Daniel Lammin
@dlammin.bsky.social
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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rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
My ★★★★★ review of the new 4K UHD release of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS from @imprintfilms.bsky.social. This film has never been well-served on home video in Australia, but this gorgeous restoration of Philip Kauffman’s paranoid masterpiece makes up for it.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K UHD Review: A great work of 1970s paranoia cinema shines in this new restoration | SWITCH.
Though Jack Finney's novel was adapted further (and likely will be again), it's unlikely any version will better Philip Kaufman's 1978 sci-fi horror masterpiece. It's a visceral, palpable nightmare, w...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My ★★★★★ review of the new 4K UHD release of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS from @imprintfilms.bsky.social. This film has never been well-served on home video in Australia, but this gorgeous restoration of Philip Kauffman’s paranoid masterpiece makes up for it.
My ★★★★½ review of Yorgos Lanthimos’ brutal and brilliant BUGONIA, our collective anxiety on the state of the world made manifest as a paranoid, preposterous and immediate act of creative hysteria. It holds you in the space between laughter and despair, as devastating as it is wildly entertaining.
Bugonia Review: Lanthimos dissects paranoia and power with precision | SWITCH.
More than anything, it's the recognition you feel as you watch it. The paranoia these characters feel, you know it well - the sense that something is very wrong and that we feel completely powerless t...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
My ★★★★½ review of Yorgos Lanthimos’ brutal and brilliant BUGONIA, our collective anxiety on the state of the world made manifest as a paranoid, preposterous and immediate act of creative hysteria. It holds you in the space between laughter and despair, as devastating as it is wildly entertaining.
My ★★ review of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, a dull biopic so caught up in its subject, it forgets to actually say anything about him or his music. 75% of it is Springsteen looking depressed in different locations. 2% of it is Grace Gummer looking pensive as she moisturises her hands.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Review: The genius of the Boss rendered inert in this dull and frustrating biopic | SWITCH.
It's a real risk with a music biopic that the storyteller either cannot get past their intense love for their subject or that they assume we come to the film with extensive prior knowledge. In this ca...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My ★★ review of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, a dull biopic so caught up in its subject, it forgets to actually say anything about him or his music. 75% of it is Springsteen looking depressed in different locations. 2% of it is Grace Gummer looking pensive as she moisturises her hands.
My ★★★★½ review of Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT. Its provocations and moral conundrums won’t appeal to every viewer, but I was enthralled by its beguiling, serpentine exploration of the balance of power, privilege and certainty. It walks a dangerous line, but I think it does so with great skill.
After the Hunt Review: Questions and provocations abound in Luca Guadagnino's latest | SWITCH.
'After the Hunt' is an appropriate title, not just for its discussion of the aftermath of a sexual assault accusation, but for the way every single character in the film wields a weapon, a spear sharp...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My ★★★★½ review of Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT. Its provocations and moral conundrums won’t appeal to every viewer, but I was enthralled by its beguiling, serpentine exploration of the balance of power, privilege and certainty. It walks a dangerous line, but I think it does so with great skill.
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It's the 14th anniversary of the Sudden Departure. How are you going to commemorate it?
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It's the 14th anniversary of the Sudden Departure. How are you going to commemorate it?
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Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈
My ★★½ review of TRON: ARES, a mostly bland misstep away from the digital wonders of the previous films into a tepid almost-commentary on AI and tech company dominance. The lead performance is a charisma-vacuum and the film itself lacks any distinct personality of its own.
Tron: Ares Review: Leaving The Grid for the real world leaves little digital magic | SWITCH.
When I come to a 'Tron' film, I don't want to watch people driving around recognisable streets or blowing up buildings. I want to be taken to another world; a digital world of light and sound, where t...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My ★★½ review of TRON: ARES, a mostly bland misstep away from the digital wonders of the previous films into a tepid almost-commentary on AI and tech company dominance. The lead performance is a charisma-vacuum and the film itself lacks any distinct personality of its own.
My ★★★★★ review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Paul Thomas Anderson’s searing, satirical epic, a prophetic vision that traps you between hysterical laughter and existential screaming. One of his best, and likely the best film of the year. See it on the biggest screen you can.
One Battle After Another Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s jaw-dropping battle cry | SWITCH.
A new film from Paul Thomas Anderson always comes with astronomical expectations, but 'One Battle After Another' completely surpasses them. It isn't just, arguably, the best film of the year. It's the...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My ★★★★★ review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Paul Thomas Anderson’s searing, satirical epic, a prophetic vision that traps you between hysterical laughter and existential screaming. One of his best, and likely the best film of the year. See it on the biggest screen you can.
Magnificent.
I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!
September 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Magnificent.
My review of THE CINEMA OF POWELL & PRESSBURGER, the tremendous first Blu-ray collection from @imprintfilms.bsky.social of films from the legendary filmmakers, including multiple new special features for every film. A top-rate release worthy of the great films it collects.
The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger: Collection One Review: Imprint begins its dive into the great British filmmakers | Blu-ray Review | SWITCH.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My review of THE CINEMA OF POWELL & PRESSBURGER, the tremendous first Blu-ray collection from @imprintfilms.bsky.social of films from the legendary filmmakers, including multiple new special features for every film. A top-rate release worthy of the great films it collects.
My ★★★★ review of CAUGHT STEALING, the most fun I’ve had watching a Darren Aronofsky film since BLACK SWAN, a cracking romp that doesn’t relinquishing his familiar pessimistic hope in the human race. Plus Austin Butler is really friggin’ hot in it. www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/revi...
Caught Stealing Review: Darren Aronofsky finds his groove with this surprising, boisterous crime caper | SWITCH.
It's less of a departure for Darren Aronofsky as it is a pivot, and a much-needed one. You can feel the great director crack his knuckles, flex his muscles, shake off the familiar and try something ne...
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August 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My ★★★★ review of CAUGHT STEALING, the most fun I’ve had watching a Darren Aronofsky film since BLACK SWAN, a cracking romp that doesn’t relinquishing his familiar pessimistic hope in the human race. Plus Austin Butler is really friggin’ hot in it. www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/revi...
This week, Peter Weir’s masterpiece PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK celebrates its 50th anniversary. I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to write about my favourite Australian film and what it might say on our collective colonial paranoia about the crimes we’ve committed on these lands.
Picnic at Hanging Rock Review: Comprehending the incomprehensible heart of the Australian masterpiece | Retrospective Review | SWITCH.
This is what makes 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' the finest film this country has produced, based on the finest novel this country has produced. It's a bottomless well, deep and dark, so rich in ideas and ...
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August 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This week, Peter Weir’s masterpiece PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK celebrates its 50th anniversary. I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to write about my favourite Australian film and what it might say on our collective colonial paranoia about the crimes we’ve committed on these lands.
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I love when I can see the work in a piece of art. Practical effects in film, brush strokes on canvas, strange sounds in music, "impossible" visuals in games. It puts me in conversation with the artist. That's why - ethics aside - art created with AI is just so disappointing. There's no work to see.
August 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I love when I can see the work in a piece of art. Practical effects in film, brush strokes on canvas, strange sounds in music, "impossible" visuals in games. It puts me in conversation with the artist. That's why - ethics aside - art created with AI is just so disappointing. There's no work to see.
This week, Chris Noonan’s glorious Oscar-winning classic BABE celebrates its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, here’s my retrospective on the film for SWITCH, on how its classical themes and archetypes make it truly timeless, and why it should have won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Babe Review: Celebrating this lovely little miracle | Retrospective Review | SWITCH.
The cheering crowd are on their feet because they think they've seen a miracle, but we who have travelled with Babe on his journey know differently. We know how he got there, what it took and the sati...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This week, Chris Noonan’s glorious Oscar-winning classic BABE celebrates its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, here’s my retrospective on the film for SWITCH, on how its classical themes and archetypes make it truly timeless, and why it should have won the Oscar for Best Picture.
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this is one of my ultimate “could never get away with this today” movies
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
July 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
this is one of my ultimate “could never get away with this today” movies
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
A daisy among roses.
July 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A daisy among roses.
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Cor Blok: Frodo turns invisible
July 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Cor Blok: Frodo turns invisible
Daniel Stewart Lammin, MPhil.
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Daniel Stewart Lammin, MPhil.
My review of the @imprintfilms.bsky.social lavish Blu-ray release of Scorsese’s NEW YORK, NEW YORK, a strange yet fascinating formal experiment brimming with emotional brutality and anchored by an astounding Liza Minnelli performance. Despite the lack of a restoration, it’s a terrific 3-disc set.
New York, New York Review: Imprint’s elaborate release of Scorsese’s fascinating failure | Blu-ray Review | SWITCH.
At its best, 'New York, New York' is a potent portrait of the struggles of balancing the artistic and the personal, the poison of professional jealousy and the violence in the fear of failure. The lat...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
My review of the @imprintfilms.bsky.social lavish Blu-ray release of Scorsese’s NEW YORK, NEW YORK, a strange yet fascinating formal experiment brimming with emotional brutality and anchored by an astounding Liza Minnelli performance. Despite the lack of a restoration, it’s a terrific 3-disc set.
I’m off Instagram at the moment, so Bluesky gets my thirst traps, congrats.
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’m off Instagram at the moment, so Bluesky gets my thirst traps, congrats.
James Gunn’s SUPERMAN is built on the notion that being a good person, who only wants to do good in the world, has become a radical idea and one worth fighting for.
Of course I loved it.
Of course I loved it.
a man wearing a white shirt is sitting in a chair
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt is sitting in a chair
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July 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
James Gunn’s SUPERMAN is built on the notion that being a good person, who only wants to do good in the world, has become a radical idea and one worth fighting for.
Of course I loved it.
Of course I loved it.
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"are we ready to fight for someone we don't know?" is the question of this period in history
July 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"are we ready to fight for someone we don't know?" is the question of this period in history