Research Happy 10th Slow Cinema anniversary March 18, 2019 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments This year marks a special anniversary for me. Ten years ago in summer, I watched my first slow film. It was Béla Tarr’s The Man from... Read More
Films 24 Frames – Abbas Kiarostami (2017) August 22, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments One of the defining characteristics of Slow Cinema is that quite a number of films, in particular experimental films, question the difference between photography and... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature Year 2017 in review December 27, 2017 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments I'm not someone who likes lists, all sorts of The best films..., The worst films... etc I never saw a point of social media getting obsessed with... Read More
Research Slow reconciliation with nature December 1, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments This morning, I left the house at 8 o'clock. I went to a bridge that is close to my flat and that overlooks the canal... Read More
Films Five – Abbas Kiarostami (2003) October 12, 2017 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments The beach. A beach. Somewhere. It doesn't matter where we are, and Abbas Kiarostami knows this. What matters is his recording of the soothing and... Read More
Films Research The River Used to be a Man October 19, 2013 by Nadin Mai No Comments It's been a while that I watched a good slow film. My head rarely thinks ouside Lav Diaz's films at the moment. I'm trying to... Read More