Films Day 12 – The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky) December 12, 2013 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments It's halftime, so perhaps it's a good idea to focus on a classic today. It feels odd writing about Tarkovsky, because he has never been... Read More
Films Day 10 – Krisana (Kelemen) December 10, 2013 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments In some ways, I stick to Bela Tarr. Fred Kelemen, German filmmaker and cinematographer, had been a regular at Tarr's set. He was cinematographer for... Read More
Films Day 9 – Journey on the Plain (Tarr) December 9, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It was new to me that Béla Tarr directed a short film called Journey on the Plain in 1995, a year after the release of his... Read More
Films Day 8 – Vive l’Amour (Ming-liang) December 8, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Time for a bit of love on the second advent. Or maybe not, because Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'Amour (1994) is, as all of his other films, not... Read More
Films Day 7 – Los Muertos (Alonso) December 7, 2013 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Et voila, I am back on the South American continent, in Argentina to be exact. Lisandro Alonso is for me a special slow-film director. Not... Read More
Films Research The River Used to be a Man October 19, 2013 by Nadin Mai No Comments It's been a while that I watched a good slow film. My head rarely thinks ouside Lav Diaz's films at the moment. I'm trying to... Read More
Misc Research Slow Retirements September 14, 2013 by Nadin Mai No Comments It came as a shock to cinephiles in 2011 when Hungarian director Béla Tarr announced that The Turin Horse would be his last film. I... Read More
Films Research Mainstream Slow Cinema August 18, 2013 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Two terms that do not go together. I'm well aware of this. But a thought occurred to me last night, which, to be honest, has... Read More
Research Are you making slow films? July 21, 2013 by Nadin Mai No Comments I went to the latest exhibition at the DCA, Dundee, today. There will be new rules next week is a display of illustration works by... Read More
Conferences Films Sweeping Generalisations June 30, 2013 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments I'm getting the last things ready for the 10th MeCCSA PGN conference at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. I will present a paper on... Read More