Films Memory Exercises — Paz Encina (2016) February 1, 2021 by Nadin Mai No Comments A woman on a train with children. A dictatorship. 35 years. The control. And the exile. That’s the first image they left me with. Paraguay.... Read More
Films Birha – Ekta Mittal (2018) July 20, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment I have fallen in love. I have fallen in love with a film, with a filmmaker. I have fallen in love with a hypnotising atmosphere,... Read More
Films Self Portrait: Window in 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2019) June 29, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments In recent months and years, I have come across quite a substantial number of strong, independent slow films from China. Of course, Wang Bing remains... Read More
Films Father and Sons – Wang Bing (2014) June 15, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Over several years, Wang Bing has built up a library of films about migration. We tend to understand migration as a movement of people. It... Read More
Films Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker – Jean-Marc Lamoure (2013) May 18, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Those who have been with me over the years know how much I admire the work of Béla Tarr. It is not only the films... Read More
Films Earth – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2019) April 9, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Towards the end of the last decade, a new term made its way into public discourse: the anthropocene. Although this isn't entirely true. The term... Read More
Films Inland Sea – Kazuhiro Soda (2018) February 16, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment How can we understand slow films? What do they show, what do they tell us? At some point during my (previously academic) research, I came... Read More
Films Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019) January 23, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who... Read More
Books & Articles Films Misc Research 2019 – The Year in Review December 10, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments Another year comes to an end and perhaps you’re as tired of “end of year” lists as I am. Every December (and increasingly every November),... Read More
Books & Articles Wang Bing – Un geste documentaire de notre temps (Antony Fiant, 2019) June 7, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments It's been quite a while since I have reviewed a book. This was primarily down to my not finding the right ones, or my waiting... Read More