Hlynur Pálmason is an Icelandic writer and director. For his latest project The Love That Remains, the filmmaker delivers a poignant, domestic drama that observes life’s changes with humor and whimsy, set against the majestic, ever-shifting Icelandic landscape. Pálmason is […]

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Following his magnificently bleak period piece Godland, writer-director Hlynur Pálmason offers a reprieve from the overcast skies of human despair with his compassionate new family drama, The Love That Remains. Set in his native Iceland and shot on 35mm film […]

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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) ran September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check out M.J. O’Toole’s The Love That Remains movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As the seasons […]

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It’s that time of year again. After previously announcing its Opening Night (After the Hunt), Centerpiece (Father Mother Sister Brother), and Closing Night (Is This Thing On?) films, the New York Film Festival has unveiled its full Main Slate lineup […]

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Hlynur Pálmason is an Icelandic writer and director. For his latest project Godland (which I also reviewed) he reunited with Danish actor Elliott Crosset Hove. Pálmason is a graduate from the national film school of Denmark. While Elliott is now […]

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(Check out Jack Schenker’s movie review of Godland from director Hlynur Pálmason. It’s in select theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) As cliché of a phrase as it is, they don’t make ‘em like […]

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It’s another year on the Croisette. The 2022 Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 17 to 28. The lineup was announced dark and early (at the very least) in U.S. time. Featuring new work in-competition by David Cronenberg, […]

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WINTER BROTHERS plays like a mashup of Aki Kaurismaki and Yorgos Lanthimos, with some Béla Tarr thrown in for good measure.

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