Iceland’s art-rock heroes Sigur Rós are back with a new song, “Blóðberg,” which marks their first since reuniting with multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson.
The sprawling orchestral piece was crafted with the London Contemporary Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames, with Paul Corley co-producing “Blóðberg” with Sigur Rós. “Blóðberg” also arrives with a music video directed by Johan Renck that pairs the unsettling, ethereal aura of the song with an eerie visual that appears to show piles of bodies strewn across an endless desert.
“I feel as nihilistic as one could regarding the future,...
The sprawling orchestral piece was crafted with the London Contemporary Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames, with Paul Corley co-producing “Blóðberg” with Sigur Rós. “Blóðberg” also arrives with a music video directed by Johan Renck that pairs the unsettling, ethereal aura of the song with an eerie visual that appears to show piles of bodies strewn across an endless desert.
“I feel as nihilistic as one could regarding the future,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sigur Rós have released a new song, “Stendur æva,” from their upcoming orchestral album, Odin’s Raven Magic, which was made with fellow Icelandic artists Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and Steindór Andersen.
“Stendur æva” (which translates to “stands alive”) is a sprawling cut that opens with a section centered around a hypnotic loop played on a unique five-octave marimba built from roughly hewn pieces of stone. Andersen guides the song through this first section before the song gives way to a glitchy breakdown that ushers in a...
“Stendur æva” (which translates to “stands alive”) is a sprawling cut that opens with a section centered around a hypnotic loop played on a unique five-octave marimba built from roughly hewn pieces of stone. Andersen guides the song through this first section before the song gives way to a glitchy breakdown that ushers in a...
- 11/13/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sigur Rós have announced the release of their orchestral album, Odin’s Raven Magic. The 70-minute piece is a collaboration with fellow Icelandic artists Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Steindór Andersen. Featuring Schola Cantorum of Reykjavík and L’Orchestre des Laureats du Conservatoire National de Paris, it arrives on December 4th on Krunk via Warner Classics and is available for preorder.
In conjunction with the album announcement, the band previewed Odin’s Raven Magic with lead single “Dvergmál.” Featuring choral arrangements helmed by former Sigur Rós member and arranger Kjartan Sveinsson...
In conjunction with the album announcement, the band previewed Odin’s Raven Magic with lead single “Dvergmál.” Featuring choral arrangements helmed by former Sigur Rós member and arranger Kjartan Sveinsson...
- 10/23/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Some of the greatest monsters lay in wait, within suburbia. This is the basic premise for Adam Cushman's Restraint. Recently, this film had a showing at the Buffalo International Film Festival. It has also appeared at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Inside Restraint, a woman becomes catatonic, first. Then, she turns violent in her family home. Restraint stars: Dana Ashbrook, John Hensley and Geoffrey Rivas. The film's latest trailer is hosted here. The trailer takes awhile to build tension. But, the clip offers an unsettling film score, courtesy of Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. It also shows some of the film's more violent sequences, with one character dragged off-screen. Never judge a book by its cover as Angela (Caitlyn Folley) slowly becomes unhinged. A release date, for Restraint, has not been announced. However, the film continues a film festival run, throughout 2017. More festival dates will be announced shortly.
- 10/10/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Benedikt Erlingsson shoots Anne-Katrin Titze: "I am very grateful to Frédéric Boyer and the festival to come up with this idea." Photo: Benedikt Erlingsson
In Of Horses And Men director Benedikt Erlingsson's The Show Of Shows: 100 Years Of Vaudeville, Circuses And Carnivals (Storyville), the tents go up, as he follows in the footprints of Michelangelo Frammartino's Alberi, Tsai Ming-liang's Journey To The West and Celia Rowlson-Hall's Ma into the MoMA PS1 Vw Dome.
Producers Margrét Jónasdóttir and Mark Atkins Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Björk collaborators Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Vincent Lindon in Stéphane Brizé's The Measure Of A Man, Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant and Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson's Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne, Christopher Walken on theatre, A Woman At War with Lars von Trier's Melancholia producer Marianne Slot, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd,...
In Of Horses And Men director Benedikt Erlingsson's The Show Of Shows: 100 Years Of Vaudeville, Circuses And Carnivals (Storyville), the tents go up, as he follows in the footprints of Michelangelo Frammartino's Alberi, Tsai Ming-liang's Journey To The West and Celia Rowlson-Hall's Ma into the MoMA PS1 Vw Dome.
Producers Margrét Jónasdóttir and Mark Atkins Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Björk collaborators Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Vincent Lindon in Stéphane Brizé's The Measure Of A Man, Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant and Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson's Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne, Christopher Walken on theatre, A Woman At War with Lars von Trier's Melancholia producer Marianne Slot, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd,...
- 5/2/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
★★★☆☆ In an act of alchemy thoroughly appropriate to his subject matter, Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson manages to be both clear and misty-eyed about the traditions of the circus and vaudeville in new archive documentary The Show of Shows. After the interlocking segments of his wonderful feature debut Of Horses and Men, Erlingsson crafts a paean to a dying form of entertainment, fusing together carefully gathered footage of a variety of performances into several themed sections. Despite avoiding narration, the film captures a sense of heart-swelling wonder in one instant and reminds us of the darker aspects in the next. This is brilliantly assisted by an original score from Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós, in collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Kjartan Dagur Holm.
- 2/8/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson binds archive footage together with a stunning Sigur Rós soundtrack to evoke all the fun of the fair
Created in collaboration with the National Fairground Archive, Benedikt Erlingsson’s vibrant, arresting and often disturbing documentary draws together a wealth of footage from a century of vaudeville, circuses and carnivals. From joyous clowning and spectacular stunts (high wires and human cannonballs) through the jaw-dropping exploitation of animals and children (babies being juggled, lions and tigers tormented) to interludes of delirious dance, The Show of Shows offers a kaleidoscopic history of three-ring revelry in all its many hues. Explanatory narration is eschewed in favour of an affecting score by Sigur Rós’s Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason in collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Kjartan Dagur Hólm, which offers a clear and compelling wordless commentary.
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Created in collaboration with the National Fairground Archive, Benedikt Erlingsson’s vibrant, arresting and often disturbing documentary draws together a wealth of footage from a century of vaudeville, circuses and carnivals. From joyous clowning and spectacular stunts (high wires and human cannonballs) through the jaw-dropping exploitation of animals and children (babies being juggled, lions and tigers tormented) to interludes of delirious dance, The Show of Shows offers a kaleidoscopic history of three-ring revelry in all its many hues. Explanatory narration is eschewed in favour of an affecting score by Sigur Rós’s Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason in collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Kjartan Dagur Hólm, which offers a clear and compelling wordless commentary.
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- 12/6/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Well folks, after a rather long and brutal winter (at least for me here in Buffalo), we are finally heading into the wonderful warmth of summer, but with that blast of sunshine and steamy humidity comes the mid-year drought of major film fests. After the Sheffield Doc/Fest concludes on June 10th and AFI Docs wraps on June 21st, we likely won’t see any major influx in our charts until Locarno, Venice, Telluride and Tiff announce their line-ups in rapid succession. In the meantime, we can look forward to the intriguing onslaught of films making their debut in Sheffield, including Brian Hill’s intriguing examination of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Sean McAllister’s film for which he himself was jailed in the process of making, A Syrian Love Story, the only two films world premiering in the festival’s main competition.
- 6/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals will screen on opening night. Sheffield Doc/Fest has announced the line-up of its 22nd edition with two events on the June 5 night.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence will have its UK premiere at one of them. The film - which is a sequel to the award-winning The Act of Killing - sees a family who survived the genocide confront a man who killed one of their clan.
The second opening event is the world premiere of The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film directed by Icelander Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses And Men) which will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason from Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. It tells the story of itinerant circus performers,...
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence will have its UK premiere at one of them. The film - which is a sequel to the award-winning The Act of Killing - sees a family who survived the genocide confront a man who killed one of their clan.
The second opening event is the world premiere of The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film directed by Icelander Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses And Men) which will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason from Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. It tells the story of itinerant circus performers,...
- 5/7/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Look of Silence and new music from members of Sigur Ros to open festival; Monty Python documentary to close.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the line-up of its 2015 edition, which will open with two events.
The first is the UK premiere of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, the follow-up to critically acclaimed The Act of Killing, in which a family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
The second is the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film that will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
The film centres on the lives of travelling showpeople and has been created with exclusive access to the University of Sheffield...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the line-up of its 2015 edition, which will open with two events.
The first is the UK premiere of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, the follow-up to critically acclaimed The Act of Killing, in which a family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
The second is the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals – a music and archive film that will feature a new score by Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós and the head of the Pagan Church in Iceland, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
The film centres on the lives of travelling showpeople and has been created with exclusive access to the University of Sheffield...
- 5/7/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Lund is back yet again. Running from September 3rd to October 2nd in Lund Sweden and covers genre film from all over the world. We'll be covering the fest, so you may ask, what am I looking forward to?
Post apocalyptic zombies in Rammbock.
Simon Rumley's Red White & Blue.
More post apocalyptic zombies in Greek sequel To Kako II: Evil in the Time of Heroes.
Consciousness Transfer.
What would I recommend that I've already seen?
Ivan Engler's Swedish scifi flick Cargo.
Cyberpunk animation Technotise.
Irish after-beating study Savage.
Neil Marshall's Centurion.
And there's plenty more. You can check out the full list after the break and buy tickets at the official website.
International Competition
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: An utterly brilliant and incredibly entertaining comic book adaptation from Edgar Wright(Shaun of The Dead)
The Loved Ones: It's the prom night from hell in this...
Post apocalyptic zombies in Rammbock.
Simon Rumley's Red White & Blue.
More post apocalyptic zombies in Greek sequel To Kako II: Evil in the Time of Heroes.
Consciousness Transfer.
What would I recommend that I've already seen?
Ivan Engler's Swedish scifi flick Cargo.
Cyberpunk animation Technotise.
Irish after-beating study Savage.
Neil Marshall's Centurion.
And there's plenty more. You can check out the full list after the break and buy tickets at the official website.
International Competition
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: An utterly brilliant and incredibly entertaining comic book adaptation from Edgar Wright(Shaun of The Dead)
The Loved Ones: It's the prom night from hell in this...
- 9/7/2010
- QuietEarth.us
We have the full list of the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia 2008 award winners. Among those taking home prizes was "Surveillance," a film by Jennfier Chambers Lynch which captured the Best Motion Picture award. Lynch writes alongside Kent Harper, the crime drama/thriller which stars Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James and Ryan Simpkins. Also taking significant awards was Brian Cox for his work on "Red," Fernando Meilelles' "Blindness" drama starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo and "Let the Right One In." What is Sitges? The number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. As announced, here are the winners announced by Sitges: Surveillance, by Jennifer Lynch, Best...
- 10/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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