The worst person in the world – Joachim Trier (2021)
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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Tag: freedom
Liberté – Albert Serra (2019)
June 10, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Summer is coming. The temperatures are rising and the stress of the last couple of months is slowly subsiding. I’m even rediscovering my interest in...
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Lisandro Alonso – Adrien-Gabriel Bouché (2020)
April 20, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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It's been six years that Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso released a film. In 2014, he released Jauja, which, when I saw it, I considered as...
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By the name of Tania – Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard (2019)
May 17, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Since the Industrial Revolution, children have been massively exploited for work. Even though nation states regulated child labour, there is still a lot of work...
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Man With No Name – Wang Bing (2010)
May 14, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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No Home Movie – Chantal Akerman (2015)
October 2, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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My journey through Chantal Akerman's filmography continues. It is haunting to do this with the knowledge that she committed suicide almost to the day two...
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Film Spectatorship
June 9, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Something that has always fascinated me is film spectatorship in regards to Slow Cinema. While film spectatorship as a subject isn't entirely absent from research,...
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Day 11 – Into Great Silence (Gröning)
December 11, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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I guess after films about suicide and rape, I more than deserve a little retreat. Why not join a few monks in a monastery for...
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