Films Cochihza – Khristine Gillard (2013) July 21, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It doesn't happen very often that I have to rewatch a film because I forgot about its contents. In fact, it never happened to the... Read More
Research Straub-Huillet: what is film? July 11, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Thanks to a very good and impressive collection of DVDs in my local library/cultural centre, I had the chance to discover the works of Jean-Marie... Read More
Misc Research Waiting July 6, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments What does it mean to wait? What does "waiting" mean nowadays when everyone seems to be always, eternally busy? Are we still waiting, or have... Read More
Films Welfare – Frederick Wiseman (1975) June 29, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments In past years, several people have pointed out the work by Frederick Wiseman to me, in particular whenever I spoke of Lav Diaz and his... Read More
Films Bitter Money – Wang Bing (2016) June 14, 2017 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments I don't know whether it's only my perception of it or whether there is indeed a real surge of interest in the films of Wang... Read More
Misc Talks, talks, talks June 13, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments As the new Flixwise podcast has just been released, I’d like to draw your attention to spoken rather than written words about Slow Cinema this... Read More
Books & Articles Research Film Spectatorship June 9, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Something that has always fascinated me is film spectatorship in regards to Slow Cinema. While film spectatorship as a subject isn't entirely absent from research,... Read More
Films VoD platform Seaworld – Hing Tsang (2016) June 2, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments !!! This film is now available on tao films !!! What I like about my job (is it even a job?) is that I always... Read More
Films VoD platform Ananke (Claudio Romano Nöhring, 2016) May 28, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments !!! This film is now available on tao films VoD !!! A man and a woman walk slowly through the woods. The camera follows their... Read More
Films West of the Tracks – Wang Bing (2003) May 16, 2017 by Nadin Mai 10 Comments If you hear people speaking about Slow Cinema, or see lists of films that are usually considered to be part of this genre or this... Read More