Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019)
Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who...
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Tag: Long take
The Tree – André Gil Mata (2018)
November 27, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Tarkovskian. Tarr-esque. Filmind. André Gil Mata’s The Tree had me thinking a lot, had me admire what I saw and had me marvel over 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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An Elephant Sitting Still – Hu Bo (2018)
January 30, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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There are good films. There are bad films. There are exciting films, awesome films, overwhelming films. There are also underwhelming films, those that are total...
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Le vrai film est ailleurs – Mark John Ostrowski (2018)
November 5, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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A curious title, a provocative message from director John Mark Ostrowski, whose work I came across for the first time during my work on tao...
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Five – Abbas Kiarostami (2003)
October 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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The beach. A beach. Somewhere. It doesn't matter where we are, and Abbas Kiarostami knows this. What matters is his recording of the soothing and...
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Tremor – Annik Leroy (2017)
August 16, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It was in the French national paper Libération that I first came across the work of Annik Leroy. I added a note to myself and thought...
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News from Home – Chantal Akerman (1977)
August 4, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I'm slowly but surely diving more into Chantal Akerman's filmography. I believe that her work contains a lot that I have been interested in throughout...
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Autoportrait en cinéaste / Ma mère rit (Chantal Akerman)
April 4, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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In the last fortnight or so, I have read two books by Chantal Akerman. One of them, Autoportrait en cinéaste, is, in fact, a sort of...
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People’s Park – Libbie D. Cohn & J.P. Sniadecki (2012)
November 28, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I'm not sure where to start with this film, which, even though very similar to Alexandr Sokurov's Russian Ark, shot in a single long-take, reminded me...
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