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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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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

“Great things come in bears.”

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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 · 04/01/2026

I did it right, I really did.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

With my favourite little guy.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Throughout 2025, I watched all 34 of Steven Spielberg’s feature films in chronological order, an exercise that just made me love his work even more. It has earnestness and humanity, but also brutality and cynicism, and at its best, breathtaking honesty. Here’s my full ranking: boxd.it/BWcas

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It was such a genuine pleasure contributing to this excellent episode of @onceuponavhs.bsky.social, looking at the 1988 BBC adaptation of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, the first great love of my life. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/o...

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I’m off Instagram at the moment, so Bluesky gets my thirst traps, congrats.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It’s been an emotional time.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

FLOW: Genuinely remarkable. It’s that special kind of film that, in its startling simplicity, feels gigantic in every way, an ethereal expression of why being alive and connected with the life around us gives meaning to our existence. At times, it even feels miraculous. Give it the Oscar.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Last Saturday, as part of AACTA Festival, I had the outrageous privilege of sitting down with Oscar-winning cinematographer Greig Fraser and chatting with him about his career for over an hour in front of 500 people. I still don’t think I’ve recovered. (Photos: Jennie Wright)

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

AACTA Awards 2025. First time I’ve ever owned a suit.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

QUEER: A pain in the heart, an overwhelming, all-consuming longing that takes you by the throat and never lets you go. I’m giddy, haunted, moved to tears, gently shaken, quietly dazzled. It’s hard not to see yourself in its mirror, feel its fervent whispers in the dark are meant especially for you.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It’s done. The Disney Renaissance season of INK & PAINT is finally written. Ten films. Eleven episodes. 487 pages. Three years of work. You bet I fuckin’ cried when I finished it.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Did arms, workout fuelled by anger at the Oscars music branch.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

COMPANION: A familiar horror satire with a contemporary lick of paint, but still not offering you anything you haven’t seen before. I wish it had been bolder, nastier, less derivative, less enamoured with the sound of its own voice. Sophie Thatcher is easily the standout though.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Tonight’s Screening: COMPANION. Hopefully, like BARBARIAN, this is a nasty, inspired little film and, unlike BARBARIAN, actually lands its ending.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

SING SING: A tender, gentle miniature, overflowing with heartache and sincerity. We’re used to being told about the healing power of art but this is the rare film where that process feels palpable. Maclin has such commanding presence and dexterity, and Domingo is just stellar, truly stellar.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

BABYGIRL: What if Ibsen fucked? A wonderfully thorny, opaque, deeply sexy film, carefully questioning and dissecting the dynamics of power through an exchange built on the exploration of it. Kidman is superb, Dickinson is enthralling and there’s real imagination and bravura in the filmmaking.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Tonight’s Screening: BABYGIRL. The trailer made me rabid with excitement so we’ll see how I fare with the whole film.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

WE LIVE IN TIME: A good script and strong direction elevated by two wonderful performances. The smaller, intimate, almost incidental moments have more power than the main drama, which despite the structure, offers little we haven’t seen before. No more than what you would expect, but still charming.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

That’s how you fuckin’ do it.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My top 10 first watches of 2024: 1. Ikiru 2. Tokyo Story 3. High and Low 4. The Hidden Fortress 5. Wings of Desire 6. Blue Velvet 7. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 8. Amarcord 9. Punch-Drunk Love 10. Midnight Run Full list: boxd.it/rnahG/detail

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My top 10 films of 2024 (based on Australian release dates): 1. Challengers 2. All of Us Strangers 3. The Zone of Interest 4. Dune: Part II 5. Robot Dreams 6. Anora 7. The Room Next Door 8. Perfect Days 9. Monster 10. May December Full list: boxd.it/pYwko

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Also, I cannot tell you how much I love Gromit. I adore Gromit. I would die for Gromit. I want nothing but safety and happiness for Gromit.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

WALLACE & GROMIT - VENGEANCE MOST FOWL: Yet another slam-dunk for Aardman’s crown jewel. The story cracks with wit, the animation is sublime and the pastiche of noir cinema is, as always, pitch perfect. I laughed myself silly and gasped with delight. Give it the Oscar.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

BETTER MAN: Um… this thing fuckin’ RULES. Wonderfully imaginative, surprisingly moving, endlessly electrifying. The central conceit frees it from having to be conventional, an opportunity it fully embraces. There were moments so tremendous, I almost applauded. The unexpected surprise of the year.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Tonight’s Screening: BETTER MAN. I’ve been intrigued to see whatever the hell this is since I first heard about.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM: Self-serious and laboriously slow, the change in form doesn’t help when it keeps itself so frustratingly tethered to Jackson’s films. Several plot and character threads are left flapping in the wind. Even Bakshi’s film was more distinct than this.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Tonight’s Screening: THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM. Look, I’m intrigued. Cautious but intrigued.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

HERETIC: A curious film, handsomely made with great performances but the ideas are more interesting than the narrative constructed to explore them. After a strong first act, it starts to flail, never settling on what story it wants to tell or what it ultimately wants to say.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Ignore the poor choice of socks.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Making final changes to this damn Masters thesis.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A REAL PAIN: Oh so simple, oh so gentle, oh so beautiful. There’s such a palpable mix of hope and sadness here, of the shock that comes when you stop running to avoid facing who you have or might become, of realising you are part of a world and a history. A moving, magical film.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

NOSFERATU: An unholy, depraved, disorienting nightmare, birthed from the fetid depths of the earth and suckled on the blood of centuries. Eggers spins Murnau’s masterpiece into a wicked fairy tale, brimming with sexual repression and visceral horror. I was in absolute fuckin’ heaven!

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tonight’s Screening: NOSFERATU. I have no chill. No chill whatsoever. I’m fully prepared to totally lose my mind over this.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

WICKED - PART I: An improvement on the stage musical in almost every way. The story and characters have room to breathe, the songs are executed with flair and it packs genuine emotional power. I do think it stumbles horribly in the last 15 mins, but for the most part, I loved it.

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Daniel Lammin @dlammin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

“Sometimes I doubt your commitment to holding space for the lyrics to Defying Gravity.”

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