Books & Articles Films Notes on the End of a World – The Films of Béla Tarr December 2, 2024 by Nadin Mai No Comments What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but... Read More
Films The Landscape and the Fury – Nicole Vögele (2024) June 15, 2024 by Nadin Mai No Comments Les spectres de l’Europe, ce ne sont donc pas exactement ces gens « séculaires et sacrés », vêtus d’imperméables en plastiques et qui tentent de... Read More
Misc A sense of an ending June 18, 2023 by Nadin Mai 12 Comments It is with a very heart that I announce that I will take an indefinite break from writing here on The Art(s) of Slow Cinema.... Read More
Films Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022) May 11, 2023 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments 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... Read More
Films Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022) March 10, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments The ocean. Clear blue-turquoise water. A beautiful beach, sand whose softness one can feel by simply looking at it. A palm tree. It’s quiet, it’s... Read More
Misc Searching February 3, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments It’s interesting to see how things develop. In my last post, I spoke about resonance. A lot of it was based on Hartmut Rosa’s book... Read More
Misc Research Resonance January 3, 2023 by Nadin Mai No Comments I have often been asked how I got interested in Slow Cinema, how I was able to distinguish slow films from other arthouse films. I... Read More
Films Misc Year in Review 2022 December 22, 2022 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments 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... Read More
Uncategorised Burnout October 31, 2022 by Nadin Mai 10 Comments I don’t quite know how to start this post. Only two weeks ago, I shipped the first copies of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema – The 10th... Read More
Films Longing in times of social distancing October 11, 2022 by Nadin Mai No Comments The following was written for a project filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky, who dreamt of putting together a magazine he would call MEAT and which would... Read More