Belle

Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage

"...On a small farm in Iceland, Belle (Snædal) works constantly for her sick father (Thorvaldsson)...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

The Northman

A vengeance-fueled odyssey across Viking culture and myth

"...Orkneys to the bleak and recently settled hinterlands of Iceland, to the farmlands of the Rus on the western..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...LAMB D: Valdimar Jóhannsson Iceland, Sweden, Poland, 2021, US Premiere, 107 min On a..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

SXSW Taps Baby Rose, Heart Bones & Laundry Day

108 more acts added to music fest

"...flying in for the festivities running March 16-22 are Iceland’s Artoffact Records-approved darkwavers Sólveig Matthildur, country songwriter Laura Cantrell,..."

Feb. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

World Cup: Previewing the Group Stage Finales

Food pairings for fútbol fans

"...who’ve deserved a better fate. 1pm: Group D: Nigeria-Argentina, Iceland-Croatia. Argentina and Leo Messi have looked dismal, and the..."

June 25, 2018 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...Oddwood – Pale Ales | Iceland: Yep, you’re the sentimental beer drinker looking for the..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Dinner Lab + Phaidon = Magnus Nilsson's Nordic Feast

Not even an army of frost giants could keep us from this culinary event

"...Wednesday, November 18, at 8pm, Chef Gísli Audunsson of Iceland's Slippurinn restaurant will present a five-course meal somewhere in..."

Nov. 16, 2015 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"000000"

"000000" makes something out of nothing at Pump Project

"...Austin for three months for an artist residency in Iceland. The two artists struck up communication through email and..."

March 20, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Noah

Partly allegorical, partly spectacular, and wholly sincere, Darren Aronofsky gives us another memorable movie about a driven individual.

"...stark and barren (much of Noah was filmed on Iceland’s volcanic plains). Cain’s wandering descendants are vicious warriors who..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...Land Ho! / U.S.A., Iceland (Directors and screenwriters: Martha Stephens, Aaron Katz) — A..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Blackfish

Orcas exploited in the name of entertainment and free enterprise is bad business in the view of this doc.

"...orca captured as an adolescent off the coast of Iceland and, since then, implicated in a series of aggressive..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...Wash.) Ki:Theory (Richmond, Va.) KnightRiderz (Edmonton,Canada) Svavar Knútur (Reykjavík, Iceland) K.O. Boyz (Dallas, Texas) Kodaline (Dublin, Ireland) Kool and..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

SPOT Festival

Making connections at Denmark's SPOT Festival

"...and Vibeke Falden; Lara Runarsdottir and Johan Kristinsson from Iceland; Norway's Therese Aune; and Brandur Enni from the Faroe..."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Horns, St. Ed's Stay Unbeaten, and More

Longhorns and Hilltoppers soccer squads stay unbeaten, plus more soccer news from here and afar

"...FYR 1 - 0 Scotland Norway 2 - 2 Iceland Macedonia FYR 1 - 2 Netherlands Iceland 1 -..."

Sept. 10, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Kortedala Syndrome

Night falls over Scandinavia

"...FM Belfast: Icelandic electronica collective turned Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

We're No. 1! (and No. 7)

"...E England v Estonia Croatia v Israel Group F Iceland v Latvia Liechtenstein v Sweden Denmark v Spain Group..."

Oct. 9, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Seasons Come … Seasons Go: Champions League, Lady Longhorns, David Beckham, and More

"...Denmark Grp F Latvia vs. Northern Ireland Grp F Iceland TBD Spain Grp G Luxembourg vs. Slovenia Grp G..."

Aug. 15, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

A tough weekend for the Longhorns, and more

"...Latvia v Iceland (Group F)..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

'Soccer Watch': Lady Longhorns and Euro 2008 Preview

"...Latvia v Iceland (Group F)..."

Oct. 4, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...pretty busy for a 21-year-old. A member of two Icelandic hardcore bands and a hip-hop act, he's also the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...is understood to them and no one else." 4. Iceland by Jim Krusoe (Dalkey Archive): In May, we called..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

The Bourne Identity

"...as though it were shot just this side of Iceland, with a frosty blue hue overlaying much of the..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...whose Institute happens to offer harvested organs for transplant. Iceland (Dalkey Archive, $14.95), a brilliant black comedy of the..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Sigur Rós Ágætis Byrjun (PIAS)

"...effectively by Radiohead. From the Great White North of Iceland they come, spreading their painfully exquisite message in a..."

June 8, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...GUS GUS (Reykjavik, Iceland): See, this is the kind of press kit info..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Natatorium (Iceland) Director/Screenwriter: Helena StefánsdóttirProducers: Sunna Guðnadóttir, Heather Millard, Julia Elomäki..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...6) Godland 19th-century Iceland is an unforgiving landscape in this chilly tale of..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Ocean) Ana Castillo (Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home) Kurt Caswell (Iceland Summer: Travels Along the Ring Road) Jorge Cham (Oliver’s..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The safest place in the world is Iceland, according to the Global Peace Index...."

March 3, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!

The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss

"...composer. I asked for a song that has an Icelandic feel to it, but to create a song with..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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