Books & Articles Films Literature Year in Review 2023 December 3, 2023 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment In summer this year, I decided to take an indefinite break from writing for The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. It was an incredibly difficult decision.... Read More
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
Books & Articles Films Misc Research 2019 – The Year in Review December 10, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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),... Read More
Films The Woman Who Left – Lav Diaz (2016) March 2, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments Hooray! I have finally managed to see Lav Diaz's The Woman Who Left, which won the Venice International Film Festival about two years ago. I'm always... Read More
Films The ebb of forgetting – Liryc de la Cruz (2015) February 9, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments !!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! The following is a repost from another blog I had worked... Read More
VoD platform tao films VoD now live January 1, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments I’m very pleased to announce that tao films VoD is now live after a year of hard work. It is a project I’m particularly proud... Read More
VoD platform tao films VoD – Full short film programme September 19, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments As promised a little earlier this month, here’s the full short film programme for the launch of tao films VoD. The streaming will commence on... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature The aesthetics of absence and duration in the post-trauma cinema of Lav Diaz January 19, 2016 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments Now that the PhD has been awarded, I’m happy to make my thesis, the first coherent study of the films of Lav Diaz, available for... Read More
Interviews Plenty questions for…Lav Diaz January 15, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments 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... Read More