Research Death Time April 2, 2015 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments Oh yes, a cheery title for this blog post. I apologise. But this only comes because of an email I received from one of my... Read More
Films The Ditch – Wang Bing (2010) March 18, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Wang Bing's films have been high on my watch list for quite some time. West of the Tracks, a nine-hour documentary, is still waiting for me.... Read More
Research André Bazin 2.0 March 6, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment This post may be a bit of a rumble rather than a coherent line of thought. But I want to jot down a couple of... Read More
Books & Articles Research Default Setting: Bored February 16, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Just last week I read Jakob Boer's interesting paper "As Slow As Possible: An Enquiry Into the Redeeming Power of Boredom for Slow Film Viewers"... Read More
Films Manakamana – Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez (2013) February 5, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments If you're looking for a very zen film, then I believe that you cannot find many films that are as zen as Stephanie Spray and... Read More
Misc Lav Diaz Retrospective in Manila January 21, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments This is the first part of hopefully many that will accompany my journey through the organisation of a major retrospective of Lav Diaz’s works in his... Read More
Books & Articles Book Review: Das Innen im Außen – Bernhard Hetzenauer (2013) January 8, 2015 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Bernhard Hentzenauer's book on Béla Tarr, Das Innen im Aussen: Béla Tarr, Jacques Lacan und der Blick, makes me glad that I'm a German native,... Read More
Misc Merry Xmas December 23, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments I wish you all a Merry Xmas and a joyful period of festive days. Remember to take everything slow. Use the festive days for some... Read More
Books & Articles Review: On Slowness – Lutz Koepnick (2014) December 18, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment The contemporary hype around slowness in all its forms has filled shelves in bookstores for several years now. Most of these books are a kind... Read More
Films First thoughts on Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep (2014) December 10, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments This post will be no more than a few possibly unrelated thoughts on Ceylan's new film and its connection to slowness. Winter Sleep is so rich... Read More