Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017)
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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Tag: Bela Tarr
2019 – The Year in Review
December 10, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Another year comes to an end and perhaps you’re as tired of “end of year” lists as I am. Every December (and increasingly every November),...
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The Tree – André Gil Mata (2018)
November 27, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Tarkovskian. Tarr-esque. Filmind. André Gil Mata’s The Tree had me thinking a lot, had me admire what I saw and had me marvel over the...
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Ausma – Laila Pakalnina (2015)
October 8, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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How does one handle a film, which so strikingly resembles human memory, in particular traumatic memory? The Baltic states have had a tumultuous history, most...
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Your Face – Tsai Ming-liang (2018)
September 23, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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When have you last looked at someone? I mean, really looked at someone, took your time to study every detail. I remember this marvellous shot...
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Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)
January 24, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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Landscape / Character
November 25, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year proves to be busy, and it’s not easy at the moment to sit down and watch a film. I hope...
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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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Shoah – Claude Lanzmann (1985)
July 10, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It is clear to me that Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985) would never make it into a Slow Cinema list. Perhaps, it shouldn’t be. Perhaps, it should...
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I don’t want to sleep alone – Tsai Ming-liang (2006)
June 25, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I discovered Tsai Ming-liang’s films early on in my research into Slow Cinema, or even well before I started my PhD. The director from Taiwan...
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