15 Questions With Ines Bellina

"I just discovered my favorite movie theater less than a year ago in Lima, Peru."

Name: Ines Bellina
Location: Lima, Peru
Occupation: Writer and Translator
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1. What’s your favorite day & time to go to the movies?

I live for a Sunday afternoon movie, especially in the fall or winter. There’s enough people to provide the communal experience, but the theater isn't so packed that you know someone will ruin the movie by lighting up their phone or talking to their friends. It’s cozy and relaxing, and I can get home in time to make dinner.

2. What’s your favorite movie theater?

I just discovered my favorite movie theater less than a year ago. I had just moved back to my hometown of Lima, Peru, a city I have a very complicated relationship with (don’t we all with our hometowns? No place is more beloved or loathed.) Lima is massive and chaotic, a bustling, non-stop metropolis that can somehow, still, feel like a small town in all sorts of great and terrible ways. I found Cine Caleta scrolling through Instagram and was instantly charmed by its DIY ethos. It’s really a co…