Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s dreamy “Beautiful Beings,” which is Iceland’s entry for the Oscars this year, is about what used to be called juvenile delinquents; it observes a group of boys with ...

In this brutal Icelandic drama, four teenagers — both bullies and the bullied — struggle and rage against a world that rages back. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

In much the way you’re never really prepared for the bursts of violence and abuse in the Icelandic drama “Beautiful Beings,” about a quartet of wayward teenage boys from broken homes, you’re also ...

Who knows why a sight as pitiful as 14-year-old Balli (Áskell Einar Pálmason), the unwashed, neglected child of an abusive stepfather and a largely absent mother, inspires a protective instinct in ...

A great movie, though rather violent at times. Balli is a bullied kid from a troubled family, who one day catches the attention of Addi. To the dismay of his friends, Addi takes Balli up into their ...

In much the way you’re never really prepared for the bursts of violence and abuse in the Icelandic drama “Beautiful Beings,” about a quartet of wayward teenage boys from broken homes, you’re also ...