Books & Articles Films Literature Year in Review 2023 December 3, 2023 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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.... Read More
Uncategorised Future Access to Website July 6, 2023 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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... Read More
Misc A sense of an ending June 18, 2023 by Nadin Mai 12 Comments 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.... Read More
Misc Mother, I’m suffocating June 11, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films Leila’s Brothers – Saeed Roustaee (2022) May 21, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022) May 11, 2023 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments 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... Read More
Misc Time April 19, 2023 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments It's been a bit quiet here recently, primarily because I was (and still am) in the process of working on a very personal and painful... Read More
Films Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund (2022) March 17, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022) March 10, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi (2022) February 8, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More