Books & Articles Slow Cinema, ed by Tiago de Luca and Nuno Barradas Jorge (2015) January 4, 2016 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments I'm not sure where to start with this one. Not considering the content for a minute, the new and very first edited collection on Slow... Read More
Research Towards a poor cinema December 4, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments The title of today's post is not at all meant to be derogative. I like Slow Cinema too much for a defamation of it. I... Read More
Films Malaventura – Michel Lipkes (2011) November 22, 2015 by Nadin Mai No Comments The last day in the life of an elderly man - this is the entire premise of Michel Lipkes' wonderful debut feature. Once more, I... Read More
Films D’Est – Chantal Akerman (1993) October 29, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Chantal Akerman's D'est is a great example of Slow Cinema, and for those who do not feel prepared to start with eight hours Lav Diaz,... Read More
Misc Research Slow Cinema, trauma and therapy October 22, 2015 by Nadin Mai 14 Comments I set up this blog in the autumn of 2012, at the start of my doctoral research. It's funny just how much the original subject... Read More
Films Naked under the moon – Lav Diaz (1999) September 16, 2015 by Nadin Mai No Comments Before some of you mention it, Naked Under The Moon (1999) is not a classical Lav Diaz slow film and it appears strange to add... Read More
Research The slow long-take? August 4, 2015 by Nadin Mai 9 Comments If you have been following this blog from the beginning, you may have noticed that I regularly return to the issue of the long-take and... Read More
Films Transatlantique – Félix Dufour-Laperrière (2014) July 16, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments I love slow films for the very good reason that they stay with you, whether they're films about happy chaps (which is hardly ever the... Read More
Books & Articles Research (E)Motion in slow films June 12, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment A couple of days I ago, I came across a new article by Ira Jaffe, who wrote the, to me, unconvincing book Slow Movies (2014). In Slow... Read More
Research Death Time April 2, 2015 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments Oh yes, a cheery title for this blog post. I apologise. But this only comes because of an email I received from one of my... Read More