Movie Love 2018-2019 (Bíóást; RÚV)
Exhibition series of classical movies, which have in common that have rich influence on contemporary time and zeitgeist. Filmists tell us about their favorite movie, which is shown afterwards.
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSusan SarandonGeena DavisHarvey KeitelTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.Kristín Eysteinsdóttir. (September 15th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-vard-fyrir-uppljomun (2x). (3:05) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.Sævar Helgi Bragason. (September 22nd 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-godar-geimverur-og-vondir-visindamenn. (2:40) - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKevin CostnerSean ConneryRobert De NiroDuring Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.Hulda G. Geirsdóttir. (September 29th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-sannsoguleg-loggu-og-bofamynd. (3:21) - DirectorMichael RadfordMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia CucinottaA simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.Sigurlaug Margrét Jónasdóttir. (October 6th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-madur-er-bara-uff. (3:15) - DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen. (October 13th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-sigild-unglingamynd-sem-stendur-upp-ur. (2:21) - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Helga Vala Helgadóttir. (October 20th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-velindad-threngist-og-blodid-thykknar. (2:42) - DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence StampTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.Margrét Erla Maack. (October 27th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/sja-pallietturnar-glampa-i-eydimerkursolinni. (2:44) - DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsKelly McGillisJodie FosterBernie CoulsonAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.Brynhildur Björnsdóttir. (November 3rd 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-ofbeldi-hvorki-romantiskt-ne-spennandi. (3:37) - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.Júlía Margrét Alexandersdóttir. (November 10th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-astarsaga-sem-yrdi-ekki-gerd-i-dag. (3:28) - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson. (November 17th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/kolsvort-rokkurmynd-i-yfirgnaefandi-hvitum-lit. (3:26) - DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..Baldvin Z. (November 24th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-myndmal-kvikmyndarinnar-taladi-til-min. (3:16) - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Sigurður Sigurjónsson. (December 8th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-storkostlega-merkileg-og-dapurleg. (2:12) - DirectorMike NewellStarsHugh GrantAndie MacDowellJames FleetOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.Sif Gunnarsdóttir. (December 15th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-hugh-grant-med-ikoniska-lubbann-sinn. (4:32) - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.Jón Gnarr. (December 29th 2018)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-mynd-sem-breytti-vidhorfi-og-upplysti. (3:26) - DirectorCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin KlineIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson. (January 5th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-otrulegt-personugalleri. (3:16) - DirectorDavid LynchStarsNicolas CageLaura DernWillem DafoeYoung lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.Sigurjón Sighvatsson. (January 12th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-eg-bara-sendi-bokina-til-david. (4:17) - DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.Kjartan Guðmundsson. (January 19th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-gekk-langt-i-dyrkun-sinni-a-mookie. (3:23) - DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir. (January 26th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-astarodur-til-kvikmyndalistarinnar. (2:54) - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir. (February 2nd 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-myndin-breytti-einhverju-innra-med-mer. (3:37) - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.Ævar Þór Benediktsson. (February 9th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/hann-er-storkostlegur-i-thessari-mynd. (2:26 or 2:27) - DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Þóra Hallgrímsdóttir. (February 16th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-geta-karlar-og-konur-verid-vinir. (4:38) - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan HawkeThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.Hlynur Páll Pálsson. (February 23rd 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-fluga-a-vegg-i-lifi-folks-i-tolf-ar. (4:05) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Bragi Þór Hinriksson. (March 2nd 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-ogleymanleg-lifsreynsla. (3:22) - DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.Magnús Karl Magnússon. (April 13th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-hittir-mann-beint-i-hjartastad (2x). (3:46) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne EllimanFilm version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.Pétur "Jesús" Örn Guðmundsson. (April 19th 2019)*
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-fedgarnir-badir-i-hlutverki-jesu (2x). (4:07)^
*Friday; not Saturday.
^Malfunctioning sound system in 2-3 minutes. - DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam NeillIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.Vera Sölvadóttir. (April 27th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-takid-eftir-myndmalinu (2x). (2:27) - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.Reynir Lyngdal. (May 4th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-vakti-strax-sterk-vidbrogd-hja-mer-0 (2x). (2:50) - DirectorHerbert RossStarsShirley MacLaineOlympia DukakisSally FieldA young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.María Guðmundsdóttir. (May 11th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/konur-sem-eiga-skilid-ad-tekid-se-eftir-theim (2x). (2:35) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. (May 25th 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-blod-i-svarthvitu-er-sukkuladisyrop. (4:06) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir. (June 1st 2019)
Article: http://www.ruv.is/frett/bioast-bill-murray-stelur-senunni. (3:28)