A Night of Knowing Nothing – Payal Kapadia (2021)
Two or three weeks after the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, I fell into a deep depression, which I haven’t quite left behind...
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Tag: Film
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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A new beginning
June 4, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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Ten years ago, I began to write articles on cinema. The word ‘article’ is perhaps not entirely correct. I tried to put words to some...
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The Metamorphosis of Birds – Catarina Vasconcelos (2020)
May 26, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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Earth is the centre of the universe. Everything else revolves around this beautiful planet that carries so much life, so much beauty, so much mystery....
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Mariupolis – Mantas Kvedaravicius (2016)
May 1, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, a lot of questions were running around in my head. Some questions were existential, they were linked to what...
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Ballad of a White Cow — Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha (2020)
March 17, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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It’s like a dream. Or a nightmare. It’s mysterious, ominous. We’re in the centre of a prison court. The concrete walls are lined with male...
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Faya Dayi — Jessica Beshir (2021)
March 5, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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There is a dream at the centre of Jessica Beshir’s Faya Dayi, a dream that is both magical and cruel; a dream which carries us...
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Human Cinema (University of Porto)
February 23, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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The following is a talk I gave on 23 February 2022 on the occasion of the launch of "Contemplating post-1989 Slow Cinema", a booklet published...
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