Books & Articles Films Misc Year in Review 2021 December 22, 2021 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments On 31 December 2020, in the evening, I went to bed. For the first time in my (adult) life, I didn’t stay up until midnight... Read More
Films Memoria – Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2021) November 25, 2021 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments Life is experiential. Every life is an experience. What sounds pretty simple, is incredibly difficult to acknowledge. Really acknowledge, take it in, and live by... Read More
Films Century of Smoke – Nicolas Graux (2019) April 6, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments There is one aspect of my work in the field of Slow Cinema, which I like more than anything else: the opportunity to travel the... Read More
Films Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015) January 24, 2019 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought. There couldn't be a... Read More
Misc Research The nocturnal and the slow April 30, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Béla Tarr's The Man from London (2007) impressed me with its images that had been shot at night. The almost complete blackness of the night, seen... Read More
Films Life after Life – Zhang Hanyi (2016) October 13, 2016 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Zhang Hanyi's Life after Life reminded me of a lot of things at once. I had a real flood of thoughts in my mind while watching... Read More