Father and Sons – Wang Bing (2014)
Over several years, Wang Bing has built up a library of films about migration. We tend to understand migration as a movement of people. It is, in a broad sense, a movement, a change as…
migration
The suspended step of the stork – Theo Angelopoulos (1991)
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 fall of the Berlin Wall, the visible, concrete border which…
Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019)
It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a woman in film, who has such a magical, such an overpowering aura around her as does Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela. The minute she appears, stepping…
Abendland – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2011)
The first time I came across the work of Nikolaus Geyrhalter was when I watched his absolutely superb Homo Sapiens, which was so rich, so affective and so beautiful that I had always wanted to explore…
I don’t want to sleep alone – Tsai Ming-liang (2006)
I discovered Tsai Ming-liang’s films early on in my research into Slow Cinema, or even well before I started my PhD. The director from Taiwan could, in fact, be the second slow-film director I have…
tao film selection and other news
Welcome to a new selection tao films films for you, handpicked just for you 🙂 Before you dive into it, let me say that tao films will start a free collection very soon. We’re currently…
Metropole – Ozal Emier and Virginie Le Borgne (2016)
!!! Now available for streaming on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! A man walks up and down in his apartment. He appears nervous, slightly on the edge. He opens drawers of little chests…
For a Son – Suranga Katugampala (2016)
Suranga Katumgampala is a director I have followed with great pleasure for two or three years. The first film of his I saw was Son of the lovely capitalism (2015), a stunning portrait of alienation in…
Horse Money – Pedro Costa (2014)
It’s kind of sad that you have to wait almost two years for a brilliant film to cross your way. I missed Pedro Costa’s new film in Locarno, because I saw Lav Diaz’s From What Is…