A Night of Knowing Nothing – Payal Kapadia (2021)
Two or three weeks after the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, I fell into a deep depression, which I haven’t quite left behind...
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Tag: Art
Avoir le temps – Pascal Chabot (2021)
October 13, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Especially since the widespread use of smartphones and social media, life feels extremely fast. Notifications from all kind of apps take over our phone screen,...
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A Love Unknown – John Clang (2020)
February 26, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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There are films that you watch. And there are films that you feel. Both forms have been part of my life for quite some time...
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Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017)
January 28, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Slow Cinema polarises. Even though it is no longer as prominent as when Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound article in 2010, the debate...
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The spirit of absence
February 6, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I have long been fascinated by the power of absence. I hadn't known that this was one element that drew me towards Slow Cinema until...
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The Long Take – Art Cinema and the Wondrous (Lutz Koepnick, 2017)
July 30, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Time for a new book review. It's been comparatively quiet in academic publishing when it comes to Slow Cinema. I speak of experience when I...
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Andrei Rublev – Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)
June 4, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It's been weird lately. First, I struggled to find the time to watch films. I was immersed in books, really good ones, and I didn't...
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Year 2017 in review
December 27, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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tao film selection and other news
September 17, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Welcome to a new selection tao films films for you, handpicked just for you 🙂 Before you dive into it, let me say that tao...
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