Research Waiting Time January 9, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity... Read More
Films Le vrai film est ailleurs – Mark John Ostrowski (2018) November 5, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments A curious title, a provocative message from director John Mark Ostrowski, whose work I came across for the first time during my work on tao... Read More
Books & Articles Le passeur de temps – Sylviane Agacinski (2000) October 18, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments More often than not, book flea markets are the best way to find gems that you might not find in book shops (anymore). Very old... Read More
Films Sneak Peek at The Art(s) of Slow Cinema journal (Issue 1) September 10, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments It’s slowly coming together, the first print issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. The design is ready (for now), and I have put work... Read More
Films 24 Frames – Abbas Kiarostami (2017) August 22, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments One of the defining characteristics of Slow Cinema is that quite a number of films, in particular experimental films, question the difference between photography and... Read More
Films Shoah – Claude Lanzmann (1985) July 10, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments It is clear to me that Claude Lanzmann's Shoah (1985) would never make it into a Slow Cinema list. Perhaps, it shouldn't be. Perhaps, it should... Read More
Films El Cielo, la Tierra y la Lluvia – José Luis Torres Leiva (2008) June 15, 2018 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment I think (although I could be wrong) that this post is a premiere, as it is probably the first post about a slow film from... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature Research The next step – The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Journal May 23, 2018 by Nadin Mai 12 Comments It’s been several years that I dream of publishing my own journal. I was still a student when I began to think about pursuing this... Read More
Films Man With No Name – Wang Bing (2010) May 14, 2018 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Anonymity and intimacy - these two characteristics work hand in hand in Wang Bing's Man With No Name (2010), which is a mere glimpse of the... Read More
Films Research Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014) April 27, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments "On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The aim of this secret operation... Read More