Misc Research Rumination August 16, 2021 by Nadin Mai No Comments About three weeks ago, I started an introductory course in psychology. I felt the need to dive a little deeper into what I myself was... Read More
Conferences Films Papers Present. Past. – The Cinema of Lav Diaz September 12, 2020 by Nadin Mai 5 Comments Yesterday, I presented a brief overview of the cinema of Filipino director Lav Diaz as part of a webinar on arthouse cinema, organised by the... Read More
Films Research Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014) April 27, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments "On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The aim of this secret operation... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature The aesthetics of absence and duration in the post-trauma cinema of Lav Diaz January 19, 2016 by Nadin Mai 3 Comments Now that the PhD has been awarded, I’m happy to make my thesis, the first coherent study of the films of Lav Diaz, available for... Read More
Books & Articles Research Default Setting: Bored February 16, 2015 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Just last week I read Jakob Boer's interesting paper "As Slow As Possible: An Enquiry Into the Redeeming Power of Boredom for Slow Film Viewers"... Read More
Films Research The different slowness in Evolution of a Filipino Family July 28, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments After my initial thoughts on Lav Diaz's Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004), I am now in the position to say a bit more about it,... Read More