Nick Milligan
@nickmilligan.bsky.social
Film critic on ABC radio. Author of Enormity, Guardian and Tomcat Feelings. Animal Rights. Cat dad. 🌱
Letterboxd.com/Nick_Milligan 🟠🟢🔵
Letterboxd.com/Nick_Milligan 🟠🟢🔵
It’s chilling to see people celebrate the repeal of the brumby protection act.
The last round of aerial shooting was unadulterated barbarism.
Populations can he reduced to zero through non-lethal, humane means. This also adheres to moral and logical consistency.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
The last round of aerial shooting was unadulterated barbarism.
Populations can he reduced to zero through non-lethal, humane means. This also adheres to moral and logical consistency.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
Ballistics expert questions calibre of guns being used to cull brumbies in national park
A NSW upper house inquiry into the aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park has been told that the choice of weapon was behind the high number of shots required to kill the horses.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s chilling to see people celebrate the repeal of the brumby protection act.
The last round of aerial shooting was unadulterated barbarism.
Populations can he reduced to zero through non-lethal, humane means. This also adheres to moral and logical consistency.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
The last round of aerial shooting was unadulterated barbarism.
Populations can he reduced to zero through non-lethal, humane means. This also adheres to moral and logical consistency.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
Lachlan X. Morris is pushing back on the status quo of streaming. And others will follow.
Convenience is killing art.
A brief essay on why art should be inconvenient.
open.substack.com/pub/nickmill...
Convenience is killing art.
A brief essay on why art should be inconvenient.
open.substack.com/pub/nickmill...
Art and the convenience toxin
Over 25 years into the digital distribution experiment, all the world's art is at our immediate disposal. But now art is immediately disposable.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Lachlan X. Morris is pushing back on the status quo of streaming. And others will follow.
Convenience is killing art.
A brief essay on why art should be inconvenient.
open.substack.com/pub/nickmill...
Convenience is killing art.
A brief essay on why art should be inconvenient.
open.substack.com/pub/nickmill...
Hey friends,
Anyone on Substack? I’ve decided to give the platform a go as the main outlet for my reviews, essays and fiction etc.
Let’s connect if you’re on there.
#Substack
substack.com/@nickmilliga...
Anyone on Substack? I’ve decided to give the platform a go as the main outlet for my reviews, essays and fiction etc.
Let’s connect if you’re on there.
#Substack
substack.com/@nickmilliga...
Nick Milligan | Substack
I'm an author and culture writer from Newcastle, Australia. I review films on ABC radio. My works of fiction include the novel Enormity, the short story collection Tomcat Feelings and the novella Guar...
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hey friends,
Anyone on Substack? I’ve decided to give the platform a go as the main outlet for my reviews, essays and fiction etc.
Let’s connect if you’re on there.
#Substack
substack.com/@nickmilliga...
Anyone on Substack? I’ve decided to give the platform a go as the main outlet for my reviews, essays and fiction etc.
Let’s connect if you’re on there.
#Substack
substack.com/@nickmilliga...
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SPRING HARMIVAL 🥳
"Spring Carnival" = animal abuse, gambling harm, alcoholism, family and domestic violence, and wasted public funds.
Join us in saying "Nup to the Cup" once again.
#Auspol #AusPol25 #AnimalWelfare #MelbourneCup #NuptotheCup #AnimalRights #HorseRacing #Horses #Gambling
"Spring Carnival" = animal abuse, gambling harm, alcoholism, family and domestic violence, and wasted public funds.
Join us in saying "Nup to the Cup" once again.
#Auspol #AusPol25 #AnimalWelfare #MelbourneCup #NuptotheCup #AnimalRights #HorseRacing #Horses #Gambling
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
SPRING HARMIVAL 🥳
"Spring Carnival" = animal abuse, gambling harm, alcoholism, family and domestic violence, and wasted public funds.
Join us in saying "Nup to the Cup" once again.
#Auspol #AusPol25 #AnimalWelfare #MelbourneCup #NuptotheCup #AnimalRights #HorseRacing #Horses #Gambling
"Spring Carnival" = animal abuse, gambling harm, alcoholism, family and domestic violence, and wasted public funds.
Join us in saying "Nup to the Cup" once again.
#Auspol #AusPol25 #AnimalWelfare #MelbourneCup #NuptotheCup #AnimalRights #HorseRacing #Horses #Gambling
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NUP TO THE CUP 🛑
175 dead horses.
According to an annual report*, one horse died on average every two days during the 24/25 racing season.
85 horses died following injuries to their front limbs, including fractures to the humerus, carpus, knee and sesamoid bone.
#NuptotheCup #MelbourneCup #Horse
175 dead horses.
According to an annual report*, one horse died on average every two days during the 24/25 racing season.
85 horses died following injuries to their front limbs, including fractures to the humerus, carpus, knee and sesamoid bone.
#NuptotheCup #MelbourneCup #Horse
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NUP TO THE CUP 🛑
175 dead horses.
According to an annual report*, one horse died on average every two days during the 24/25 racing season.
85 horses died following injuries to their front limbs, including fractures to the humerus, carpus, knee and sesamoid bone.
#NuptotheCup #MelbourneCup #Horse
175 dead horses.
According to an annual report*, one horse died on average every two days during the 24/25 racing season.
85 horses died following injuries to their front limbs, including fractures to the humerus, carpus, knee and sesamoid bone.
#NuptotheCup #MelbourneCup #Horse
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🌱 Happy World Vegan Day! 💚
Today we celebrate the incredible compassion of vegans around the world, and we honor those we fight for. 🐷🐮🐰🐶🦊🐯
Together we are their voice. Together we are shaping a future that can only be vegan. 💚🌍✌️
#vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals
Today we celebrate the incredible compassion of vegans around the world, and we honor those we fight for. 🐷🐮🐰🐶🦊🐯
Together we are their voice. Together we are shaping a future that can only be vegan. 💚🌍✌️
#vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🌱 Happy World Vegan Day! 💚
Today we celebrate the incredible compassion of vegans around the world, and we honor those we fight for. 🐷🐮🐰🐶🦊🐯
Together we are their voice. Together we are shaping a future that can only be vegan. 💚🌍✌️
#vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals
Today we celebrate the incredible compassion of vegans around the world, and we honor those we fight for. 🐷🐮🐰🐶🦊🐯
Together we are their voice. Together we are shaping a future that can only be vegan. 💚🌍✌️
#vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals
I spoke with Hollywood legend and writer Griffin Dunne (nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion) ahead of his visit to Newcastle this month.
Here’s a taste.
Grab your tickets, Novocastrians!
@newwritersfest.bsky.social
#books #writing #movies #Hollywood #JoanDidion
youtu.be/u9TCsNoUJ_c?...
Here’s a taste.
Grab your tickets, Novocastrians!
@newwritersfest.bsky.social
#books #writing #movies #Hollywood #JoanDidion
youtu.be/u9TCsNoUJ_c?...
Griffin Dunne speaks with Nick Milligan ahead of his Newcastle event.
YouTube video by Newcastle Writers Festival
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I spoke with Hollywood legend and writer Griffin Dunne (nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion) ahead of his visit to Newcastle this month.
Here’s a taste.
Grab your tickets, Novocastrians!
@newwritersfest.bsky.social
#books #writing #movies #Hollywood #JoanDidion
youtu.be/u9TCsNoUJ_c?...
Here’s a taste.
Grab your tickets, Novocastrians!
@newwritersfest.bsky.social
#books #writing #movies #Hollywood #JoanDidion
youtu.be/u9TCsNoUJ_c?...
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If you love animals or live with a furry family member, I recommend joining the AJP.
It’s fun + rewarding to be a member of a political party that cares about welfare, climate, housing & human rights.
Just $44 p/y, or $5 to join the Young AJP (29 & under). No obligations. Just supports their work.
It’s fun + rewarding to be a member of a political party that cares about welfare, climate, housing & human rights.
Just $44 p/y, or $5 to join the Young AJP (29 & under). No obligations. Just supports their work.
JOIN THE AJP!
The more members we have, the louder our collective voice to safeguard ALL animal interests and achieve lasting policy and law change.
Meet fellow animal lovers who share your passion for a kinder world - or support from afar!
Just $44 p/y or $22 conc.
JOIN: bit.ly/3J93Y8V
#AusPol
The more members we have, the louder our collective voice to safeguard ALL animal interests and achieve lasting policy and law change.
Meet fellow animal lovers who share your passion for a kinder world - or support from afar!
Just $44 p/y or $22 conc.
JOIN: bit.ly/3J93Y8V
#AusPol
August 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you love animals or live with a furry family member, I recommend joining the AJP.
It’s fun + rewarding to be a member of a political party that cares about welfare, climate, housing & human rights.
Just $44 p/y, or $5 to join the Young AJP (29 & under). No obligations. Just supports their work.
It’s fun + rewarding to be a member of a political party that cares about welfare, climate, housing & human rights.
Just $44 p/y, or $5 to join the Young AJP (29 & under). No obligations. Just supports their work.
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LIFE IN CONFINEMENT
Hens spend their 18 months of life crammed into tiny battery cages to produce eggs for human consumption. No sunlight. No room to move.
We are in parliament pushing the NSW govt to commit to a phase-out date.
But we need your help.
PLS SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/3IIpNf4
#AusPol
Hens spend their 18 months of life crammed into tiny battery cages to produce eggs for human consumption. No sunlight. No room to move.
We are in parliament pushing the NSW govt to commit to a phase-out date.
But we need your help.
PLS SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/3IIpNf4
#AusPol
July 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
LIFE IN CONFINEMENT
Hens spend their 18 months of life crammed into tiny battery cages to produce eggs for human consumption. No sunlight. No room to move.
We are in parliament pushing the NSW govt to commit to a phase-out date.
But we need your help.
PLS SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/3IIpNf4
#AusPol
Hens spend their 18 months of life crammed into tiny battery cages to produce eggs for human consumption. No sunlight. No room to move.
We are in parliament pushing the NSW govt to commit to a phase-out date.
But we need your help.
PLS SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/3IIpNf4
#AusPol
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SEA HORSES RELEASED
Good news story! Over 1200 White's seahorses liberated in Port Stephens - believed to be the largest release in the world.
They'll live in “hotels” that provide safety for a species decimated by major flooding events on the East Coast.
#MarineLife #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife
Good news story! Over 1200 White's seahorses liberated in Port Stephens - believed to be the largest release in the world.
They'll live in “hotels” that provide safety for a species decimated by major flooding events on the East Coast.
#MarineLife #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife
White’s seahorse babies find new home at Port Stephens
More than 1,200 captive bred White’s seahorse babies have been released into their new home at Port Stephens.
newcastleweekly.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SEA HORSES RELEASED
Good news story! Over 1200 White's seahorses liberated in Port Stephens - believed to be the largest release in the world.
They'll live in “hotels” that provide safety for a species decimated by major flooding events on the East Coast.
#MarineLife #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife
Good news story! Over 1200 White's seahorses liberated in Port Stephens - believed to be the largest release in the world.
They'll live in “hotels” that provide safety for a species decimated by major flooding events on the East Coast.
#MarineLife #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife
Was on ABC 1233 this morning chatting #Fantastic4 and the #BillyJoel ‘And So it Goes’ doco.
Download the ABC Listen app to hear the replay. My segment is always about two hours in.
#Fantastic4FirstSteps #MCU @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Download the ABC Listen app to hear the replay. My segment is always about two hours in.
#Fantastic4FirstSteps #MCU @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Was on ABC 1233 this morning chatting #Fantastic4 and the #BillyJoel ‘And So it Goes’ doco.
Download the ABC Listen app to hear the replay. My segment is always about two hours in.
#Fantastic4FirstSteps #MCU @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Download the ABC Listen app to hear the replay. My segment is always about two hours in.
#Fantastic4FirstSteps #MCU @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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"VIRTUAL FENCING" = SHOCK COLLARS ⚡
Don't let the jargon fool you. The NSW Govt plans to reverse bans on shock collars to allow their use on farmed animals.
Yes. Seriously.
Emma Hurst MP is fighting the reintroduction of this cruel device.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION: bit.ly/44ZdcM3
#AusPol
Don't let the jargon fool you. The NSW Govt plans to reverse bans on shock collars to allow their use on farmed animals.
Yes. Seriously.
Emma Hurst MP is fighting the reintroduction of this cruel device.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION: bit.ly/44ZdcM3
#AusPol
Virtual fencing to be legalised in NSW despite animal welfare concerns
Farmers are celebrating the state government's announcement, but others have raised concerns about using electric shocks to control livestock.
www.abc.net.au
July 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"VIRTUAL FENCING" = SHOCK COLLARS ⚡
Don't let the jargon fool you. The NSW Govt plans to reverse bans on shock collars to allow their use on farmed animals.
Yes. Seriously.
Emma Hurst MP is fighting the reintroduction of this cruel device.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION: bit.ly/44ZdcM3
#AusPol
Don't let the jargon fool you. The NSW Govt plans to reverse bans on shock collars to allow their use on farmed animals.
Yes. Seriously.
Emma Hurst MP is fighting the reintroduction of this cruel device.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION: bit.ly/44ZdcM3
#AusPol
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Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
July 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
Had a lovely time at the Australian premiere of #Superman last night. Even met #Krypto the Super Dog. Good boy.
Here’s my full review of #Superman2025:
boxd.it/agzQnP
#FilmSky 🎥📽️ #DCU #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #DCUniverse #FilmReview
Here’s my full review of #Superman2025:
boxd.it/agzQnP
#FilmSky 🎥📽️ #DCU #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #DCUniverse #FilmReview
July 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Had a lovely time at the Australian premiere of #Superman last night. Even met #Krypto the Super Dog. Good boy.
Here’s my full review of #Superman2025:
boxd.it/agzQnP
#FilmSky 🎥📽️ #DCU #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #DCUniverse #FilmReview
Here’s my full review of #Superman2025:
boxd.it/agzQnP
#FilmSky 🎥📽️ #DCU #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #DCUniverse #FilmReview
I’m so stoked to report that #JurassicParkRebirth is a winner. A big-screen popcorn monster movie back-to-basics reset that completely works. It’s a big, dumb, fun jungle survival adventure with laughs and thrills. And dinosaurs! And mutant dinosaurs!
Pure. Simple.
Classic. Enjoy. 🛥️🦖🦕
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
Pure. Simple.
Classic. Enjoy. 🛥️🦖🦕
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’m so stoked to report that #JurassicParkRebirth is a winner. A big-screen popcorn monster movie back-to-basics reset that completely works. It’s a big, dumb, fun jungle survival adventure with laughs and thrills. And dinosaurs! And mutant dinosaurs!
Pure. Simple.
Classic. Enjoy. 🛥️🦖🦕
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
Pure. Simple.
Classic. Enjoy. 🛥️🦖🦕
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
July 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It’s kinda insane to think that it’s 2025 and we still have battery hens in Australia. Unfathomable cruelty.
Please sign the below petition. 🙏🏻
Please sign the below petition. 🙏🏻
AUSTRALIA EXPOSED: The world’s largest cage egg cruelty investigation reveals hens suffering in Aussie farms. Emma Hurst MP and Alliance for Animals are calling for action.
NSW must legislate the promised ban on battery cages.
✍️ Sign now: nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/free_hens
NSW must legislate the promised ban on battery cages.
✍️ Sign now: nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/free_hens
July 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s kinda insane to think that it’s 2025 and we still have battery hens in Australia. Unfathomable cruelty.
Please sign the below petition. 🙏🏻
Please sign the below petition. 🙏🏻
Tough choices were made.
My top picks for best 10 movies of the 21st Century.
@nytimes.com
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
My top picks for best 10 movies of the 21st Century.
@nytimes.com
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tough choices were made.
My top picks for best 10 movies of the 21st Century.
@nytimes.com
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
My top picks for best 10 movies of the 21st Century.
@nytimes.com
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
Thank you to Universal for the chance to see a preview of M3GAN 2.0 - a raucous sequel to the hit 2022 cyborg slasher.
It drops tomorrow. I’ll share some more thoughts once the embargo lifts.
#M3gan2 #FilmSky #M3gan #M3ganMovie #SciFi
🎥📽️🦾🤖💁🏼♀️
It drops tomorrow. I’ll share some more thoughts once the embargo lifts.
#M3gan2 #FilmSky #M3gan #M3ganMovie #SciFi
🎥📽️🦾🤖💁🏼♀️
June 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Thank you to Universal for the chance to see a preview of M3GAN 2.0 - a raucous sequel to the hit 2022 cyborg slasher.
It drops tomorrow. I’ll share some more thoughts once the embargo lifts.
#M3gan2 #FilmSky #M3gan #M3ganMovie #SciFi
🎥📽️🦾🤖💁🏼♀️
It drops tomorrow. I’ll share some more thoughts once the embargo lifts.
#M3gan2 #FilmSky #M3gan #M3ganMovie #SciFi
🎥📽️🦾🤖💁🏼♀️
Had a wonderful four days at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social this year. Saw 13 films.
Here is my chat on ABC Radio about wicked Ozploitation flick DANGEROUS ANIMALS. With its nasty sense of humour and bravura moments, this bloody flick is a winner. In cinemas now.
#FilmSky #SFF #SFF2025 #Horror 📽️ 🎥
Here is my chat on ABC Radio about wicked Ozploitation flick DANGEROUS ANIMALS. With its nasty sense of humour and bravura moments, this bloody flick is a winner. In cinemas now.
#FilmSky #SFF #SFF2025 #Horror 📽️ 🎥
Sydney Film Festival 2025: Dangerous Animals review, ABC radio #horror #filmreview #horrorstories
YouTube video by Nick Milligan
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Had a wonderful four days at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social this year. Saw 13 films.
Here is my chat on ABC Radio about wicked Ozploitation flick DANGEROUS ANIMALS. With its nasty sense of humour and bravura moments, this bloody flick is a winner. In cinemas now.
#FilmSky #SFF #SFF2025 #Horror 📽️ 🎥
Here is my chat on ABC Radio about wicked Ozploitation flick DANGEROUS ANIMALS. With its nasty sense of humour and bravura moments, this bloody flick is a winner. In cinemas now.
#FilmSky #SFF #SFF2025 #Horror 📽️ 🎥
MATERIALISTS, Celine Song's follow-up to the stunning Past Lives is a more accessible mainstream love triangle but still rife with insights into human frailty, longing and weighing the heart over the mind. Song finds a sweet spot between nuanced character study and predictable schmaltz.
#FIlmSky 📽️🎥
#FIlmSky 📽️🎥
June 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
MATERIALISTS, Celine Song's follow-up to the stunning Past Lives is a more accessible mainstream love triangle but still rife with insights into human frailty, longing and weighing the heart over the mind. Song finds a sweet spot between nuanced character study and predictable schmaltz.
#FIlmSky 📽️🎥
#FIlmSky 📽️🎥
Day 2 of @sydfilmfest.bsky.social 2025 was another pearler. The highlight was Kevin Macdonald’s moving John + Yoko doco, a mosaic time capsule of a film. Breathtaking.
Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together.
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together.
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Day 2 of @sydfilmfest.bsky.social 2025 was another pearler. The highlight was Kevin Macdonald’s moving John + Yoko doco, a mosaic time capsule of a film. Breathtaking.
Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together.
#FilmSky 📽️🎥
Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together.
#FilmSky 📽️🎥