Films Birha – Ekta Mittal (2018) July 20, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment I have fallen in love. I have fallen in love with a film, with a filmmaker. I have fallen in love with a hypnotising atmosphere,... Read More
Films Self Portrait: Window in 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2019) June 29, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments In recent months and years, I have come across quite a substantial number of strong, independent slow films from China. Of course, Wang Bing remains... Read More
Films Father and Sons – Wang Bing (2014) June 15, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Over several years, Wang Bing has built up a library of films about migration. We tend to understand migration as a movement of people. It... Read More
Films Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker – Jean-Marc Lamoure (2013) May 18, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Those who have been with me over the years know how much I admire the work of Béla Tarr. It is not only the films... Read More
Films Solitude at the end of the world – Carlos Casas (2006) May 4, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Perhaps, there is no better film right at this very moment than Carlos Casas’ Solitude at the end of the world. It’s been ten weeks... Read More
Films Earth – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2019) April 9, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Towards the end of the last decade, a new term made its way into public discourse: the anthropocene. Although this isn't entirely true. The term... Read More
Films About Endlessness – Roy Andersson (2019) March 23, 2020 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments I'm unsure as to whether I could name a single living director, who speaks to me in a way Roy Andersson does at the moment.... Read More
Books & Articles Festivals Films Interviews Literature Misc Research The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Issue 02 March 21, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Ca y est, it’s time! The new issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema magazine is finally available! It’s taken longer than I had thought.... Read More
Films Knife in the Clear Water – Xuebo Wang (2016) March 9, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment In 2011, Béla Tarr presented his last feature film, The Turin Horse. The film, in which he had stripped everything bare, contains a lot of... Read More
Films A Love Unknown – John Clang (2020) February 26, 2020 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments There are films that you watch. And there are films that you feel. Both forms have been part of my life for quite some time... Read More