Top 8 Movies
The best Icelandic film in my opinion is Georg Lifandi Lag (George Live Song), a short film made by the production group Lortur and portrayed an Icelandic karaoke singer who [&hell
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…
The exhibition is a collection of dissimilar artworks by various artists who are united by their method of expression. The exhibition has normal, almost mundane things that no one
Building something out of nothing.
In one of those rare instances of the rich giving to the poor, the National Bank of Iceland decided to practically give an office building to artists to use as […]
SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW ?
Rossopomodoro is a franchise operation, to be sure. It is based on the pure Italian Napoli pizza mentality. However, there are not many Rossos. One in Madrid, one in Rio […]
Enter the Dragon
Believe me, I’ve been there. Living as a college student in Reykjavík, I have come to understand the true meaning of the word “budget.” To me, everything is counted in [&hel
JUST ONE BIG MISUNDERSTANDING?
Crowded into a small room in the basement of Kaffi Kúltúr, Mr. Halldórsson was surrounded by Icelanders and a few foreigners who all share one thing in common – none [&hel
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE MOLEHILLS OF THE WEST FJORDS
With a dying fishing industry, rapidly shrinking population, and the locals’ rumored penchant for the occult, characterizations of this place tend to breed a certain air of melan
We were here first
It’s about this time of year that we start to poll up in this little island that you like to call home, and over the last few decades our visits […]
Top 8 Books
Salka Valka – A Political Love Story, as Halldór called the second half of the novel, tells the story of the headstrong pauper Salka Valka from the age of ten […]
Violent Femmes: New York band searches for its roots.
The Violent Femmes were my local band. I saw them at least five times in high school. My friends and I thought of them as friends who just weren’t with […]
JAMMING WITH THE REYKJAVÍK NIGHTLIFE FRIEND
As I purchased my litre of Becks (a mere apéritif) and an extra box of smokes (ammunition for a long night) and walked down to meet this evenings´ team, I […]
LETTERS
The League of extraordinary gentelmen I read somewere you never spend it badly with Sean Connery, true? A board of seven agains a conspirator, supported by special powres: a vampir
THE PETER PAN GENERATION
In the meantime, leaving the readership in the hands of the perpetually feuding giants of media, members of Grapevine have done as follows: Publisher Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson star
THE MEDIA CONTROLS OUR MINDS
Picture it: Out of a population of two hundred and eighty odd thousand souls, living in approximately one hundred and ten thousand households – 98% of which have televisions
LICENSE APPROVED?
The walk to Bogi’s office is along wide corridors, covered with black and white photographs. I remark upon these images when we reach Bogis’ office in the heart of the [&hellip
HALLGRÍMUR HELGASON
Two years ago and newly arrived in Iceland, 101 Reykjavik failed to give me the fuel for my romanticised notions of the country. I put the book to one side […]
IT WAS TIME TO GET A JOB
The Union On a beautiful Monday morning I was ushered into the office of Lára, the grandmotherly Efling representative whose mission it would be to get me gainfully employed. I [&
LONDON
The Greater London Metropolis spreads out below as far as the eye can see as the plane descends from the clouds. During the Blitz just over half a century ago, […]
KILL BILL : AN UNINTENDED APPRAISAL OF THE CLINTON YEARS?
At the dawn of a new decade and a new century, history returned with a vengeance. People are again fighting and dying for one cause or another, world leaders routinely […]
Top 8 Albums
Countdown: 8. Múm – Summer make good (2004). Minimal pop, makes you feel good. 7. Gunnar Þórðarson – Gunnar Þórðarson (1975). Sounds like a mixture of Stevie Won