To not paying an hostel Aha of course it's more economic but it's primarily to meet new peoples, locals or travelers, to hear new story, to share a tea or a beer together whatever... But I don't really like the "marketing" side it begins to get, I prefer the old version.

Movie: Ingmar Bergman, Lars von Trier, Wajdi Mouawad (theater), Wes Anderson, Almodovar (but just his old movies), Éric Rohmer, Sofia Coppola (just for Virgin suicides), Gregg Araki, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Rob Reiner (Misery!!), Roman Polanski, Hayao Miyazaki, and oddly I'm a huge fan of The Lord Of The Rings (but "The Hobbit" it sucks). Music: Cypress Hill, Family of the year, Rodriguez, Buena vista social club, Alain Bashung, Mano Negra, Jeff mills, Yann Tiersen, The Paragon, Alton Ellis, Blur, Ratatat, Belle and Sebastian, The Knife, Calle 13, Orishas, The Skatalites, Dub Inc, Crystal Fighters. Mucho mas Books: Milan Kundera, Stefan Sweig, Brontë, Nabukov, Agatha Christie, Forförerens Dagbog, Edgard Allan Poe, Thomas Mann, Maupassant, Musset... (List are always boring so I stop here)