bits and pieces from the northern island.
Being an Animal Collective follower, I had been waiting to watch ODDSAC for a very long time. The band kept on issuing statements in interviews promising the release date was near, but this project was being postponed indefinitely, to the point it acquired over time the status of legend, something of a godotian expectation never … Read the full article →
For those who liked it, Todd Solondz’s Happiness was a film that admitted no sequels. Twelve years later though, Solondz presents us with Life During Wartime, a “quasi sequel” to his 1998 film. Quasi-sequel. Just the definition the filmmaker chose himself is a good starting point for a discussion. Three sisters, Trish, Joy and Helen. … Read the full article →
After a long absence that lasted four years, Jóhann Jóhannsson finally got home to perform for his fellow Icelanders in a special concert as a part of this year’s Reykjavík International Film Festival. The austere Hallgrímskirkja for the evening turned into a metaphysical setting, resounding with notes. Jóhannsson, with an accompaniment of a five-piece orchestra, … Read the full article →
What do a Mexican wrestler and a Japanese man in pajamas have in common? Nothing, you will say. Yes, nothing, I will reply. But you know, I think Hitoshi Matsumoto might have a different idea on this matter. To this question he will probably show you his film Symbol as a reply. How do you … Read the full article →
jToday at 15:00 director Jim Jarmusch will be at the University if Iceland. Jarmusch, who already had occasion to speak to the audience yesterday after the screening of his films Down by Law and The Limits of Control,will be chatting today in the University main hall with Icelandic film director Dagur Kári and with the … Read the full article →
After the screening of the double feature including Down by Law and The Limits of Control – both covered by in our RIFF section, so check them out! – filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, guest of honor of the 2010 edition of the film festival, entertained a discussion with the audience. Jarmusch touched several different subjects, from … Read the full article →