Variety's Alissa Simon reviews Baldvin Z's Jitters (Órói) in favourable terms: "An intelligent, sensitive Icelandic high schooler comes to grips with his sexuality in likable teen soap opera "Jitters," from first-time feature helmer Baldvin Z. Recounting the coming-out trials of 16-year-old Gabriel (Atli Oskar Fjalarson), as well as the coming-of-age…
All three major trades have now run very positive reviews of Rúnar Rúnarsson's Director's Fortnight entry, Volcano. Screen's review has already been reported here. Hollywood Reporter calls the film "a love story observed with tenderness that never compromises its truthfulness" and Variety's Alissa Simon writes: "With…
Screen's Mark Adams writes a favourable review of Rúnar Rúnarsson's Volcano, premiered yesterday at Cannes. "It is a odd concept to construct a coming-of-age tale around a recently retired 67 year-old man, but writer/director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s moving and neatly made drama manages to do just that, driven by…
Gaukur Úlfarsson's documentary Gnarr, about the mayoral campaign of actor/comedian Jón Gnarr and his Best Party at the 2010 Reykjavík elections, has met with favourable reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film will also participate at the upcoming Hot Docs festival in Toronto (April…
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's Mamma Gogo (2010) has travelled wide and far to festivals around the world since its international premiere at Toronto in 2010. Here are samples of the critical view on the film:…
Reynir Lyngdal’s debut feature Our Own Oslo (Okkar eigin Osló) premiered in Iceland on March 4th and has remained in the top spot since, with audiences reaching around 11.000 as of today. The comedy, starring Thorsteinn Gudmundsson (also screenwriter) and Brynhildur Gudjonsdóttir, has enjoyed generally favourable response from critics. Story depicts two polar opposites, dour engineer Haraldur and wacky bank employee Vilborg, trying to establish a relationship, with various people and events conspiring to prevent it from happening.
Marteinn Thorsson’s Stormland (Rokland) premieres today in Iceland. It’s a black comedy, based on Hallgrímur Helgason’s novel of the same name, and deals with lone rebel Boddi (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Critical reception is mixed.
The Hollywood Reporter reviews Valdís Óskarsdóttir's King's Road, recently screened at Locarno, and offers that "the film could be taken as a penetrating satire of all that went wrong in that country's financial meltdown as much as a genially whacky little romp." It also hails the director for…
Dagur Kári's The Good Heart received the audience award at the recent Off Plus Camera Film Festival in Krakow Poland, and additionally a $10.000 award towards distribution (by Gutek Film) in Poland. The film is now out in the United States and the American critics' take can…
The critics are divided on Valdís Óskarsdóttir's ensemble comedy King's Road, set in a trailer park outside the capital and featuring a motley crew of colourful characters.…
