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There will be no more night — Eléonore Weber (2020)

November 17, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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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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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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