Films Los Ausentes – Nicolas Pereda (2014) June 9, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments Knowing Nicolas Pereda's early work, I'd be inclined to say that his medium long film Los Ausentes marks a new era in his filmmaking. The trailer... Read More
Films D’Est – Chantal Akerman (1993) October 29, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Chantal Akerman's D'est is a great example of Slow Cinema, and for those who do not feel prepared to start with eight hours Lav Diaz,... Read More
Misc Research Slow Cinema, trauma and therapy October 22, 2015 by Nadin Mai 14 Comments I set up this blog in the autumn of 2012, at the start of my doctoral research. It's funny just how much the original subject... 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
Films Naked under the moon – Lav Diaz (1999) September 16, 2015 by Nadin Mai No Comments Before some of you mention it, Naked Under The Moon (1999) is not a classical Lav Diaz slow film and it appears strange to add... Read More
Research The slow long-take? August 4, 2015 by Nadin Mai 9 Comments If you have been following this blog from the beginning, you may have noticed that I regularly return to the issue of the long-take and... Read More
Films Son of the lovely capitalism – Suranga Katugampala (2015) April 13, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments What a lovely surprise I received in my Facebook inbox last week! Suranga Katugampala provided me with a short film of his, which acts as... Read More
Films Manakamana – Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez (2013) February 5, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments If you're looking for a very zen film, then I believe that you cannot find many films that are as zen as Stephanie Spray and... Read More
Films Research The different slowness in Evolution of a Filipino Family July 28, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments After my initial thoughts on Lav Diaz's Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004), I am now in the position to say a bit more about it,... Read More
Films Milky Way – Benedek Fliegauf (2007) June 10, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments Ahh, what a lovely slow film after weeks of drought! I still have a long list of slow films, but I somehow lack the time... Read More