Books & Articles Art and Therapy (Alain de Botton, John Armstrong, 2014) March 28, 2017 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments 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... Read More
Research The Multisensory Film Experience January 5, 2017 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment If there is one thing that is visible in my research of the last three to four years, then it is my interest in why... Read More
Research Slow Cinema and Cultural Memory November 18, 2016 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment In a previous post I mentioned my own personal experience with slow films in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder. Given the comments I had... Read More
Films Uncategorized Ambiancé [trailer] – Anders Weberg (2016) April 21, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments I’m not sure where, or how to start. Usually, those reviews always come with an intro, but how to introduce a seven-hour long-take? If I... Read More
Films Horse Money – Pedro Costa (2014) April 18, 2016 by Nadin Mai 7 Comments It's kind of sad that you have to wait almost two years for a brilliant film to cross your way. I missed Pedro Costa's new... 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
Interviews Plenty questions for…Lav Diaz January 15, 2016 by Nadin Mai No Comments Guernica magazine has published my interview with Lav Diaz today, which I conducted in November 2015 during the retrospective of his work at Jeu de... Read More
Misc Research Slow Cinema, trauma and therapy October 22, 2015 by Nadin Mai 14 Comments I set up this blog in the autumn of 2012, at the start of my doctoral research. It's funny just how much the original subject... Read More
Conferences Festivals Films Research Venues for Lav Diaz film strand wanted June 8, 2015 by Nadin Mai No Comments Now that my thesis is almost on the way to the printer, I can start focusing on other things. After three years of research, I... Read More
Films Breaking: Lav Diaz film available for streaming on Mubi April 23, 2015 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments A brief blog post to say that Lav Diaz’s Locarno winning film From What Is Before (2014) is now available for streaming on MUBI (globally) for... Read More