Feathers – Omar El Zohairy (2021)
I’m thinking of Wang Bing. I’m thinking of Pedro Costa. I’m thinking of Tarkovsky’s Stalker who gets up from his bed in the morning. I’m...
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The worst person in the world – Joachim Trier (2021)
February 17, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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Disclaimer I: This article contains spoilers. Disclaimer II: I’m 34 years old, and I’m a Millennial. It may sound like a shy introduction to a...
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Memory Exercises — Paz Encina (2016)
February 1, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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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....
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Father and Sons – Wang Bing (2014)
June 15, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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A Love Unknown – John Clang (2020)
February 26, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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There are films that you watch. And there are films that you feel. Both forms have been part of my life for quite some time...
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Heimat is a space in time – Thomas Heise (2019)
September 5, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I've been thinking a lot about how to write something that would do justice to Thomas Heise's Heimat is a space in time (2019). It...
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Three Sisters – Wang Bing (2012)
December 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I become more and more a fan of Wang Bing. I'm making my way through his filmography in a random order, which is a shame,...
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Oxhide II – Liu Jiayin (2009)
November 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Hooray! It took me almost to the day four years before I watched the sequel of Liu Jiayin's fascinating Oxhide (2005), which struck me primarily because...
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Another Year – Shengze Zhu (2016)
April 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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A three hour long film about people eating - admittedly, this doesn't sound like a must-see film. And it's not even just three hours of...
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