The little white attic

I’ve been reading Akira Kurosawa’s Something Like an Autobiography (translated by Audie E. Bock). It’s a very good book, an essential book i...

Every review of Russian Ark starts with the same point: it is a 90-minute film (without credits) that comprises of a single unbroken shot. ...

1/ Yesterday I went to Manchester Art Gallery. Lovely gallery, with some great artworks. But 1 thing ruined the entire experience: The femin...

If you’re familiar with Kieslowski’s career, you know there are 2 Kieslowskis: the Polish Kieslowski—realistic, social/political, grey, ung...

I have always found it difficult to write about The Double Life of Veronique .  The film is about 2 young women—Weronika in Poland and Ver...

Today is my birthday. I've just made a showreel, showcasing my main works, so look at it: Hai Di Nguyen | Writer-Director Showreel ...

We follow a young man named Witek, after his father dies, he takes time off medical studies, and tries to catch a train—as he runs through t...

In an earlier blog post, I wrote that with my 21st century mindset, I couldn’t understand why Hester chose to stay in the town to be disgrac...

I think every filmmaker should read this book. If you’re not a filmmaker but interested in his films, or interested in the making of a film,...

To get it out of the way, rushes are raw footage from a day’s shooting.  Sidney Lumet has a chapter titled “Rushes”, and mentions some of ...