Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker – Jean-Marc Lamoure (2013)
Those who have been with me over the years know how much I admire the work of Béla Tarr. It is not only the films...
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Tag: The Turin Horse
Your Face – Tsai Ming-liang (2018)
September 23, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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When have you last looked at someone? I mean, really looked at someone, took your time to study every detail. I remember this marvellous shot...
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Landscape / Character
November 25, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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The end of the year proves to be busy, and it's not easy at the moment to sit down and watch a film. I hope...
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The Sacrifice – Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
March 19, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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"Humanity is on the wrong road." Andrei Tarkovsky's ultimate film, The Sacrifice, released in the year of the director's death, is perhaps one of his bleakest...
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A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on cinema
September 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It's been almost a year that I have seen Roy Andersson's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), a film I remember was...
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Towards a poor cinema
December 4, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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The title of today's post is not at all meant to be derogative. I like Slow Cinema too much for a defamation of it. I...
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Death Time
April 2, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Oh yes, a cheery title for this blog post. I apologise. But this only comes because of an email I received from one of my...
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Book Review: Das Innen im Außen – Bernhard Hetzenauer (2013)
January 8, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Bernhard Hentzenauer's book on Béla Tarr, Das Innen im Aussen: Béla Tarr, Jacques Lacan und der Blick, makes me glad that I'm a German native,...
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Stray Dogs – Tsai Ming-liang (2013)
June 23, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I have seen all of Tsai's films, apart from Rebels of the Neon God, which still sits comfortably on my watch list. The sad thing...
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