Nuestro Cinema was founded by Juan Piqueras in 1932.[1][2] In the first issue dated June 1932[3] the magazine billed itself as the "best" professional film publication free from superficial and sentimental contents unlike other film publications.[4] It was affiliated with the Communist Party[4] and had a Marxist orientation.[5] From its start in June 1932 to March 1933 Nuestro Cinema came out monthly.[3]
Piqueras edited the magazine from his Paris home.[1] Nuestro Cinema was published in Barcelona, but its editorial office was based in Madrid.[1] Piqueras published many articles in the magazine on the history of Spanish cinema.[2] These writings would be later published as a book.[2] The magazine frequently featured theoretical and historical issues about cinema.[3] It exclusively focused on left-wing movies, including those produced in the Soviet Union.[3] Nuestro Cinema also covered political agitation through articles on strikes, land reform, and the proclamation of the Catalan Statute.[6] Major contributors of the magazine were Antonio del Amo Algara, César M. Arconada, Juan Manuel Plaza, Germaine Dulac, Léon Moussinac, René Clair, Joris Ivens and Béla Balázs.[3]
Nuestro Cinema temporarily ceased publication in October 1933 and was restarted in January 1935.[3] In the second period its communist approach was not very evident.[3] It permanently folded in February 1936[3] because of financial problems and Juan Piqueras’s health problems.[7] The title of Nuestro Cine film magazine, which was started in 1961, was a reference to Nuestro Cinema.[7]
