grief – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

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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Emancipation

October 12, 2020

by Nadin Mai

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Admittedly, I had quite a break from The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. Four weeks without a blog post is not in my nature. Nor was...

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Birha – Ekta Mittal (2018)

July 20, 2020

by Nadin Mai

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I have fallen in love. I have fallen in love with a film, with a filmmaker. I have fallen in love with a hypnotising atmosphere,...

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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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Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019)

October 28, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a woman in film, who has such a magical, such an overpowering aura around her as...

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Afternoon – Tsai Ming-liang (2016)

August 6, 2019

by Nadin Mai

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Does this conversation have to be so miserable? Tsai Ming-liang asks. His two-hour long conversation with his fetish actor Lee Kang-sheng, Afternoon, will perhaps remain...

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