Films Earth – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2019) April 9, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Towards the end of the last decade, a new term made its way into public discourse: the anthropocene. Although this isn't entirely true. The term... Read More
Films The year after Dayton – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1997) April 2, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Films Pripyat – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1999) August 9, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments A woman is walking through a dead landscape. Nature has taken over what Man has built. It's wilderness we see. "These wild apples grew after... Read More
Interviews Plenty questions for…Lav Diaz January 15, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments Guernica magazine has published my interview with Lav Diaz today, which I conducted in November 2015 during the retrospective of his work at Jeu de... Read More
Interviews 10 questions for… Jenni Olson October 12, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment A couple weeks ago, I wrote a few thoughts on Jenni Olson's The Royal Road, which is a wonderful piece. I hope you can see it... Read More
Interviews Interview with Suranga Katugampala (2015) May 21, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment A couple weeks ago, I posted a few comments about a short film I was sent through my Facebook page. Son of the lovely capitalism by... Read More
Interviews Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part III) August 22, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments This is the third and last installment of my interview with Lav Diaz. Parts I and II can be found here and here. I have... Read More
Interviews Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part II) August 20, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments This is the second part of my rather long interview with Lav Diaz, conducted at the Locarno Film Festival. You can find the first part... Read More
Interviews Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part I) August 18, 2014 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments I conducted quite a long interview with Lav Diaz at the Locarno Film Festival, where his new film Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon ran... Read More
Interviews Interview with Yulene Olaizola (Fogo) July 7, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment My thanks goes out to Yulene Olaizola, who has kindly agreed to this brief email interview. Her film Fogo (2012) is a fascinating portrait of... Read More