Tag: Yulene Olaizola

Present Tense – Time and Duration in Contemporary Contemplative Cinema

April 30, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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As I’m recovering (slowly, very slowly) from the intense beginning of the year, which involved publishing a book, writing a book chapter for a Spanish-language...

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Books & Articles Films Misc

Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE

April 9, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...

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Sneak Peek at The Art(s) of Slow Cinema journal (Issue 1)

September 10, 2018

by Nadin Mai

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It’s slowly coming together, the first print issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. The design is ready (for now), and I have put work...

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Call for Films! VoD platform

Slow Cinema VoD – Update (3)

May 11, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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Today, I would like to list the directors whose works I have chosen for The Art(s) of Slow Cinema VoD. These directors have submitted their films...

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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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Interview with Yulene Olaizola (Fogo)

July 7, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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My thanks goes out to Yulene Olaizola, who has kindly agreed to this brief email interview. Her film Fogo (2012) is a fascinating portrait of...

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Fogo – Yulene Olaizola (2012)

June 14, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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Have I ever mentioned that I love my "job"? It makes me really happy to discover all those talented, yet unknown directors from all over...

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Mourning Cinema

May 16, 2014

by Nadin Mai

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For parts of my work on Lav Diaz's Melancholia, I read Richard Armstrong's Mourning Films (2012). It wasn't quite as helpful as I thought for...

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The River Used to be a Man

October 19, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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It's been a while that I watched a good slow film. My head rarely thinks ouside Lav Diaz's films at the moment. I'm trying to...

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Mainstream Slow Cinema

August 18, 2013

by Nadin Mai

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Two terms that do not go together. I'm well aware of this. But a thought occurred to me last night, which, to be honest, has...

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