Films Journey to the West – Tsai Ming-liang (2013) March 23, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments A lucky accident brought me to an online screener of Tsai Ming-liang's new and highly acclaimed film Journey to the West. It had its premiere at... Read More
Films Interviews Interview with Michela Occhipinti March 14, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments In 2010, filmmaker Michela Occhipinti made the brilliant and yet subtle slow film Letters from the Desert – Eulogy to Slowness. I have reviewed the film... Read More
Films Misc Research The invisible princes March 11, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments When I watched Lav Diaz's Death in the Land of Encantos again, I had a nice encounter with a prince, the prince of the black dwarfs... Read More
Films Misc Alimuom – Benjamin Agusan (poetry) March 6, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Benjamin Agusan is a fictional poet in Lav Diaz’s Death in the Land of Encantos (2007). A great poet on the verge of losing his sanity. He... Read More
Films Death in the Land of Encantos – Lav Diaz (2007) March 5, 2014 by Nadin Mai 15 Comments I believe that I keep mentioning this film, but I have never really made a proper (blog) case out of it. So let's go into... Read More
Films Norte – Lav Diaz (2013) March 4, 2014 by Nadin Mai 8 Comments A couple of months ago, I have posted initial thoughts on Diaz's new film Norte The End of History. I received a link for an online... Read More
Festivals Films Slow Cinema in the News (February 2014) February 26, 2014 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments This blog goes from strength to strength thanks to my readers. The views are now beyond the 10k benchmark, and I have readers from all... Read More
Research Is Lav Diaz is literati? February 19, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment This post wraps up my brief excursion to the far-away lands of China, and my somewhat exotic reading of Slow Cinema. What remains is one... Read More
Films Leave it for Tomorrow… – Jet Leyco (2013) February 16, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments How much I longed to see this film! Huge thanks goes to the director, Jet Leyco, who also agreed to answer a couple of questions... Read More
Research Slow Cinema and Chinese Painting V February 14, 2014 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment 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... Read More