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.
Hosting events at AACTA Festival, February 2026
February 14, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Hosting events at AACTA Festival, February 2026
Justice for Cathy the Younger, Hareton and Linton the Younger.
February 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Justice for Cathy the Younger, Hareton and Linton the Younger.
Lydia Tár
sort of curious who would be a *terrible* muppet show guest host. to nuke myself from orbit, i am starting with gillian anderson
janelle monáe, ke huy quan and pedro pascal
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Lydia Tár
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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
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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
I have translated some of the highlights
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The Hamnet “We Found Love” video is so right. The human condition is such that sometimes we simply must oontz oontz
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Hamnet “We Found Love” video is so right. The human condition is such that sometimes we simply must oontz oontz
The film event of the year, every year.
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The film event of the year, every year.
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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!
Also, there are so many penises in this franchise??? Good for it!
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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!
Also, there are so many penises in this franchise??? Good for it!
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
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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January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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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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.
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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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historically accurate☑️
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
historically accurate☑️
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Good for "Hamnet," a great movie.
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Good for "Hamnet," a great movie.
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.
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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January 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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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my awards season take is lee chang-dong's burning should just be re-released as an Oscars qualifier every year until it gets nominated for something.
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
my awards season take is lee chang-dong's burning should just be re-released as an Oscars qualifier every year until it gets nominated for something.
I did it right, I really did.
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I did it right, I really did.
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“Homework cinema” is not Kurosawa or Bergman or Ozu or whoever, “Homework cinema” is the MCU
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Homework cinema” is not Kurosawa or Bergman or Ozu or whoever, “Homework cinema” is the MCU
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
2020: Mank
2021: West Side Story
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: The Boy and the Heron
2024: Challengers
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: Sylvie's Love
2021: Benediction
2022: Aftersun
2023: La Chimera
2024: Queer / Juror #2
2025: Roofman
2021: Benediction
2022: Aftersun
2023: La Chimera
2024: Queer / Juror #2
2025: Roofman
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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
2020: Mank
2021: West Side Story
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: The Boy and the Heron
2024: Challengers
2025: One Battle After Another
What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?
With my favourite little guy.
January 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
With my favourite little guy.
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
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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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Fire and Ash made half a billion dollars in a week and we’re still doing “Avatar has no cultural impact”? Don’t you people have homes to go to?
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fire and Ash made half a billion dollars in a week and we’re still doing “Avatar has no cultural impact”? Don’t you people have homes to go to?
BENNY SAFDIE IS AGAMEMNON?! I’m OBSESSED with this!
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is here 👀
In theaters July 17, 2026
In theaters July 17, 2026
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
BENNY SAFDIE IS AGAMEMNON?! I’m OBSESSED with this!
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...
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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...
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, a film whose importance is impossible to overstate. It took me days to write this retrospective on this masterpiece. It still feels like no amount of praise can ever do it proper justice.
Brokeback Mountain Review: Celebrating the beloved queer classic and the power of being seen | Retrospective Review | SWITCH.
Few films, achingly few, change the world. 'Brokeback Mountain' is one of them.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, a film whose importance is impossible to overstate. It took me days to write this retrospective on this masterpiece. It still feels like no amount of praise can ever do it proper justice.