Reykjavík Grapevine - 25.08.2006, Síða 16

101 gaLLEry
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
28.07-02.09.06
Serge Comte
tHE Einar JÓnSSOn Mu-
SEuM
Eiriksgata
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition of the work of
sculptor Einar Jónsson
tHE CuLturE HOuSE
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11-17
www.thjodmenning.is
29.06.06-27.02.07
Icelandic Fashion 2006
Permanent Exhibits
Medieval Manuscripts; The National
Museum- as it was; The Library Room
DWarF gaLLEry
Grundarstígur 21
Opening Hours Vary
http://this.is/birta
gaLLEry 100 DEgrEES
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
gaLLErÍ aniMa
Ingólfsstræti 8
Wed.-Sat. 13-17
18.08-09.09.06
Bára Kristinsdóttir
gaLLEry FOLD
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
Sun. 14-16
www.myndlist.is
gaLLErÍ SæVarS KarLS
Bankastræti 7
http://www.saevarkarl.is
Current exhibition:
Rudolf L. Reiter
gaLLEry turPEntinE
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
18.08-10.09.06
Aron Reyr Sverrisson
19.08-05.09.06
Alistair Macintyre
gEL gaLLErÍ
Hverfisgata 37
Mon.-Fri. 10-19
Sat. 10-17
01.08- ?
Aron Bergman
gErðuBErg
CuLturaL CEntrE
Gerðuberg 3-5
08.14-10.09.06
Sculptures by Guðjón Stefán Kristinsson;
Acrylic portraits by Jón Ólafsson; paint-
ings by Ketill Larsen
gyLLinHæð
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Students from the second year of the
Academy
i8 gaLLEry
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
14.09-21.10.06
Hildur Bjarnadóttir
iCELanDiC LaBOur
uniOn’S art gaLLEry
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
19.08-10.09.06
Alexandra Signer & Tumi Magnússon
KLing & Bang gaLLEry
Laugavegur 23
Thu.- Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
CLOSED until
14.10-05.11.06
Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir & New York
artists
LiVing art MuSEuM
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thu. 13-22
www.nylo.is
12.08-03.09.06
Pétur Már Gunnarsson, Johann Maheut,
Toshinari Sato

tHE natiOnaL gaLLEry
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free Entrance
www.listasafn.is
08.07-24.09.06
Landscape and folklore
tHE natiOnaL MuSEuM
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10-17
www.natmus.is/english
Temporary Exhibitions:
Photography from Iceland, 1938
Invisible women in Icelandic art
Archaeological research and Iceland’s new
view of history
Permanent Exhibitions:
The Making of a Nation
tHE nOrDiC HOuSE
Sturlugata 5
Tue.-Sun. 12-17
www.nordice.is/english
30.07-30.09.06
Ilmur Stefánsdóttir & Steinunn
Knútsdóttir
næSti Bar
Ingólfsstræti 1a
Regular exhibitions by local artists
rEyKJaVÍK 871 +/- 2 : tHE
SEttLEMEnt EXHiBitiOn
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10-17
rEyKJaVÍK art MuSEuM
ÁSMunDur SVEinSSOn
SCuLPturE MuSEuM
Sigtún
Open daily 10-16
Admission ticket is valid on the same day
for all three museums.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
HaFnarHúS
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10-17
10.06.06-07.01.07
The Erró Collection: Graphic Works
KJarVaLSStaðir
Flókagata
Open daily 10-17
08.04-03.12.06
Let’s Look at Art: A series of exhibitions
especially designed for children
24.06-17.09.06
Summer Exhibition from the Permanent
Collection
rEyKJaVÍK MuSEuM
Kistuhylur 4
June-August 10-17
www.arbaejarsafn.is
Closed in September.
tHE rEyKJaVÍK MuSEuM
OF PHOtOgraPHy
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th f loor
Weekdays 12-19
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
01.06-24.09.06
Photography by Andrés Kolbeinsson
SaFn
Laugavegur 37
Wed.-Fri. 14-18
Sat.-Sun. 14- 17
Free Entrance
www.safn.is
12.08-03.09.06
Sean Shanahan, Alan Johnston, Ragna
Róbertsdóttir
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
Permanent exhibition of the work of
sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson
PHOtOgraPHy in tHE
StrEEtS OF DOWntOWn
rEyKJaVÍK
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography
is celebrating its 25th anniversary with
a photographic look back at the past
century of life in the capital. These ret-
rospectives are on display in Lækjartorg,
Austurvöllur and Fógetagarður.
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The Grapevine lists exhibitions from galler-
ies throughout Iceland. If you would like to be
included, free of charge, contact the Grapevine by
email at listings@grapevine.is.
Compiled by Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir
www.gljufrasteinn.is
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tHE ant BuLLy
Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage and Bruce
Campbell (!) lend their voices to this
CGI-flick about a man who shrinks and
has to work in an ant colony.
tHE BrEaK uP
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn star
in this romantic comedy.
Háskólabíó
CLiCK
Adam Sandler’s latest comedic vehicle,
telling the story of a man with a remote
control that can affect reality itself.
Regnboginn
garFiELD:
a taiL OF tWO KittiES
Lovable cartoon cat Garfield frolics in
England. Some castles are involved.
FiVE CHiLDrEn anD it
Featuring the voice talent of Eddie Izzard
as a Sand Fairy, this English fairytale
movie also stars Kenneth Branagh.
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Sambíóin Álfabakka,
Sambíóin Akureyri
HaLF LigHt
Demi Moore in a supernatural thriller
where she plays a writer who runs into
all kinds of ghosts while on vacation.
Sambíóin Akureyri
LaDy in tHE WatEr
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film stars
Paul Giamatti as a building superintend-
ent determined to save a strange woman
he finds in his pool.
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Sambíóin Álfabakka,
Háskólabíó
tHE LOng WEEKEnD
Two brothers, one a nerd, the other a
playboy, with very different goals in life,
spend a weekend together, ending in all
kinds of stupidity.
Sambíóin Álfabakka
MiaMi ViCE
Based on the TV series, undercover cops
Crockett and Tubbs return and chase
Miami drug dealers around in fancy suits
and fast cars. Warning: Colin Farrell is in
this movie.
Sambíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin Kringlunni,
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Borgarbíó
a PrairiE HOME
COMPaniOn
Singing sisters, suicide-obsessed girl,
cruel businessman, cowboys and a radio
host in a comedy revolving around the
famous radio show A Prairie Home Com-
panion. Regnboginn
tHE SEntinEL
A traitor in the Secret Service stirs things
up as the president’s life is in danger.
Starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Suth-
erland, Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger.
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Borgarbíó
SiLEnt HiLL
A woman searching for her daughter
somehow ends up fighting off a huge
army of monsters in a deserted town.
Smárabíó, Borgarbíó, Sambíóin Keflavík
SnaKES On a PLanE
Yeah, snakes on a plane.
Smárabíó, Regnboginn, Laugarásbíó,
Borgarbíó
StOrMBrEaKEr
Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke and
Alicia Silverstone together in an adven-
ture film about a teenage super-spy who
ends up working for MI6.
Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin Keflavík
SuPErMan rEturnS
The Man of Steel resumes kicking ass af-
ter two decades of being a lazy, paralysed
bitch.
Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin Álfabakka
unitED 93
This first of the 9/11 feature films, this
one attempts to give a real-time account
of the events on board United Flight 93,
where passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
yOu, ME anD DuPrEE
Owen Wilson stars as a best man who
overstays his welcome at Matt Dillon and
Kate Hudson’s house.
This wittily titled sequel is sure to set
Reykjavík’s theatres ablaze with the
joyful laughter of sugar-fuelled brats,
making it an obvious pick for Iceland’s
famously hung-over brand of “weekend
dads”. The adventurous people behind
this second feature length exploitation
of cartoon-cat Garfield somehow came
up with the idea of setting it in the
U.K. – likely the source of various ac-
cent-based jokes and royalty references.
Starring the adorable Breckin Meyer
and Jennifer Love Hewitt along with
the voice talents of Bill Murray, Gar-
field: A Tail of Two Kitties is definitely
a must-see for fans of wooden acting
and CGI-based shenanigans. HM
garfield A movie portraying the action-packed
lives of U.S. alcohol, firearm and
tobacco-lobbyists sounds interest-
ing enough, if properly executed. The
trailer for this one looks kind of prom-
ising and it’s reportedly based on some
novel, so it might even feature a plot (a
rare sight in Iceland’s multiplexes these
days). This alleged plot revolves around
a Big Tobacco spokesman trying to
raise a 12-year-old son with integrity
while feeding his evil, filthy lies to the
public. Directed by Ivan Reitman’s son
and featuring a performance from the
ever-gorgeous Rob Lowe, Thank You
for Smoking just might prove to be a
worthwhile thing to see on a Sunday
night. HM
thank you for Smoking
regnboginn
Hverfisgata 54
101 Reykjavík
Tel. 551-9000
Sambíóin
Álfabakka 8
109 Reykjavík
Tel. 575-8900
Smárabíó
Smáralind
201 Kópavogur
Tel. 564-0000
Háskólabíó
Hagatorgi
107 Reykjavík
Tel. 525-5400
Kringlubíó
Kringlunni 4-12
103 Reykjavík
Tel. 575-8900
Selfossbíó
Eyrarvegur 2
800 Selfoss
Tel. 482-3007
Laugarásbíó
Laugarási
104 Reykjavík
Tel. 565-0118
Sambíóin akureyri
Ráðhústorgi
600 Akureyri
Tel. 461-4666
nýja-Bíó
Hafnargata 33
230 Reykjanesbær
Tel. 421-1170
Visit www.kvikmyndir.is for regularly
updates on new films and showtimes.
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rokkland – rás 2
In which radio personality and Bubbi fan
Óli Palli translates interviews from the
BBC. This is actually one of the few Ice-
landic radio shows that actively attempt
to present new and interesting music,
although the show’s source of material
tends to focus on Coldplay and their ilk,
along with the NME’s current hype of
the month. The interviews are usually
informative and they are broadcast in
both English and Icelandic. Rás 2 really
ought to have a similar show focusing on
Icelandic music, however.
Zúúber – FM 957
I really shouldn’t write a word about this
show. I’m just going to come off as a bitter
outcast who doesn’t enjoy participating in
society’s vast pleasures. “Zúúber is a really
funny show,” they’ll say, “You should give
it a chance.” Well, I did. It was awful.
I barely managed to get through their
eight-song playlist’s rotation, so appalled
was I by the presenters’ obvious and utter
ignorance of everything good and decent
in the world. I heard them mispronounce
names, both English and Icelandic. I
heard them make factual errors, repeat-
edly. I heard them tell what I can only
assume were supposed to be jokes. Mostly
I just heard people that obviously couldn’t
be bothered preparing for their job at all.
Love Monkey
This stupidly titled TV series has been
described as Sex in the City for men. I
saw an episode the other day and can
safely attest that the show is indeed set
in a city and does involve some sex. It
stars Ed actor Tom Cavanagh as a music
scout looking for love and success in the
seemingly exciting world of indie-rock.
He has some fairly likeable male friends
(one of them is actually 90s hunk Jason
Priestley!) and they have some problems
that need a 40-minute resolution, too.
Most involve women. It features some OK
music, and the jokes weren’t half bad. So,
you have what looks like a fine set-up for
a comedy series. Too bad they cancelled it
almost immediately. Enjoy, while you can.
Melrose Place
Skjár 1 has been re-running the classic
Melrose Place after midnight this sum-
mer; a veritable godsend if you happen to
be an unemployed stoner or working the
graveyard shift at a hospital. The show
serves as a reminder of just how obnoxious
and, well, plain evil humans can be at
their worst. It also features some pretty
hot babes and dudes with weird haircuts,
along with the occasional revelatory plot
point. Really, if you’re disappointed with
your current situation, watching middle-
class folk plotting to murder one another
over their love lives can really help put
things into perspective. Bonus titbit:
Generation X author Douglas Coupland
has made a point out of complaining that
the whole Melrose Place plateau was
highly derivative of his famous début
novel. It’s kind of weird actually, con-
sidering his protagonists just sat around
talking the whole time.
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rás 1
Government radio station often featur-
ing talk shows, radio soap operas, and
traditional music.
rás 2
More progressive government radio sta-
tion, featuring a variety of music as well as
news discussion programmes.
Bylgjan (98.9 FM)
Light pop music.
útvarp Saga (99.4 FM)
Iceland’s oldies station, featuring both Ice-
landic and foreign music from decades past.
talstöðin (90.9 FM)
Talk radio station, in Icelandic.
Létt 96.7 (96.7 FM)
Office pop, easy listening.
FM 957 (95.7 FM)
One of the “hnakkistöðvar,” playing pop-
rock geared towards urban clubbing youth.
XFM (91.9FM)
Iceland’s rock station, often playing cut-
ting-edge releases.
Lindin (102.9 FM)
Christian broadcasting station, available all
over the country.
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