Towards a poor cinema
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...
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Malaventura – Michel Lipkes (2011)
November 22, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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The last day in the life of an elderly man - this is the entire premise of Michel Lipkes' wonderful debut feature. Once more, I...
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Book Review: Das Innen im Außen – Bernhard Hetzenauer (2013)
January 8, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Bernhard Hentzenauer's book on Béla Tarr, Das Innen im Aussen: Béla Tarr, Jacques Lacan und der Blick, makes me glad that I'm a German native,...
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Costa da Morte – Lois Patino (2013)
September 14, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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The film starts with a beautiful shot of fog hanging over a couple of slim high trees about to be felled. In an extreme long...
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The concentrationary universe in the films of Lav Diaz (paper)
September 8, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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RPG Conference, University of Stirling, 4 September 2014 Introduction At the end of 1943, Primo Levi, a trained chemist from Italy, was arrested, and a...
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