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Daniel Lammin

@dlammin.bsky.social
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Theatre maker. Film critic for SWITCH. Host of INK & PAINT podcast. Occasional thirst-trapper. Based in Meanjin (Brisbane). Art is subjective and so are my opinions.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I dunno, I really liked Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s DIGGER. It’s a hell of a swing and I don’t think it entirely hits its target, but I still enjoyed what a swing it was and intellectually grappling with it. Read my ★★★★ review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social. www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/revi...
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Digger Review: An epic nihilistic satire as enthralling as it is baffling | SWITCH.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I'm a sucker for big, bold, impassioned swings, films, even if it doesn't entirely work. 'Digger' is a film that will pose a real challenge to its audien...
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Buying stock in this Austin Abrams guy RIGHT NOW.
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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AI bro (talking to a friend after listening to Teddy Ruxpin for five minutes): "So it turns out stuffed animals are alive."
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Watching a documentary on Robert Wise. After the clips of all his incredible films: “Everyone who worked with him said it was a pleasure to be on his sets and he was kind and easy to get along with.” I want more of this. Fuck being a tortured genius. Do the work. Be brilliant. Be nice.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Favorite film for each year of the ‘70s: 70: Original Cast Album Company 71: The Devils 72: The Godfather 73: The Exorcist 74: Chinatown 75: Picnic at Hanging Rock 76: Network 77: Star Wars 78: Watership Down 79: All That Jazz
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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Isn’t it lovely/ How artists can capture us.”
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
My ★★★★½ review of Christopher Nolan’s immense adaptation of THE ODYSSEY, a film that throttles forward with startling ferocity, as ancient as it is immediate, as haunted and horrifying as it is imaginative and enthralling. Check out my review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social
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The Odyssey Review: Nolan's shattering adaptation of Homer's monolithic epic | SWITCH.
'The Odyssey' is an immense achievement, even with its imperfections, perhaps even helped by its imperfections. Not only is it rare to see a film of this visual and aural scale rendered with such grit...
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Family legend has it that my mum tried to read me THE HOBBIT when I was seven, but her literacy wasn’t great because she never got to finish high school and she found it difficult, so I took the book and started reading it to her.
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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
How’s that?
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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I had such a great time reviewing this impressive two-disc release of the bizarre 1980 adventure film? Cold War thriller? Titanic fan-fic? RAISE THE TITANIC from @imprintfilms.bsky.social. As a long-time Titanic nut, I found it so fascinating. Check out my ★★★ review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social
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Raise the Titanic Blu-ray Review: A bonkers Titanic oddity gets a lavish Blu-ray release | SWITCH.
I'm glad it's 40-year-old Daniel watching it rather than 10-year-old Daniel. He would have been bored at the lack of action and frustrated at all the things they get wrong, not willing to give them th...
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Criterion just gonna make me buy all of this man’s films again for like the fifth time (and gladly).
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My ★★★★½ review of DISCLOSURE DAY, Steven Spielberg’s magnificent return to exploring the potential impact of our first contact with extraterrestrial life, made with furious energy, startling immediacy and immense heart. Check out my review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social.
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Disclosure Day Review: Spielberg's profound, breathtaking conspiracy thriller soars | SWITCH.
Steven Spielberg is a man reaching the final act of his life, and each film from him, each precious film, matters, and he is taking the opportunity to make these films his final statements. In 'Disclo...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One of my many biases about Spielberg is that I don't have a huge amount of patience with moviegoers who want their childhoods spoon-fed back to them. If after the way The Fabelmans and Disclosure Day both address the problems with doing that, you still want it from him...then I just [shrug emoji].
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - Come and See 90s - The Silence of the Lambs 00s - The Lord of the Rings 10s - Moonlight 20s - Challengers
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Please god do not adapt THE SILMARILLION, Peter, please.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Hmm… Top 15 favourite TV shows… Well… The Leftovers Twin Peaks Lost Battlestar Galactica Arrested Development Heartstopper The Thick of It The Games Neon Genesis Evangelion Mindhunter Hannibal Ted Lasso Monty Python’s Flying Circus Sex and the City The Chronicles of Narnia
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Last night I stood at the alter of my favourite band, Mumford and Sons, and I fuckin’ worshipped.
Mumford and Sons playing at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on 25th April 2026. Marcus Mumford is holding his guitar and smiling at the crowd.Mumford and Sons playing at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on 25th April 2026. Marcus Mumford is standing on a speaker with a microphone.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Revisited this last year, and it hits something no other book quite does for me.
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Mark Frost @markfrost.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
That’s right. As it should be.
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Seb Downie-Blackwell @downieseb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Everyone have their monkey costumes ready for when the Artemis crew return, right?
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My ★★★★ review of Kirk Jones’ film I SWEAR, a wonderful biopic of Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson that balances its mission to educate with a carefully constructed, deeply moving story. Robert Aramayo is superb as Davidson, dazzling and joyful. Read my review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social
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I Swear Review: A rousing and powerful film set to do good in the world | In-Cinema Giveaway | SWITCH.
'I Swear' is exactly the film you expect it to be. It's the story of someone overcoming a disadvantage, balancing humour and sadness, and building to a rousing finale that celebrates the human spirit....
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MICHAEL B. JORDAN
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Academy Award Winner Ryan Coogler
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Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I think it’s more about what you can learn from dating people who aren’t a great fit for you but still show you something new about yourself and the world. It’s not a cautionary tale
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Macbeth. Favourite Shakespeare play, one of my favourite plays full-stop, first play I ever directed.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“Great things come in bears.”
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The amount of yelling in public I did outside the cinema when I saw WEAPONS, I tell you…
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Hosting events at AACTA Festival, February 2026
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It’s their day.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Justice for Cathy the Younger, Hareton and Linton the Younger.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Lydia Tár
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Atla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
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Chris Feil @chrisvfeil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Hamnet “We Found Love” video is so right. The human condition is such that sometimes we simply must oontz oontz
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The film event of the year, every year.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
That 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is nearly as good as last year's 28 Years Later feels borderline miraculous, like this long-perished franchise came back from the dead precisely when we, as a society, needed it most. Also, there are so many penises in this franchise??? Good for it!
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My ★★★★½ review of the tremendous 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, as intelligent and heartfelt as its predecessor. Fanaticism and nihilism collide with hope and humanity, with Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell delivering truly stellar performances. Read my review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review: Faith and violence go head-to-head in yet another stellar entry in this series | SWITCH.
With '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple', this series is shaping up to be a true rarity in horror cinema, the only one that gets better with each new entry. The relief is that Nia DaCosta has furthered ...
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Katie Walsh @katiewalshstx.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I have never once touched ChatGPT or wanted to and I reject AI so completely that I am actively rude to friends about it when it comes up, but it’s still become so integrated into life so fast that I am forced to deal with it and I resent that deeply.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
historically accurate☑️
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Joe Reid @joereid.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good for "Hamnet," a great movie.
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
My ★★★★★ review of Chloè Zhao’s HAMNET, a quiet meditation on grief and loss that builds to an incredible, overwhelming crescendo. It’s been a long time since a film has unravelled me as completely as this did. I could hardly breathe from sobbing. Read my review at @maketheswitchau.bsky.social.
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Hamnet Review: The immense power of grief in all its exquisite beauty | SWITCH.
That is the purpose of art: to say the things we cannot say out loud, to express the things we cannot express ourselves. It is the grand, never-ending documentation of the human experience, the ongoin...
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I did it right, I really did.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“Homework cinema” is not Kurosawa or Bergman or Ozu or whoever, “Homework cinema” is the MCU
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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far? 2020: Mank 2021: West Side Story 2022: The Fabelmans 2023: The Boy and the Heron 2024: Challengers 2025: One Battle After Another
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