143 Rue du Desert – Hassen Ferhani (2020)
With all your efforts, you’re amongst the best people on the earth. I’m in Algeria. In the middle of nowhere. Along a road busy with...
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Tag: life
About Endlessness – Roy Andersson (2019)
March 23, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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I’m unsure as to whether I could name a single living director, who speaks to me in a way Roy Andersson does at the moment....
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Your Face – Tsai Ming-liang (2018)
September 23, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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When have you last looked at someone? I mean, really looked at someone, took your time to study every detail. I remember this marvellous shot...
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Escaping time
June 24, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I didn’t expect my thinking about the possibility of escaping time. It’s one of those age-old science-fiction dreams that people have. Time travel is perhaps...
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Almost There – Jacqueline Zünd (2016)
September 17, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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A caravan in the centre of the frame. An empty parking lot. The caravan neatly divides the frame into two equal parts. It’s a beautiful...
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Pripyat – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1999)
August 9, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on cinema
September 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It’s been almost a year that I have seen Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), a film I remember was...
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Mrs Fang – Wang Bing (2017)
August 17, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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The winner of the Pardo D’oro at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, and a brave decision of the festival jury headed by Olivier Assayas, if...
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Wanderer – Martynas Kundrotas (2016)
April 10, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 June 2017 !!! Three months ago, I have moved to Brittany after two pretty...
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Osmosis – Nasos Karabelas (2016)
March 2, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is available on tao films until the end of March 2017 !!! And there he stands, a ruin forgotten by everyone –...
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