VoD platform Tao Films Selection for August and Other News August 19, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment On 1 August, we added 5 films to our permanent tao films library. There is now a selection of 20 films from 17 countries available... Read More
Films Mrs Fang – Wang Bing (2017) August 17, 2017 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments The winner of the Pardo D'oro at this year's Locarno Film Festival, and a brave decision of the festival jury headed by Olivier Assayas, if... Read More
Films Tremor – Annik Leroy (2017) August 16, 2017 by Nadin Mai 7 Comments It was in the French national paper Libération that I first came across the work of Annik Leroy. I added a note to myself and thought... Read More
Books & Articles Jean-Paul Curnier’s writings on the image August 9, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments Something I genuinely love, now that I'm in France, is that I can walk into any book shop and I find amazing books that really... Read More
Films News from Home – Chantal Akerman (1977) August 4, 2017 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments I'm slowly but surely diving more into Chantal Akerman's filmography. I believe that her work contains a lot that I have been interested in throughout... Read More
VoD platform Tao Films Selection and Other News July 27, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment In the last six months, tao films has gone a long way. We started off with a mere six films in January that were replaced... Read More
Films Cochihza – Khristine Gillard (2013) July 21, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It doesn't happen very often that I have to rewatch a film because I forgot about its contents. In fact, it never happened to the... Read More
Research Straub-Huillet: what is film? July 11, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Thanks to a very good and impressive collection of DVDs in my local library/cultural centre, I had the chance to discover the works of Jean-Marie... Read More
Misc Research Waiting July 6, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments What does it mean to wait? What does "waiting" mean nowadays when everyone seems to be always, eternally busy? Are we still waiting, or have... Read More
Films Welfare – Frederick Wiseman (1975) June 29, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments In past years, several people have pointed out the work by Frederick Wiseman to me, in particular whenever I spoke of Lav Diaz and his... Read More