review – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

IO Capitano – Matteo Garrone (2023)

March 23, 2024

by Nadin Mai

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We speak about colonialism, about the extermination of native peoples, about the enslavement of black people as if all of this was history, as if...

Films

Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022)

May 11, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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When I saw Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s superb documentary Homo Sapiens, I reflected upon the legacy we, Homo sapiens, would leave behind. Our legacy isn’t as magnificent...

Films

Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund (2022)

March 17, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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There was a moment in Ruben Östlund’s new film Triangle of Sadness when I needed to get up and walk around. It felt as though...

Films

Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi (2022)

February 8, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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It’s been quiet around Iran for many weeks now. When the young Mahsa Amin died at the hands of the country’s moral police, the support...

Films Misc

Year in Review 2022

December 22, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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The last time I published a post on this blog was to inform you all about a rather unpleasant development in my mind. I’m using...

Books & Articles

Pre-order: The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Anthology

August 19, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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Thirteen years ago, I saw my first slow film. Ten years ago, I started writing about slow films. A decade of writing, of thinking, of...

Films

The Metamorphosis of Birds – Catarina Vasconcelos (2020)

May 26, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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Earth is the centre of the universe. Everything else revolves around this beautiful planet that carries so much life, so much beauty, so much mystery....

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