There will be no more night — Eléonore Weber (2020)
Nights are coming early these days. With the end of daylight savings time (in the EU) two weeks ago, night comes even earlier now. In...
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Tag: darkness
I have not been afraid of going blind for a long time – Yannick Mosimann (2021)
September 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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“That night the blind man dreamt that he was blind.” (José Saramago – Blindness) In José Saramago’s 1995 novel Blindness, a strange, unexplained blindness befalls...
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Liberté – Albert Serra (2019)
June 10, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Summer is coming. The temperatures are rising and the stress of the last couple of months is slowly subsiding. I’m even rediscovering my interest in...
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The Tree – André Gil Mata (2018)
November 27, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Tarkovskian. Tarr-esque. Filmind. André Gil Mata’s The Tree had me thinking a lot, had me admire what I saw and had me marvel over the...
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Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019)
October 28, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a woman in film, who has such a magical, such an overpowering aura around her as...
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Closing Time – Nicole Vögele (2018)
May 2, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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The beauty of Slow Cinema is that directors welcome you to their world and let you explore it in your own way. If you follow...
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The Woman Who Left – Lav Diaz (2016)
March 2, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Hooray! I have finally managed to see Lav Diaz’s The Woman Who Left, which won the Venice International Film Festival about two years ago. I’m always...
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The Essence of Place – Susannah Ramsay (2017)
October 26, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It is 8.30 in the evening. It is dark and wet, although it has stopped raining for a little while. I’m at the RSPB reserve...
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Vanità – Kevin Pontuti (2017)
October 17, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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A bare room. The walls are seemingly made of cold stone. The lighting is low, the darkness overpowers the image, which director Kevin Pontuti has...
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Five – Abbas Kiarostami (2003)
October 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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The beach. A beach. Somewhere. It doesn’t matter where we are, and Abbas Kiarostami knows this. What matters is his recording of the soothing and...
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