The final curtain
I still remember the excitement I felt when I saw my first slow film. Summer 2009. Slow and exciting are perhaps two words that don’t...
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Notes on the End of a World – The Films of Béla Tarr
December 2, 2024
by Nadin Mai
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What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but...
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The Landscape and the Fury – Nicole Vögele (2024)
June 15, 2024
by Nadin Mai
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Les spectres de l’Europe, ce ne sont donc pas exactement ces gens « séculaires et sacrés », vêtus d’imperméables en plastiques et qui tentent de...
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Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022)
May 11, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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When I saw Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s superb documentary Homo Sapiens, I reflected upon the legacy we, Homo sapiens, would leave behind. Our legacy isn’t as magnificent...
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Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022)
March 10, 2023
by Nadin Mai
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The ocean. Clear blue-turquoise water. A beautiful beach, sand whose softness one can feel by simply looking at it. A palm tree. It’s quiet, it’s...
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Pre-order: The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Anthology
August 19, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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Thirteen years ago, I saw my first slow film. Ten years ago, I started writing about slow films. A decade of writing, of thinking, of...
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The Invisible Present
July 15, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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When have you last looked at the sky? When have you last taken the time to look at the stars? It’s difficult to do these...
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Apichatpong’s shamanic journeys
July 7, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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I see a little boy. He stands on one leg. He wears shorts and a short-sleeved chequered shirt. He holds up one of his hands...
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