Season of the Devil – Lav Diaz (2018)
Those of you who have been with me for a couple of years already know that I have been a huge Lav Diaz fan. Melancholia,...
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Tag: From What Is Before
The aesthetics of absence and duration in the post-trauma cinema of Lav Diaz
January 19, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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Now that the PhD has been awarded, I’m happy to make my thesis, the first coherent study of the films of Lav Diaz, available for...
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Naked under the moon – Lav Diaz (1999)
September 16, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Before some of you mention it, Naked Under The Moon (1999) is not a classical Lav Diaz slow film and it appears strange to add...
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Dates for Lav Diaz retrospective in Brussels
August 25, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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The schedule has finally been published and I’m happy to list the dates of the Cinematek’s Lav Diaz retrospective here, starting in mid-September and lasting...
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Breaking: Lav Diaz film available for streaming on Mubi
April 23, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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A brief blog post to say that Lav Diaz’s Locarno winning film From What Is Before (2014) is now available for streaming on MUBI (globally) for...
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Lav Diaz Retrospective in Manila
January 21, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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This is the first part of hopefully many that will accompany my journey through the organisation of a major retrospective of Lav Diaz’s works in his...
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido – Lav Diaz (2013)
October 23, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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It's rare that Lav Diaz creates a short film. His contribution to a film omnibus for the Venice Film Festival last year was, I think,...
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The Art(s) of Slow Cinema in Locarno
July 26, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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A brief post to say that I will be traveling to this year’s Locarno Film Festival. The line-up looks great, and I’m hoping to catch...
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