Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017)
Slow Cinema polarises. Even though it is no longer as prominent as when Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound article in 2010, the debate...
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Tag: contemplative cinema
The Sacrifice – Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
March 19, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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"Humanity is on the wrong road." Andrei Tarkovsky's ultimate film, The Sacrifice, released in the year of the director's death, is perhaps one of his bleakest...
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Three Sisters – Wang Bing (2012)
December 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I become more and more a fan of Wang Bing. I'm making my way through his filmography in a random order, which is a shame,...
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tao films subscription pre-sale
October 7, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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As part of our effort to increase tao films’ visibility, we are running a pre-sale campaign for subscriptions to our VoD platform, the only platform...
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Tao Films Selection and Other News
July 27, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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Seaworld – Hing Tsang (2016)
June 2, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films !!! What I like about my job (is it even a job?) is that I always...
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Ananke (Claudio Romano Nöhring, 2016)
May 28, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films VoD !!! A man and a woman walk slowly through the woods. The camera follows their...
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West of the Tracks – Wang Bing (2003)
May 16, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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If you hear people speaking about Slow Cinema, or see lists of films that are usually considered to be part of this genre or this...
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Remains – Yotam Ben-David (2016)
May 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films !!! What remains if a relationship, if love, has hit a dead end? We have all...
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Postcards from the Verge – Sebastian Mez (2017)
April 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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My, my, my...another strong arthouse film this year. And another one which is too good to be written about, if I'm honest. There are films which...
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