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Movie: Tilbury (1987)
In 1940, when there are British forces in Iceland, a country boy goes to Reykjavik to work for the army and to find what became of his childhood sweetheart. He soon discovers that she's having an affair with a British soldier. Moreover, he starts to suspect that the soldier, instead of being an officer and a gentleman, is in fact a very peculiar kind of monster. [more inside]
Movie: Last and First Men
Tilda Swinton narrates the bleak future of humanity in the only feature directed by the Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson. [more inside]
Katla: Season 1, Full Season Season 1, Ep 0
Netflix's first Icelandic original series is an eerie drama set in an isolated town on the outskirts of an erupting subglacial volcano. It begins with the discovery of a mysterious ash-covered woman walking on the glacier. As more people emerge and their histories are revealed, the atmosphere descends into quiet horror with a near monochromatic backdrop of ice and ash-dusted Icelandic scenery. [more inside]
Movie: Thirst
Hulda is suspected of murdering her brother when she is found holding his dead body. Released from police custody with no memory of how her brother died, she comes upon a man being beaten in an alley. When she steps in to protect him, she discovers he is a thousand year old gay vampire. [more inside]
Movie: I Remember You
After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.
Trapped: Season One, Episode Three Season 1, Ep 3
The town is still cut off from all help by snowstorms and pack ice; the local police have lost both the victim's body and the only suspect. Unable to prove his suspicions about the ferry captain, Andri finally gets a new lead when people start sharing photos of the corpse online. [more inside]
Trapped: Episode Two Season 1, Ep 2
With no police support able to arrive from Reykjavik until the snowstorm clears, Andri and his colleagues need to work fast. It seems a hopeless situation, but with a suspect in custody awaiting questioning and a body awaiting forensic tests, Andri is desperate for them to prove themselves and make a breakthrough in the case. [more inside]
Live Stream: Semifinal 1 (2017 Eurovision Song Contest)
Live from Kyiv, Semifinal 1 begins Tuesday, May 9th, at 2100 CEST / 3:00pm EDT. Come on in for performance previews and conjecture about who's good, bad, and so-bad-it's-good.
Viewers outside the US can watch via the main Eurovision YouTube channel. For fans located in the US: LOGO is broadcasting the Grand Final again this year (with Ross Mathews and Michelle Visage of Drag Race fame. Yay!) which means we get to deal with geoblocking again. (Boo.) Get a VPN with endpoints outside the US to access the stream YouTube, or try the Swedish broadcaster's high-quality (and usually commentary-free) live stream. [more inside]
Trapped: Season One, Episode One Season 1, Ep 1
A ferry comes to port. At the same time, a mutilated human corpse is found in the ocean. Passengers on board the ferry are prevented from going ashore, because police inspector Andri suspects the murderer is on board. He starts investigations, but meets severe resistance, both from the uncooperative ferry captain, and a really bad snow blizzard, which threatens to isolate both the ferry and the village. [more inside]
Live Stream: Semifinal 1 (2016 Eurovision Song Contest)
The opening round of this year's Eurovision Song Contest is almost upon us! Semifinal 1 begins Tuesday, May 10th, at 2100 CEST / 3:00pm EDT. The live stream will be available via the Eurovision.tv website or directly from YouTube (link TBD). Let's talk fabulous hits and glorious misses! [more inside]
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