The spirit of absence
I have long been fascinated by the power of absence. I hadn't known that this was one element that drew me towards Slow Cinema until...
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Tag: Nadin Mai
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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Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)
January 24, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought. There couldn't be a...
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Waiting Time
January 9, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity...
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Year 2018 in review
December 28, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Here we are again. Another year comes to an end. It’s not easy to look back at 2018, which began with a complete breakdown of...
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Dead Souls – Wang Bing (2018)
December 6, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It seems as though Chinese director Wang Bing gets better and better. Each film improves on the previous one, and with this I don't mean...
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Landscape / Character
November 25, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year proves to be busy, and it's not easy at the moment to sit down and watch a film. I hope...
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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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Le passeur de temps – Sylviane Agacinski (2000)
October 18, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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More often than not, book flea markets are the best way to find gems that you might not find in book shops (anymore). Very old...
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The weeping meadow – Theo Angelopoulos (2004)
October 12, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It took me much longer than usual to write my new blog post, which is primarily down to health reasons. An inflamed elbow could, in...
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