Byung-Chul Han
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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Tag: society
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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Art and Therapy (Alain de Botton, John Armstrong, 2014)
March 28, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong had been on my list from the moment I saw it online. With my research...
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Where are you going? – Zhengfan Yang (2016)
February 8, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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If the film’s title were a question about the direction of the filmmaker, then I would respond to it with “higher and higher”. Where Are You...
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Day 10 – Krisana (Kelemen)
December 10, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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In some ways, I stick to Bela Tarr. Fred Kelemen, German filmmaker and cinematographer, had been a regular at Tarr’s set. He was cinematographer for...
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