Year in Review 2023
In summer this year, I decided to take an indefinite break from writing for The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. It was an incredibly difficult decision....
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Future Access to Website
July 6, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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Dear all, I decided to keep my website behind a “paywall” without readers having to pay for it. I heard and read a lot about...
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A sense of an ending
June 18, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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It is with a very heart that I announce that I will take an indefinite break from writing here on The Art(s) of Slow Cinema....
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Mother, I’m suffocating
June 11, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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Some of you may remember that I was working on my first political essay following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I had made it available earlier...
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Leila’s Brothers – Saeed Roustaee (2022)
May 21, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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A metaphor came to mind towards the end of Saeed Roustaee’s film Leila’s Brothers; that of quicksand. I couldn’t help but think of the film’s...
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Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022)
May 11, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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When I saw Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s superb documentary Homo Sapiens, I reflected upon the legacy we, Homo sapiens, would leave behind. Our legacy isn’t as magnificent...
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Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund (2022)
March 17, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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There was a moment in Ruben Östlund’s new film Triangle of Sadness when I needed to get up and walk around. It felt as though...
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Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022)
March 10, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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The ocean. Clear blue-turquoise water. A beautiful beach, sand whose softness one can feel by simply looking at it. A palm tree. It’s quiet, it’s...
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Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi (2022)
February 8, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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It’s been quiet around Iran for many weeks now. When the young Mahsa Amin died at the hands of the country’s moral police, the support...
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