Interviews Interview with Yulene Olaizola (Fogo) July 7, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment My thanks goes out to Yulene Olaizola, who has kindly agreed to this brief email interview. Her film Fogo (2012) is a fascinating portrait of... Read More
Films Ambiancé – Short trailer now online July 4, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments A couple of weeks ago, I have written about Swedish artist Anders Weberg’s incredibly long 720h film Ambiancé. He was kind enough to give me... Read More
Research For a new cinema June 30, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments In one way of another, you may have heard of Alain Robbe-Grillet's now rather famous book For a New Novel, which was published in its... Read More
Misc Slow Cinema on Tumblr June 27, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments The Art(s) of Slow Cinema has made its snail way to Tumblr. This will not replace this website at all. Fear not! I keep returning... Read More
Films Stray Dogs – Tsai Ming-liang (2013) June 23, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments I have seen all of Tsai's films, apart from Rebels of the Neon God, which still sits comfortably on my watch list. The sad thing... Read More
Films Fogo – Yulene Olaizola (2012) June 14, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Have I ever mentioned that I love my "job"? It makes me really happy to discover all those talented, yet unknown directors from all over... Read More
Books & Articles Slow Movies, Countering the Cinema of Action – Ira Jaffe (2014) June 12, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments I reviewed Song Hwee Lim's book on Slow Cinema and the films of Tsai Ming-liang earlier, and called Lim's book the first appropriate book on... Read More
Films Milky Way – Benedek Fliegauf (2007) June 10, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments Ahh, what a lovely slow film after weeks of drought! I still have a long list of slow films, but I somehow lack the time... Read More
Books & Articles Tsai Ming-liang and a Cinema of Slowness – Song Hwee Lim (2014) June 3, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments In 2003, Michel Ciment coined the term "a cinema of slowness." A year later, Jonathan Romney coined the now popular term "Slow Cinema." It's quite... Read More
Books & Articles Review: Béla Tarr, The Time After – Jacques Rancière May 23, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed András Bálint Kovács' book The Cinema of Béla Tarr (2013), which turned out to be a disappointment. Jacques... Read More