24 Frames – Abbas Kiarostami (2017)
One of the defining characteristics of Slow Cinema is that quite a number of films, in particular experimental films, question the difference between photography and...
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Tag: Silence
I don’t want to sleep alone – Tsai Ming-liang (2006)
June 25, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I discovered Tsai Ming-liang’s films early on in my research into Slow Cinema, or even well before I started my PhD. The director from Taiwan...
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El Cielo, la Tierra y la Lluvia – José Luis Torres Leiva (2008)
June 15, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I think (although I could be wrong) that this post is a premiere, as it is probably the first post about a slow film from...
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Andrei Rublev – Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)
June 4, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It’s been weird lately. First, I struggled to find the time to watch films. I was immersed in books, really good ones, and I didn’t...
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Man With No Name – Wang Bing (2010)
May 14, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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Anonymity and intimacy – these two characteristics work hand in hand in Wang Bing’s Man With No Name (2010), which is a mere glimpse of the...
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Fresh from the press: new books on Chantal Akerman
February 10, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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I took a literary journey through the works of Chantal Akerman thanks to two new books that have been published on her work. Not so...
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Book review: Chantal Akerman, Passer la nuit – Corinne Rondeau (2017)
November 20, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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A small book at the bottom of a shelf that is overwhelmed with books on the big names of Hollywood; films, directors, actresses. There, somewhere...
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Mrs Fang – Wang Bing (2017)
August 17, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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The winner of the Pardo D’oro at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, and a brave decision of the festival jury headed by Olivier Assayas, if...
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Postcards from the Verge – Sebastian Mez (2017)
April 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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My, my, my…another strong arthouse film this year. And another one which is too good to be written about, if I’m honest. There are films which...
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Slow Cinema and Cultural Memory
November 18, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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In a previous post I mentioned my own personal experience with slow films in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder. Given the comments I had...
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