VoD platform Tao Films Selection and Other News July 27, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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... Read More
Films Cochihza – Khristine Gillard (2013) July 21, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It doesn't happen very often that I have to rewatch a film because I forgot about its contents. In fact, it never happened to the... Read More
Films Welfare – Frederick Wiseman (1975) June 29, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments In past years, several people have pointed out the work by Frederick Wiseman to me, in particular whenever I spoke of Lav Diaz and his... Read More
Books & Articles Wang Bing – A filmmaker in today’s China (2014) October 7, 2016 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment I quite like how much material there is in France about Chinese director Wang Bing. I had always thought that he was as invisible academically... Read More
Films Ta’ang – Wang Bing (2016) September 2, 2016 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments I'm on a Wang Bing roll at the moment. I have finally found the time to see his work, and all kinds of things run... Read More
Films Fengming, a Chinese memoir – Wang Bing (2007) August 29, 2016 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments It must have been a year or two that I watched my very first Wang Bing film. Stupidly enough, I chose The Ditch, a feature film... Read More
Films Là-bas (Chantal Akerman, 2006) August 5, 2016 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Là-bas. Down there. Down there has many meanings in this film of Chantal Akerman, her first, last and only film set in Israel. Down there... Read More
Interviews 8 Questions for Sebastian Cordes December 21, 2015 by Nadin Mai No Comments His poetic observation A place called Lloyd (2015) made Danish director Sebastian Cordes a slow-film director to look out for in future. I had a brief... Read More
Films A place called Lloyd – Sebastian Cordes (2015) December 14, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments If there is a film that takes the ideas of absence and nothingness almost literally, then it is surely Sebastian Cordes' new film A place called... Read More
Films D’Est – Chantal Akerman (1993) October 29, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Chantal Akerman's D'est is a great example of Slow Cinema, and for those who do not feel prepared to start with eight hours Lav Diaz,... Read More