Human Cinema (University of Porto)
The following is a talk I gave on 23 February 2022 on the occasion of the launch of “Contemplating post-1989 Slow Cinema”, a booklet published...
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Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
April 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...
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Chantal Akerman’s journeys
October 21, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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When Chantal Akerman left us five years ago, her seemingly endless journey stopped. She had reached her destination, the last station on the line. Yes,...
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Lahi, Hayop – Lav Diaz (2020)
September 14, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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What has changed? What has changed in the world of Lav Diaz that made him return to his roots? Those of you who have been...
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Present. Past. – The Cinema of Lav Diaz
September 12, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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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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The suspended step of the stork – Theo Angelopoulos (1991)
November 13, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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There is perhaps no better time for beginning to watch Theo Angelopoulos’ Border trilogy than now. On Saturday, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the...
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Heimat is a space in time – Thomas Heise (2019)
September 5, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how to write something that would do justice to Thomas Heise’s Heimat is a space in time (2019). It...
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Memory of Time – HeeWon Lee (Rennes, 2019)
July 19, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is possibly the first time that I’m writing about a specific video installation here on this blog. I have read quite a bit during...
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The year after Dayton – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1997)
April 2, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Since summer last year, I have slowly but surely made my way through the filmography of Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, who I have started to...
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Dead Souls – Wang Bing (2018)
December 6, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It seems as though Chinese director Wang Bing gets better and better. Each film improves on the previous one, and with this I don’t mean...
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