Tag: Hulda Helgadottir

When The Light Breaks | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

Grieving Rights: Runarsson Explores Interrupted Mourning For his fourth narrative feature, Iceland’s Rúnar Rúnarsson returns to themes of emotional disruption with When the Light Breaks....

A White, White Day | Review

Indiscretion of an Icelandic Wife: Palmason Primes a Crime of Passion in Simmering Drama Nothing is initially what it seems in Icelandic director Hlynur...

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason & Ingvar E. Sigurdsson – A White, White Day

At the last Critics' Week in Cannes 2019, critics took notice of Hlynur Pálmason’s second feature, A White, White Day. Pálmason’s debut, Winter Brothers,...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...