143 Rue du Desert – Hassen Ferhani (2020)
With all your efforts, you’re amongst the best people on the earth. I’m in Algeria. In the middle of nowhere. Along a road busy with...
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Iro – Hadi Mohaghegh (2018)
July 27, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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What should I do? Should I go or not go? An old man mumbles these words into his beard. With a slight hunchback and visibly...
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Contemplation
July 16, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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In April this year, I had the pleasure to publish my very first baby. Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic of cinematic slowness has already shipped...
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Ancient Soul – Alvaro Gurrea (2021)
June 23, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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I am often amazed at the films that are being made across the world. They can be so simple and yet so powerful. Slow films,...
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Liberté – Albert Serra (2019)
June 10, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Summer is coming. The temperatures are rising and the stress of the last couple of months is slowly subsiding. I’m even rediscovering my interest in...
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Fauna – Nicolas Pereda (2020)
May 19, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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There is something about the films of Nicolas Pereda, which I particularly like, even though I do not know (nor do I fully understand) why....
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Wang Bing – The walking eye (2021)
May 11, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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I wished it was me who had the idea for this brilliant title. Sadly, I only managed to use “the camera as eye” at some...
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Present Tense – Time and Duration in Contemporary Contemplative Cinema
April 30, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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As I’m recovering (slowly, very slowly) from the intense beginning of the year, which involved publishing a book, writing a book chapter for a Spanish-language...
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Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
April 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...
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Notturno – Gianfranco Rosi (2020)
March 22, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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After the end credits of Gianfranco Rosi’s new film Notturno appeared on the screen, the blog post I had mentally written throughout the duration of...
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