Just over 60 miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern climes of Iceland, lies the town of Akureyri. While it may be a bit hard to pronounce, Akureyri is fast becoming known as the Arctic Abbey Road. Iceland is quickly emerging as the leading supplier of musicians and the cutting-edge facilities that record them, with musical directors from Netflix to Disney flocking there. And Akureyri is the gleaming sonic gem in this crown of sound.
Amid this Nordic cacophony is a man known as Iceland’s George Martin – a producer and composer whose long tenure in Icelandic music (his band Todmobile just celebrated their 35th anniversary) has fast become legend to music directors and composers all over the world.
Thorvaldur Bjarni Thorvaldsson — or as he is affectionately known to classic composers and rockstars as simply “Tod” — is an unassuming man who can multitask and summon forth timpani players and charter...
Amid this Nordic cacophony is a man known as Iceland’s George Martin – a producer and composer whose long tenure in Icelandic music (his band Todmobile just celebrated their 35th anniversary) has fast become legend to music directors and composers all over the world.
Thorvaldur Bjarni Thorvaldsson — or as he is affectionately known to classic composers and rockstars as simply “Tod” — is an unassuming man who can multitask and summon forth timpani players and charter...
- 10/25/2023
- by Richard Stellar
- The Wrap
This article contains all the spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
“I’m your goddamn partner!” When Marion Ravenwood shouted that declaration over the sounds of a burning bar and a Nepalese winter, she immediately cemented herself as the best companion for Indiana Jones. Sure, he’s been paired with other sidekicks, but none of them have lived up to the standard set by Marion. That is until Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Helena Shaw might seem like a second attempt at the Mutt Williams model from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like Mutt, she sees Indy as a father figure. But with the aged Dr. Jones at a particularly low point, Helena has higher status in the movie, which works to bring out the best in a hero who’s more than long in the tooth.
“I’m your goddamn partner!” When Marion Ravenwood shouted that declaration over the sounds of a burning bar and a Nepalese winter, she immediately cemented herself as the best companion for Indiana Jones. Sure, he’s been paired with other sidekicks, but none of them have lived up to the standard set by Marion. That is until Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Helena Shaw might seem like a second attempt at the Mutt Williams model from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like Mutt, she sees Indy as a father figure. But with the aged Dr. Jones at a particularly low point, Helena has higher status in the movie, which works to bring out the best in a hero who’s more than long in the tooth.
- 7/3/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Volker Schlöndorff, director of the Oscar and Palme d’Or winning The Tin Drum (adapted from Günter Grass’s novel Die Blechtrommel) with Anne-Katrin Titze on Jonathan Coe’s research on a Billy Wilder film for Mr. Wilder And Me: “I told him everything I knew about Fedora and the shooting of Fedora in Munich.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Jonathan Coe’s imaginative and savvy novel, Mr. Wilder & Me, which centres on the making of Billy Wilder’s penultimate movie, Fedora, seen through the lens of a fictional Greek composer named Calista, credits Volker Schlöndorff as an important source.
Jonathan Coe’s Mr. Wilder And Me (Europa Editions), collection Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
I met Volker at the Austrian Cultural Forum’s Hedy Lamarr: Actress. Inventor. Viennese exhibition to discuss his role in the research for the novel, which led us into a wide-ranging conversation that included his documentary series Billy,...
Jonathan Coe’s imaginative and savvy novel, Mr. Wilder & Me, which centres on the making of Billy Wilder’s penultimate movie, Fedora, seen through the lens of a fictional Greek composer named Calista, credits Volker Schlöndorff as an important source.
Jonathan Coe’s Mr. Wilder And Me (Europa Editions), collection Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
I met Volker at the Austrian Cultural Forum’s Hedy Lamarr: Actress. Inventor. Viennese exhibition to discuss his role in the research for the novel, which led us into a wide-ranging conversation that included his documentary series Billy,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Nearly four months after her sudden and shocking death, Charlbi Dean’scause of death has been revealed.
The South African model and actress — who made a splash in the Palm d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — died on Aug. 29, after a “sudden illness.”
On Wednesday, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to People that Dean died of bacterial sepsis and “a complication from asplenia,” meaning the absence of a spleen.
The sepsis was caused by the bacteria Capnocytophaga. According to the CDC, those with autoimmune issues and without spleens are particularly susceptible to the bacterial infection. Different species of Capnocytophaga can, rarely, exist in the mouths of humans, as well as in cats and dogs.
It’s unclear at this point how Dean was exposed to the bacteria, although more may become clear when the results of the autopsy are released in the future.
The South African model and actress — who made a splash in the Palm d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — died on Aug. 29, after a “sudden illness.”
On Wednesday, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to People that Dean died of bacterial sepsis and “a complication from asplenia,” meaning the absence of a spleen.
The sepsis was caused by the bacteria Capnocytophaga. According to the CDC, those with autoimmune issues and without spleens are particularly susceptible to the bacterial infection. Different species of Capnocytophaga can, rarely, exist in the mouths of humans, as well as in cats and dogs.
It’s unclear at this point how Dean was exposed to the bacteria, although more may become clear when the results of the autopsy are released in the future.
- 12/22/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Charlbi Dean’s cause of death has now been revealed as bacterial sepsis.
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner made the ruling on 21 December, four months after the actor passed away on 29 August at the age of 32.
A spokesperson told People that the sepsis “was a complication from asplenia” (the absence of a spleen) due to “remote blunt trauma to her torso”.
According to Dean’s brother, Alex Jacobs, the actor was involved in a car accident around 2009, which led to doctors removing her spleen.
Shortly after her death, Jacobs told Rolling Stone that Dean had been experiencing “minor” symptoms and asked her fiancé Luke Volker to take her to the emergency room. She died hours later.
Jacobs said: “This happened literally within the span of a day: getting a headache, going to sleep, waking up her boyfriend and saying please take me to the hospital.”
Dean...
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner made the ruling on 21 December, four months after the actor passed away on 29 August at the age of 32.
A spokesperson told People that the sepsis “was a complication from asplenia” (the absence of a spleen) due to “remote blunt trauma to her torso”.
According to Dean’s brother, Alex Jacobs, the actor was involved in a car accident around 2009, which led to doctors removing her spleen.
Shortly after her death, Jacobs told Rolling Stone that Dean had been experiencing “minor” symptoms and asked her fiancé Luke Volker to take her to the emergency room. She died hours later.
Jacobs said: “This happened literally within the span of a day: getting a headache, going to sleep, waking up her boyfriend and saying please take me to the hospital.”
Dean...
- 12/22/2022
- by Ella Kipling
- The Independent - Film
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