history – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

Human Cinema (University of Porto)

February 23, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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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...

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...

Books & Articles

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,...

Films

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...

Conferences Films Papers

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...

Films

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...

Films

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...

Films

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...

Films

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...

Films