Philippine Cinema – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

Guernica magazine has published my interview with Lav Diaz today, which I conducted in November 2015 during the retrospective of his work at Jeu de...

Films

Naked under the moon – Lav Diaz (1999)

September 16, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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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...

Festivals Films

Dates for Lav Diaz retrospective in Brussels

August 25, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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The schedule has finally been published and I’m happy to list the dates of the Cinematek’s Lav Diaz retrospective here, starting in mid-September and lasting...

Festivals

Lav Diaz retrospective at Cinematek, Brussels

June 17, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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If you either can’t get enough of Lav Diaz’s films or want to get to know his kind of cinema or are simply desperate to...

Films

Breaking: Lav Diaz film available for streaming on Mubi

April 23, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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A brief blog post to say that Lav Diaz’s Locarno winning film From What Is Before (2014) is now available for streaming on MUBI (globally) for...

Misc

Lav Diaz Retrospective in Manila

January 21, 2015

by Nadin Mai

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This is the first part of hopefully many that will accompany my journey through the organisation of a major retrospective of Lav Diaz’s works in his...

Films

Storm Children, Book One – Lav Diaz (2014)

November 4, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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Just in time for the anniversary of the horrific disaster that typhoon Yolanda brought about the Philippines, the Guardian published a special report on life...

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