Daniel Allen
@danielallen.bsky.social
Creator, Cinematic Sense. Bylines: Loud and Clear, Little White Lies, Film Stories, The Quietus, In Review Online, The Film Magazine.
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/daniel-allen-30
Freelance inquiries: https://cinematicsense.home.blog/contact/
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/daniel-allen-30
Freelance inquiries: https://cinematicsense.home.blog/contact/
LUCKY LU: Operates like a modern version of Bicycle Thieves in a just-as-uncaring gig economy world. However, there is a point where the grim inevitability of the film's events becomes unrelenting misery. Doesn't grab me as it should, even with Chang Chen's noteworthy performance.
#LFF #LFF2025
#LFF #LFF2025
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Delighted to announce I’ll be covering #LFF once again this year.
If you’re a publication that needs coverage from the festival, I will be available. See the pinned post for my portfolio and contact details.
Thanks! 👍
If you’re a publication that needs coverage from the festival, I will be available. See the pinned post for my portfolio and contact details.
Thanks! 👍
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Delighted to announce I’ll be covering #LFF once again this year.
If you’re a publication that needs coverage from the festival, I will be available. See the pinned post for my portfolio and contact details.
Thanks! 👍
If you’re a publication that needs coverage from the festival, I will be available. See the pinned post for my portfolio and contact details.
Thanks! 👍
The latest Cinematic Sense Monthly is out, and it has taken on a Lynchian feel.
I write about museum exhibitions, AI and the recently announced #BFI season on the great auteur (also, rice cookers - trust me, it makes sense when you read about it...)
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I write about museum exhibitions, AI and the recently announced #BFI season on the great auteur (also, rice cookers - trust me, it makes sense when you read about it...)
t.co/BEuyhBxBlB
July 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The latest Cinematic Sense Monthly is out, and it has taken on a Lynchian feel.
I write about museum exhibitions, AI and the recently announced #BFI season on the great auteur (also, rice cookers - trust me, it makes sense when you read about it...)
t.co/BEuyhBxBlB
I write about museum exhibitions, AI and the recently announced #BFI season on the great auteur (also, rice cookers - trust me, it makes sense when you read about it...)
t.co/BEuyhBxBlB
Well, ahead of its re-imagining’s premiere tomorrow, I’m ticking a big one off my watchlist. #NowWatching
May 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Well, ahead of its re-imagining’s premiere tomorrow, I’m ticking a big one off my watchlist. #NowWatching
Hello, it's been a while. I've been reviewing some of the films shown at #BFIFlare for Cinematic Sense and @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social.
THREAD INCOMING:
THREAD INCOMING:
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Hello, it's been a while. I've been reviewing some of the films shown at #BFIFlare for Cinematic Sense and @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social.
THREAD INCOMING:
THREAD INCOMING:
Finally ticking a big one off the watchlist. #NowWatching
February 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Finally ticking a big one off the watchlist. #NowWatching
Now (in the midst of) watching:
January 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Now (in the midst of) watching:
Tonight’s film, in honour of the late great Jim Abrahams… #NowWatching #HotShots
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Tonight’s film, in honour of the late great Jim Abrahams… #NowWatching #HotShots
And here’s the ranking:
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
And here’s the ranking:
After finally completing the Nolan filmography last week, now it is time to see the only Wes Anderson that I haven’t seen.
#NowWatching #BottleRocket #filmsky
#NowWatching #BottleRocket #filmsky
November 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
After finally completing the Nolan filmography last week, now it is time to see the only Wes Anderson that I haven’t seen.
#NowWatching #BottleRocket #filmsky
#NowWatching #BottleRocket #filmsky
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Finally getting round to the only Nolan I’ve never seen. #NowWatching #filmsky
November 16, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Finally getting round to the only Nolan I’ve never seen. #NowWatching #filmsky
EEPHUS: The more I think about Carson Lund's baseball hangout movie, the more I adore it. A profound and elegiac film about the end of an era. For Cinematic Sense.
#LFF #LFF2024 #filmsky
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#LFF #LFF2024 #filmsky
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October 24, 2024 at 8:58 PM
EEPHUS: The more I think about Carson Lund's baseball hangout movie, the more I adore it. A profound and elegiac film about the end of an era. For Cinematic Sense.
#LFF #LFF2024 #filmsky
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#LFF #LFF2024 #filmsky
cinematicsense.home.blog/2024/10/24/l...
ANORA: Mikey Madison is superb and Sean Baker's screwball/tragicomic film is easily one of the best of the year. My review for Cinematic Sense
#LFF #LFF2024
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#LFF #LFF2024
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October 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
ANORA: Mikey Madison is superb and Sean Baker's screwball/tragicomic film is easily one of the best of the year. My review for Cinematic Sense
#LFF #LFF2024
cinematicsense.home.blog/2024/10/17/l...
#LFF #LFF2024
cinematicsense.home.blog/2024/10/17/l...
Christopher Nolan's MEMENTO is a masterpiece with a unique narrative structure. So for this review for Cinematic Sense, I decided on a similiarly unique structure...
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August 26, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Christopher Nolan's MEMENTO is a masterpiece with a unique narrative structure. So for this review for Cinematic Sense, I decided on a similiarly unique structure...
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P.S. Wanted to shout out two great films I haven’t reviewed yet, but will write about in the future. DÌDI and MY OLD ASS, two crowd-pleasing coming-of-age films about being more appreciative of the family around you. #SundanceLondon
June 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM
P.S. Wanted to shout out two great films I haven’t reviewed yet, but will write about in the future. DÌDI and MY OLD ASS, two crowd-pleasing coming-of-age films about being more appreciative of the family around you. #SundanceLondon
Had the absolute pleasure of attending this year’s #SundanceLondon and reviewing some films for both Loud and Clear and Cinematic Sense. Thread incoming!
June 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Had the absolute pleasure of attending this year’s #SundanceLondon and reviewing some films for both Loud and Clear and Cinematic Sense. Thread incoming!
Tonight’s rewatch…
April 9, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Tonight’s rewatch…
Tonight’s rewatch is… Tenet (filmsky)
February 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Tonight’s rewatch is… Tenet (filmsky)
If you were lucky enough to see (or are looking forward to seeing) Sean Wang’s Dìdi, his Oscar-nominated short NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ is now on Disney+ and is a must-watch. Inventive and rather beautiful.
February 9, 2024 at 12:12 PM
If you were lucky enough to see (or are looking forward to seeing) Sean Wang’s Dìdi, his Oscar-nominated short NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ is now on Disney+ and is a must-watch. Inventive and rather beautiful.
Tonight’s film is in honour of the late, great Carl Weathers…
February 3, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Tonight’s film is in honour of the late, great Carl Weathers…
Tonight’s Rewatch. filmsky
December 21, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Tonight’s Rewatch. filmsky
A scary first watch for a scary night:
October 31, 2023 at 9:50 PM
A scary first watch for a scary night: