Leila’s Brothers – Saeed Roustaee (2022)
A metaphor came to mind towards the end of Saeed Roustaee’s film Leila’s Brothers; that of quicksand. I couldn’t help but think of the film’s...
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Feathers – Omar El Zohairy (2021)
September 14, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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I’m thinking of Wang Bing. I’m thinking of Pedro Costa. I’m thinking of Tarkovsky’s Stalker who gets up from his bed in the morning. I’m...
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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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Lahi, Hayop – Lav Diaz (2020)
September 14, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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Knife in the Clear Water – Xuebo Wang (2016)
March 9, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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In 2011, Béla Tarr presented his last feature film, The Turin Horse. The film, in which he had stripped everything bare, contains a lot of...
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Welfare – Frederick Wiseman (1975)
June 29, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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In past years, several people have pointed out the work by Frederick Wiseman to me, in particular whenever I spoke of Lav Diaz and his...
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Bitter Money – Wang Bing (2016)
June 14, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I don't know whether it's only my perception of it or whether there is indeed a real surge of interest in the films of Wang...
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Another Year – Shengze Zhu (2016)
April 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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A three hour long film about people eating - admittedly, this doesn't sound like a must-see film. And it's not even just three hours of...
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Imburnal – Sherad Anthony Sanchez (2008)
October 7, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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If you're done watching Lav Diaz's long films and need a film to fix this problem, Sherad Anthony Sanchez' three-and-a-half hour film Imburnal (2008) may...
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Slow Cinema and Chinese Painting V
February 14, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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The second last feature I would like to mention is the use of monochrome aesthetics. It is something that cannot be applied to Slow Cinema...
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