Wang Bing – The walking eye (2021)
I wished it was me who had the idea for this brilliant title. Sadly, I only managed to use “the camera as eye” at some...
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Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
April 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...
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Human Condition(s) — Forthcoming book
February 10, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Some of you may remember that I received a wonderful offer back in 2019, in a world before corona. Before the world came to a...
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Lisandro Alonso – Adrien-Gabriel Bouché (2020)
April 20, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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It's been six years that Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso released a film. In 2014, he released Jauja, which, when I saw it, I considered as...
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Chantal Akerman – Afterlives (Marion Schmid, Emma Wilson, 2019)
July 5, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Afterlives. The title of the new English-language book on Akerman's work, edited by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, is poignant, painful even, but perhaps the...
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Wang Bing – Un geste documentaire de notre temps (Antony Fiant, 2019)
June 7, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It's been quite a while since I have reviewed a book. This was primarily down to my not finding the right ones, or my waiting...
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Waiting Time
January 9, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity...
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Le passeur de temps – Sylviane Agacinski (2000)
October 18, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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More often than not, book flea markets are the best way to find gems that you might not find in book shops (anymore). Very old...
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The art of emptiness – Itzhak Goldberg (ed, 2017)
January 28, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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After a rather long break from writing due to health reasons, I'm trying to embark on finally writing something about that book I bought last...
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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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