Emancipation
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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Tag: grief
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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Century of Smoke – Nicolas Graux (2019)
April 6, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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There is one aspect of my work in the field of Slow Cinema, which I like more than anything else: the opportunity to travel the...
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Their Remaining Journey – John Clang (2018)
February 4, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Their remaining journey… My journey. Your journey. Our journey. John Clang’s debut feature is one of those films that won’t let me go for a...
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tao film selection and other news
September 17, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Welcome to a new selection tao films films for you, handpicked just for you 🙂 Before you dive into it, let me say that tao...
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Ambiancé [trailer] – Anders Weberg (2016)
April 21, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I’m not sure where, or how to start. Usually, those reviews always come with an intro, but how to introduce a seven-hour long-take? If I...
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Mourning Cinema
May 16, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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For parts of my work on Lav Diaz’s Melancholia, I read Richard Armstrong’s Mourning Films (2012). It wasn’t quite as helpful as I thought for...
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