Present. Past. – The Cinema of Lav Diaz
Yesterday, I presented a brief overview of the cinema of Filipino director Lav Diaz as part of a webinar on arthouse cinema, organised by the...
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Tag: forgetting
Phantom Islands – Rouzbeh Rashidi (2018)
February 21, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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What happens if you plan to write a post on a film that you have been sent to, but find yourself at a loss for...
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The art of emptiness – Itzhak Goldberg (ed, 2017)
January 28, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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After a rather long break from writing due to health reasons, I'm trying to embark on finally writing something about that book I bought last...
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The filmind in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo
December 19, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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What follows are bits and pieces from an article I drafted six years ago about the Andrei Tarkovsky's Zerkalo and Daniel Frampton's filmind. At the time, I...
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Book review: Chantal Akerman, Passer la nuit – Corinne Rondeau (2017)
November 20, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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A small book at the bottom of a shelf that is overwhelmed with books on the big names of Hollywood; films, directors, actresses. There, somewhere...
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The ebb of forgetting – Liryc de la Cruz (2015)
February 9, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! The following is a repost from another blog I had worked...
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tao films VoD now live
January 1, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I’m very pleased to announce that tao films VoD is now live after a year of hard work. It is a project I’m particularly proud...
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