Nick Milligan

Happy birthday to the great David Lynch.

We all miss you.

#DavidLynch #Movies #Film

I wish they'd just taken the english translation for the US release - Of Death, Of Love.

Cemetery Man sounds like an undead superhero.

Been a horror week!

#Letterboxd #LastFourWatched #FilmSky #Horror #Movies #Film 📽️🎥

@letterboxd.social @pt.letterboxd.social #TheBoneTemple

Dellamorte Dellamore is my favourite movie. A romantic, erotic, existential and bleakly funny zombie fantasia - completely intoxicating and frequently hilarious.

Highly recommended!

#Horror #Film #Movies #FilmSky 📽️🎥🎬

Excellent!

I occasionally get a snap of my two together. Sitting still.

#Ragdoll #Cats #CatsofBsky

Definitely warned! 😆

Though there are so many movies that I think are brilliant that many people resoundingly despise, that I’ve learned to keep an open mind.

This has been in my watchlist for a little while.

The cast is too good for me not to watch it.

Oh great!

I'm into all animals, but I do love cats and have two very sweet/cheeky cats that are my children.

Cat appreciation might be a single issue, but it's a major one.

I imagine my distribution will even out over time, as I finish the all the various top lists in the Stats section.

Lately the only total duds I watch are the ones I have to see for work.

Jack Ladder goes to LA Jack Ladder explores separation through song on his dark eighth album, recorded in North Hollywood with cream session players.

JACK LADDER GOES TO LA

There's a fresh feature on my #Substack.

Jack Ladder talks his eighth album in North Hollywood with members of Elton John's and Bonnie Raitt's bands.

Please like and share.

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Thank you for sharing!

Some would say I have diverse tastes.

And I hope everyone takes the time to watch my top four.

DINGOES FACE EXTINCTION

Georgie Purcell MP: "A critically endangered population of dingoes may now be extinct due to the severity of the Wyperfeld bushfires.

We must save this genetically distinct population before they are gone forever.

HELP 👇

#AusPol #VicBushfires #SpringSt #VicPol #Dingoes

TOP 10 OF 2025!

Here’s my fave movies from last year.

Hopefully you find something you like.

Please like and share, thank you. ❤️🎥

Let’s connect on Substack.

#Films #Movies #FilmReview #Substack #Cinema #Horror #Letterboxd #Documentary #Hollywood #Actors #Blogs #FilmHistory

BEST MOVIES OF 2025

Time to once again count down my favourite movies of the year.

But for the very first time on Substack!

Here’s numbers 20 to 11, with the rest to follow.

Please like and subscribe.

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#Film #Movies #Cinema #FilmsofBsky 📽️ #FilmReviews #Substack

“I am trying to encourage you to hone your skills.” 😆

I’m so embarrassed for you right now. That’s horrendous.

Hear, hear.

I’m on Substack!

Did I mention that already?

Would be rad if you liked and subscribed and all that.

I just put up my chat with Suzy Eddie Izzard ahead of her big visit to Australia next year.

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#EddieIzzard #Substack #Comedy #Theatre #Entertainment #Comedian

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.

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.

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A truly horrific decision.

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.

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.

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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...

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

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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

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

🌱 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. 💚🌍✌️

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#vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals

Bugonia is the Misery of our times, about the misery of our times.

#Bugonia #Filmsky 🎥📽️ #Movies #Film #Cinema

YouTube video by Newcastle Writers Festival Griffin Dunne speaks with Nick Milligan ahead of his Newcastle event.

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
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Now you’re just repeating yourself. Which doesn’t pass muster as imagination.

You may need every fibre of your imagination to prosecute the argument that the conceptual presence of nuance paradoxically eliminates the conceptual existence of hypocrisy.

Best of luck.

“Why do things always have to be presented as binary?” is an unimaginative, defensive and non-constructive response to any investigation of hypocrisy.

Person A: “Can you be against slavery and still own a slave?”

Person B: “Why do things always have to be presented as binary?”

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.