Mother, I’m suffocating
Some of you may remember that I was working on my first political essay following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I had made it available earlier...
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Tag: society
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...
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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...
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Byung-Chul Han
November 18, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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It is rare that I focus on a person on this blog. I tend to focus on films or books, but never on a single...
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Lahi, Hayop – Lav Diaz (2020)
September 14, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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What has changed? What has changed in the world of Lav Diaz that made him return to his roots? Those of you who have been...
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Fate – Fred Kelemen (1994)
August 25, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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I was six years old. I just entered school, I was proud. It was an important day in an important year for me. I still...
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Waiting Time
January 9, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity...
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Uzak – Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2002)
September 23, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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One of the three films I recently bought with the support of my patrons is Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Uzak, a film from 2002 and, even though...
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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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Remains – Yotam Ben-David (2016)
May 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films !!! What remains if a relationship, if love, has hit a dead end? We have all...
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