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Touch: Memories of a Lost Love Play Out At Their Own Sweet, Icelandic Pace

Touch: Memories of a Lost Love Play Out At Their Own Sweet, Icelandic Pace

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 10, 2024Icelandic films, Films taken from Icelandic novels, Touch, Director Baltasar Kormákur, Novelist Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Egill Ólafsson, Palmi Kormákur, Kôki, Masahiro Motoki, Love stories set in multiple countriesComment

A White, White Day: Acclaimed Icelandic film masterfully releases the steam of bottled emotions

A White, White Day: Acclaimed Icelandic film masterfully releases the steam of bottled emotions

By Karen Gordon

PreviewJim SlotekMay 28, 2020Icelandic films, A White, White Day, Hlynur Palmason, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, infidelity, Stalking, Repressed emotion, Cannes film awardsComment

Woman at War: A quirky feel-good movie about an Icelandic eco-warrior

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 12, 2019Icelandic films, Woman at War, Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival, Benedikt Erlingsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Eco-terrorism, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Ukrainians, Twins, Jodie Foster, Hollywood remakes of foreign filmsComment

Original-Cin TIFF Picks: Monday, September 10

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, and Karen Gordon

Under the Tree: Icelanders behaving badly makes for dark, deranged social satire

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2018Icelandic films, Social satire, Cruelty to animals, suicide, Divorce, Sex videos, Domestic violence