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Walking through downtown Reykjavík on a November night is a little like being trapped in a snow globe that's packed away in the world's attic. The gray sky hangs low, dusting the houses in white soundproofing. The narrow streets, glazed by the orange glow of streetlamps, are invariably empty. In the 2000 film 101 Reykjavík, the film's narrator puts it this way: "Reykjavík is like some kind of Siberia in the winter. Even the ghosts are bored here...
...mother in their cramped 101 apartment. She still buys him underwear; he smokes weed with her in the evenings. Eventually, Hlynur's mom comes out of the closet and takes a lover - a free-spirited flamenco dancer - whom Hlynur falls for, too. The story of their triangle unfolds against snow-covered streets and alternating cozy and claustrophobic interiors, in loving tribute both to the neighborhood and its seasonal ritual of drinking to excess. "Life is one week," Hlynur says as the film opens. "I drop dead every weekend...
...eggs, whale, vinyl records and old Icelandic textbooks under the same roof. By the time you're out, as the sun gets ready for its 3 p.m. retreat, head to Sundhöllin, the city's oldest and most beautiful bathing pool, where you can sit under the falling snow in an outdoor hot tub and think about whether you're going to do it all again that night...
...China's majority Han population and its negative impact on Beijing-governed Tibet. "If you love China," she says, "you should care about the welfare of all its people, not just the dominant group." Greeting the Olympic torch in Hong Kong on May 2, she held up Tibet's snow lion flag amid a sea of People's Republic Red, which agitated pro-mainland supporters. Saying that it was for her own safety, police bundled her into a van and drove her away from the torch's route - a drama well-documented by local and international media...
...morning, he strode into the citizens' complaint center he set up at city hall and took some calls. Qalibaf handled a bureaucratic delay in the issuing of a building permit, displaying the commitment to accountability that has many of the capital's residents praising him. "We had the worst snow this year, and Qalibaf had it cleared in one day," says Mohsen Rejai, a company clerk. "That's the kind of mayor we need...