bits and pieces from the northern island.
We would like to inform our readers about another important event that is opening this week and should not be overlooked. The Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Film Festival 2011 is going to take place at the Bíó Paradís from January 27 to January 31, 2011. The festival was born in 2001 thanks to the efforts … Read the full article →
Many months ago, my friend Fish, who was staying in Iceland to complete his book, told me about a shop where music was cheaper than anywhere else in Reykjavík. I had seen the shop in question, but I still hadn’t visited it. I had passed its windows many times going to my guesthouse to the … Read the full article →
Alliance Française and the French and the Canadian Embassies in Iceland, together with Græna Ljósið and Háskólabíó, present the 11th edition of the Festival du Film Francophone. The festival is going to take place at the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík from January 21 to February 3; it will then move to Akureyri during the period between … Read the full article →
Conspiracies are not the result of our contemporary times, therefore conspiracy theories are likewise not a recent invention of the media. Man has been bathing himself in conspiratorial activities, both actual or just imagined, for so long a time that this tendency has become integral part of his way of establishing relations with reality. Every … Read the full article →
Starting on the 21st of November till the 12th of December the Nordic House will be hosting an exhibition entitled Budo: Saga japanskra bardagalista (Budo – History of Japanese Martial Arts in English). Through display of Japanese weapons and reconstructed models, the exhibition’s aim is to outline not only a brief history of martial arts, … Read the full article →
I wonder why sense of measure is so uncommon among filmmakers. Sometimes I cannot help feeling classic Hollywood, despite its being hopelessly commercial in the intentions, had more sense of measure in its less accomplished works than many specimens of authorial film-making at their best. Sense of measure means having the guts, when necessary, to … Read the full article →
Amiina played yesterday at Eymundsson bookstore for admirers, friends and casual bystanders. I got to the bookstore just in time for the show to start, after a walk in the wind that almost defeated me. Eymundsson by that time was crowded enough to force me to find a spot next to the trash bin, near … Read the full article →
We had occasion to talk about Bíódagar earlier this year. Græna Ljósið presents us now with a selection of seven documentaries released during the year 2010 and they will be screened from the 12th of November at the Bíó Paradís. These are the featured documentaries: Feathered Cocaine – Ö. M. Arnarson, T. S. Hardarson (Iceland … Read the full article →