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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · 15d

There’s everything from First Nations Stories and climate activism, to trippy Arthouse shorts about snails and water bacteria!

Made a @letterboxd.social list of some of the films I could find, but if you see any, make sure to add them to the database!

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Environmental Film Festival 2025

The films for Environmental Films Australia's 15th Anniversary festival I could find on Letterboxd! It's running from the 16th to the 23rd of October and you can support me and the other programmers b...

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · 15d

Got an awesome opportunity to help program @envirofilmsaus.bsky.social’s 15th Anniversary! Some incredible stuff lined up from the 16th to the 23rd of October in Melbourne.

Make sure to check out the program here and use EFF25FRIEND10 for 10% off tickets:

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Environmental Film Festival 2025 — Environmental Films Australia

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Sep 15

Sometimes Latin words are just those spell names you’d hear in a porn parody of Harry Potter…

finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Aug 18

Watched Videoheaven for @thecurb.com.au and realised we’re really starved for video essays in the offline world. Just watch any of the talented creators on @nebula.tv / YouTube and you’ll probably have a better time! 📽️📝

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MIFF Review: Videoheaven is a neat look at the cultural impact of video stores, but feels like a relic of the past - The Curb | Film and Culture

It’s rather strange to think of the video store as extinct. For American filmmakers like Alex Ross Perry, the video store’s death knell coincided well before the 2012 release of This Means War; where ...

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Aug 13

don't forget that readers who donate get a chance to see their fav (or least fav) film covered and help keep the site free!

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Aug 13

new blog post up on finnwritesmovies! Doing a bit of solo coverage on MIFF over there for the next few days. but in the meantime, checkout my take on Chain Reactions below 📽️📝:

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MIFF — Chain Reactions (2024)/ Finn Writes Movies

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 26

Go there regularly myself and there’s always something cool happening. To the point where each little office feels like stepping into a different dimension. Just a shame a lot of the truly wacky stuff felt unrepresented! 📝📽️

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Melbourne's iconic Nicholas Building gets its own documentary.,

The Nicholas Building screens at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

Reviewed by Melbourne's own Finnlay Dall

The Nicholas Building - FilmInk

The film’s contents may lack the polish or shape, but its tactility – its sounds, colours and characters – are what makes The Nicholas Building priceless.

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · Jul 22

It does what now

A review by @frickyuu on twitter reads: FantasticFour Is a masterpiece. the visual effects and the score are a HUGE stand out. Galactus Is huge In IMAX. It’s emotional and gives you hope. It beats you off and doesn’t stop. STAY Until the END CREDITS.

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 21

Does that mean competitive spreadsheet competitors are modern day gladiators?

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is the truest thing I have ever seen. You cannot imagine how much the Romans would have lost their minds for excel. They literally already started writing our historical chronicles in synchronized columns *by hand*

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 21

Feels ironic enough to be a @theonion.com headline…

Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · Jul 21

In a stunning moment of self-delusion, the Wall Street Journal headline writers admitted that they don't know how LLM chatbots work.

finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 19

Never had a thriller put me to sleep quite like this before unfortunately 😴! But this was fun to write about at least! Thanks @thecurb.com.au for publishing it! 📽️📝

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Stranger Eyes is a padded melodrama that lacks impact - The Curb | Film and Culture

Almost everyone owns a smartphone now. A tiny recording device and track in nearly six billion pockets worldwide. They’ve become a part of our lives to point where we make jokes about the FBI peering ...

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · Jul 17

need someone to convince Ralph Fiennes to record an ASMR video in character as Dr. Ian Kelson for me personally

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 13

Love a great blame game medical drama! And this was just a (depressing) blast to sit through! 📽️📝

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Intriguing, deftly crafted and brimming with Scandinavian talent," Second Victims (Det andet offer) is a medical drama that is screening in July and August at the Scandinavian Film Festival.

Finnlay Dall reviews

Second Victims (Det andet offer) - FilmInk

Intriguing, deftly crafted and brimming with Scandinavian talent, it’s a medical drama not to under-assess or overlook.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · Jul 7

What is the charge? Walking a path? A succulent salt path?

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 5

Posted to Ko-fi clarifying how tipping will work for the site. Don't worry, you'll never be paywalled from the site. But I would like to offer at least one fun incentive for those who want to support me!

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 5

Not apposed to any stinkers either (although it might cost you extra for torturing me 😉)

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 5

Also, also! Thinking doing reader recommendations. So for the price of your local newspaper over on ko-fi.com/finnwritesdall I might just review your favourite movie.

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 5

Also if any people writing / editing people in my circle want to do the same, cannot recommend @11ty.dev enough! Don't know too much coding myself, but as long as you've written in markdown (think Obsidian, iA writer or Bear Notes) you can pretty much write posts like word and then host on Github.

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 5

Heyo! For those who don't know I decided to move away from #Substack and decided to set up a fully dedicated site for my film blog. Took awhile but super ecstatic to finally be able to share it! #filmsky 📽️

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jul 4

Shoutout to Davaa for being the both the sweetest goat herder and the sweetest father! 📽️📝

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jul 1

Gabrielle Brady (Island of the Hungry Ghosts) returns with climate-themed hybrid documentary The Wolves Always Come at Night, in cinemas Thursday.

Finnlay Dall reviews

The Wolves Always Come at Night - FilmInk

… a heart wrenching tale of a father and his family facing the results of climate catastrophe.

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Alex ✰ @alexbestie.com.au · Jun 24

Nintendo go rid of the gold coins so we couldn’t just bank them up to buy Welcome Tour, I just know it

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jun 24

Whoops, accidentally rated this higher that I meant too 😅. But don’t get it twisted, there’s a really trippy film here that’s a real treat to witness with your own eyes. That is, if your eyes actually exist… 📽️📝

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jun 18

Finnlay Dall reviews Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs’ scrappy 8mm fever dream, A Grand Mockery, screening at Revelation Perth International Film Festival

A Grand Mockery - FilmInk

… walks a fine line between sophistry and philosophy …

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jun 24

Pained me physically to write a bad review for this cause it has all the things I should like, weird horror, elevated style and a French Female Director. But this felt like it was grasping at tropes and riding on a trend rather than actually joining the conversation of female led horror. 📽️📝

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jun 20

In the tradition of Titane and Revenge (ie. female director dealing in dark, sexually charged, subversive subject matter) comes Aurélia Mengin's SCARLET BLUE, screening at Revelation Film Festival

But is it any good? Depends who's asking...

Finnlay Dall reviews

Scarlet Blue (Bleu écarlate) - FilmInk

… terrible twists, flat archetypes, and uninspired horror imagery.

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finnwritesdall @finnwritesdall.com · Jun 16

It’s a little cheesy, and I’m kinda confused why they didn’t market it with the show’s audience in mind, but it’s a fun enough to recommend for an at-home watch 📽️📝

FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · Jun 16

A feature film sequel to a J-Drama, GRAND MAISON PARIS is "… a palatable theatrical drama that goes down easy – as long as you’re willing to embrace it as the soap opera it was meant to be" according to Finnlay Dall's review.

Grand Maison Paris is in cinemas 10 July

Grand Maison Paris - FilmInk

… a palatable theatrical drama that goes down easy – as long as you’re willing to embrace it as the soap opera it was meant to be.

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ROUGH CUT @roughcutfilm.bsky.social · Jun 6

In the latest entry of his Screen Play column, Austin Lancaster wades into a world of vulgarity—the "nasty, cheap, and gratuitous"—with indie game NIGHT AT THE GATES OF HELL, which riffs on the gauche greats of Italian horror, Lucio Fulci & Bruno Mattei.

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‘Night At the Gates of Hell’ Games Horror’s Maestros

Austin Lancaster explores the rough-hewn indie game’s resonances with the cinematic nightmares of Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei.

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