Films A Love Unknown – John Clang (2020) February 26, 2020 by Nadin Mai 6 Comments There are films that you watch. And there are films that you feel. Both forms have been part of my life for quite some time... Read More
Films Inland Sea – Kazuhiro Soda (2018) February 16, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment How can we understand slow films? What do they show, what do they tell us? At some point during my (previously academic) research, I came... Read More
Books & Articles Organic Cinema – Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (2017) January 28, 2020 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Slow Cinema polarises. Even though it is no longer as prominent as when Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound article in 2010, the debate... Read More
Films Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019) January 23, 2020 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who... Read More
Films Self-Portrait: Sphinx at 47km – Zhang Mengqi (2017) January 7, 2020 by Nadin Mai No Comments Could it be that China currently has the single most promising output of contemporary Slow Cinema? I could, of course, be wrong. And yet it... Read More
Books & Articles Films Misc Research 2019 – The Year in Review December 10, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments Another year comes to an end and perhaps you’re as tired of “end of year” lists as I am. Every December (and increasingly every November),... Read More
Films The Tree – André Gil Mata (2018) November 27, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments Tarkovskian. Tarr-esque. Filmind. André Gil Mata’s The Tree had me thinking a lot, had me admire what I saw and had me marvel over the... Read More
Films The suspended step of the stork – Theo Angelopoulos (1991) November 13, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments There is perhaps no better time for beginning to watch Theo Angelopoulos’ Border trilogy than now. On Saturday, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the... Read More
Films Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa (2019) October 28, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of a woman in film, who has such a magical, such an overpowering aura around her as... Read More
Festivals Slow Film Festival 2019 October 25, 2019 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment It’s been quiet on The Art(s) of Slow Cinema recently, but things will change very soon. Now that the Slow Film Festival is over, I... Read More