Films Lahi, Hayop – Lav Diaz (2020) September 14, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments What has changed? What has changed in the world of Lav Diaz that made him return to his roots? Those of you who have been... Read More
Conferences Films Papers Present. Past. – The Cinema of Lav Diaz September 12, 2020 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments Yesterday, I presented a brief overview of the cinema of Filipino director Lav Diaz as part of a webinar on arthouse cinema, organised by the... Read More
Films Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Bi Gan (2018) August 17, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It has something bizarre to it. Seeing a film by Bi Gan, which defies any temporal and spatial orientation in the middle of a disorienting... Read More
Films Days – Tsai Ming-liang (2020) August 11, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments When Kang, played by Lee Kang-sheng, crosses a busy road, holding his head with his left hand, his neck being stabilised by a brace, there... Read More
Films Self Portrait: Window in 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2019) June 29, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments In recent months and years, I have come across quite a substantial number of strong, independent slow films from China. Of course, Wang Bing remains... Read More
Films Father and Sons – Wang Bing (2014) June 15, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More
Misc A slow return June 3, 2020 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments I’m sipping on a slowly brewed coffee. At my favourite local café. It’s been three months that I haven’t had a chance to do this.... Read More
Films Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker – Jean-Marc Lamoure (2013) May 18, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Those who have been with me over the years know how much I admire the work of Béla Tarr. It is not only the films... Read More
Films Solitude at the end of the world – Carlos Casas (2006) May 4, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Perhaps, there is no better film right at this very moment than Carlos Casas’ Solitude at the end of the world. It’s been ten weeks... Read More
Books & Articles Lisandro Alonso – Adrien-Gabriel Bouché (2020) April 20, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments It's been six years that Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso released a film. In 2014, he released Jauja, which, when I saw it, I considered as... Read More