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Matthew Donlan

@mdonlan.bsky.social
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studies at AFTRS, watches movies, writes, reads, breathes (in that order, not all at once) - linktr.ee/matthewdonlan

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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This was a really interesting, inspiring and honest chat to listen to
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Found this a really interesting piece to edit!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
One of the best directors working today visited my film school last week and screened his short films for us!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My goal to watch more Australian films than any other country on Letterboxd this year is yielding absolute gems! Lantana, Love & Other Catastrophes, Dead End Drive In all this week!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“…shits and fucks, kind of” has entered my general vocab now
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Just finished Book of the Banned by Simon Miraudo. An incredible history of film censorship in Australia
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
i wrote about jeanne dielman after finally getting to see it last weekend for its 50th anniversary
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The Fleapit @thefleapit.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Issue 002 out now! Reviewing 'Escape from the 21st Century' as part of the Fantastic Film Festival!
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No. 002 - 'Escape From The 21st Century' by Yang Li (2024)
I'd hate to have this superpower with my allergies! Plus, Matthew picks out the must-see films in Sydney this week.
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I’ve started a weekly newsletter for Sydney-based film lovers!!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Shout out to @samtwyfordmoore.bsky.social for writing this incredible book on film in Australia. Witty, fascinating and at times (for a film student wanting to make Australian works) disheartening
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Just watched Two Hands for the first time. One of those films I put off watching for ages and now I regret that. Absolutely incredible stuff
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Did they cast Liam Neeson for the Naked Gun cause his name is kinda similar to Leslie Nielsen?
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
wrote my thoughts on the best picture noms for this year (tldr; mostly mid content)
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Best Picture Ranked – Oscars 2025
2025 was the year of solitary characters moving against popular tides.
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
tried to put to words my feelings about leaving Canberra, then life decided to remind me who really was in control
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The seven-year itch
Thoughts on saying goodbye to a place in a time of uncertainty
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
updated the profile page for 2025
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Opening ‘Invisible Boys’ by smashing the tv as Turnbull gives his marriage plebiscite speech is the exact right move
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Too long, love Timmy
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The only reason I am watching this now is because it’s been nominated
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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david lynch
An attempt at some words to explain why I am sad today
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
For the third year in a row I’ve summed up my year via various pieces of media I consumed
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13 best pieces of media I consumed in 2024
In no specific order but I’ll defend the ranking to my death!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
A one-for-them-one-for-me dynamic here
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Seated for IMAX 10th anniversary screening of Interstellar !!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
For the past two years I’ve had a goal of writing more so this year I’ve made an accountability mechanism (Substack)
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Home for the Holidays
Sentimental snippets from my time visiting the parents at Christmas
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Triple feature today !!!
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I watched it so you don’t have to: Christmas edition
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Mum: there’s no rain coming tonight is there? Me: no mum, only some reindeer! *laughter and applause*
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I’m going to become so much more insufferable about movies on here next year 🎉
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hate-watching the movie show with the three hosts who took over after David and Margaret left for the abc
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
This was so much more than I expected! Such a bittersweet film
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024)
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Best chance of getting on aus tv is by moving to the uk
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My favourite part of this time of year is all the year in review shows! Yes I do want to take a look back at the year that was for *insert media here*
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Going in I only knew this film for its visuals so wasn’t prepared to be emotionally ruined too
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This was way too ambitious :(
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
now (finally) watching:
Paris, Texas (1984)
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I have ambitious* plans to watch two (!!) movies tomorrow at the CINEMA! Stay tuned! *ambitious because I’m still recovering from surgery
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I think it’s funny that the Onion has bought InfoWars but it doesn’t make the Onion any less shit
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I have to keep reminding myself that likes are public here 😳
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Gonna continue noirvember tonight with a double feature
The Hitch-Hiker 1953Carnival of Souls 1962
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Letterboxd vibe check
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Woah! I mean Welles just had the sauce! He plays the frenzy well here. All those hyper-angled shots and long shadows are a treat
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
#NowWatching The Stranger (1946) by Orson Welles Thought I’d dip into a bit of noirvember
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
- Challengers (if I need to get in the zone) - Climax (if I need a bop) And very specifically for TV: - Calico by Emile Mosseri for Homecoming - I Remember Damage by Dan Romer for Station Eleven
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Loving the crossover of actors from twin peaks into my x-files run
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Love me some romantic-tragic surrealism One book One movie One album One tv show
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Gonna try to keep this feed to the gays, film/tv and a bit of AusPol for now
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Think I’m gonna start working on some creative outlets again soon, need pet projects to distract from ‘the outside’
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Matthew Donlan @mdonlan.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
i thought the only appropriate response to the election was to get another social media profile
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