer for your consideration Empire’s 50 Greatest Independent Films. I’m proud to say that I’ve seen almost half of the films on this list (23 to be exact) and I am very happy with their inclusion here. Some of my favorite films of all time are Donnie Darko, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Clerks, and Being John Malkovich. I’m very much looking forward to seeing Amores Perros, City of God, and Night of the Living Dead. Thanks to this compilation, I now have a hit-list of 27 films that will help me to fill those cold winter nights. It could drop to as low as 64 degrees by next week!