Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014)
"On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The aim of this secret operation...
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Tag: Bela Tarr
Good Luck – Ben Russell (2017)
April 18, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It's been quite some time that I have been told to explore the films of Ben Russells. I think the very first recommendation dates back...
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The Sacrifice – Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
March 19, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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"Humanity is on the wrong road." Andrei Tarkovsky's ultimate film, The Sacrifice, released in the year of the director's death, is perhaps one of his bleakest...
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Ex Libris – Frederick Wiseman (2017)
October 31, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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When I wrote about Frederick Wiseman's Welfare not so very long ago, I did mention how difficult it was to classify Wiseman's films as slow cinema....
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A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on cinema
September 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It's been almost a year that I have seen Roy Andersson's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), a film I remember was...
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The nocturnal and the slow
April 30, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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New books on Pedro Costa & Béla Tarr
August 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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The initial wave of I-want-to-be-the-first has subsided, and after quite a few not very good books on Slow Cinema or on slow-film directors, we're slowly...
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Centaur – Aleksandra Niemczyk (2016)
July 13, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! I rarely come across a film, which stuns me through its...
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Los Ausentes – Nicolas Pereda (2014)
June 9, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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Knowing Nicolas Pereda's early work, I'd be inclined to say that his medium long film Los Ausentes marks a new era in his filmmaking. The trailer...
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