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Through The Eyes Of The Film-Makers – The Icelandic Film Map Series

by Pu on October 18, 2012

I was lucky enough to be a winner of the film location competition held by Icelandic Cinema Online through their Facebook page. The prize was one of the issues in the recently launched Icelandic Film Map series. I usually never take part in any promotional giveaway, but the tone of the contest was very inviting […]

The Honor of the House by Guðný Halldórsdóttir

by Pu on April 28, 2012

Two sisters, daughters of the parson of a small municipality, lead their quiet lives in the north-west of Iceland. Þuríður (Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir), the eldest, is a woman in her forties. She is married to a well-off man from the Capital and her main concern is to lead a showy but honorable life. She is a […]

Some hearts are bigger than others: review of Dagur Kári’s The Good Heart

by Pu on March 29, 2010

Lucas is a homeless living in the streets with only a bony stray kitten as a companion; Jacques is the owner of The House of Oysters, a bar he runs alone with his dog Rococo. Apart from their pet friends, Lucas and Jacques don’t seem to have much in common at first sight: Lucas is […]

No Country for Cinephiles

by Pu on March 14, 2010

It must be some form of idiosyncrasy or it must be a fixation. Or it’s the former cinema student in me that has been brainwashed by manuals written by conceited scholars and critics. Whatever it is, I can’t restrain myself. Should I? I haven’t signed a deal with anybody and this site isn’t supposed to […]

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