Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022)
The ocean. Clear blue-turquoise water. A beautiful beach, sand whose softness one can feel by simply looking at it. A palm tree. It’s quiet, it’s...
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Taming the Garden – Salomé Jashi (2021)
January 28, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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A wide open space. Almost everything is tainted in a dull blue. The sky and the sea are like identical twins that are difficult to...
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Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE
April 9, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...
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Earth – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2019)
April 9, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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Towards the end of the last decade, a new term made its way into public discourse: the anthropocene. Although this isn't entirely true. The term...
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2019 – The Year in Review
December 10, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Another year comes to an end and perhaps you’re as tired of “end of year” lists as I am. Every December (and increasingly every November),...
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A special slow gift for you
May 10, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Even after many years writing on Slow Cinema, I still get the same question: where can we see the films you are writing about? It...
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The year after Dayton – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1997)
April 2, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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Since summer last year, I have slowly but surely made my way through the filmography of Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, who I have started to...
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Happy 10th Slow Cinema anniversary
March 18, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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This year marks a special anniversary for me. Ten years ago in summer, I watched my first slow film. It was Béla Tarr’s The Man from...
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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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Elsewhere – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2000)
September 27, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I have one specific sequence in my head, and what it shows and what is said doesn't get any weaker with time. An elderly tribes...
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