Review: The Death of Marie (2020)
Sometimes, when an old and wealthy person dies or is about to die, it creates a rift in a family and the reasons are not always just financial by nature.
March 2020
Zeus Machine: The Invincible (2019)
Like most experimental collage films, Zeus Machine is an uneven patchwork. Some sections feel too slight and open-ended, others overly cryptic and wilfully obscure.
Review: A Mixed Bag (2019)
A Mixed Bag, the title of Hana Rakel’s short, might refer to a number of things, physically and metaphorically. It could be the bag of groceries its protagonist Fjóla (Thorun Magnea Magnúsdóttir) buys at the supermarket…
Review: Helgi on a Stick (2019)
There is a word play in the title of Magnea B. Valdimarsdóttir’s short portrait documentary “Helgi on a Stick” that could be traced to its Icelandic original.
Review: Paperboy (2019)
Sometimes, a simple, warm, humane hug is all someone needs. Ninna Pálmadóttir’s Paperboy ends with one such hug and it is enough of a payoff for a generally somber mood the film is set in.
Review: Irradiated (2020)
The picture is being projected on three horizontally aligned boxy, 4:3 screens simultaneously, making the film’s aspect ratio extremely wide, 4:1.
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