mgray

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Educator, academic, and occasional filmmaker based in Olympia, WA.

#WilliamFaulkner #RogerCorman #MarionDavies #DarkSouls #OpsPlease

Dino 🦕 Waves 🌊 on Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/6X995

Bloghttps://dinowaves.pika.page/
Stuff I madehttps://mikegraymedia.com
RPGCurrently playing a Tiefling rogue. Drinks. Death. Devil’s tarot.
DogsI own two small mutts.
mgrayFeb 3
Open Culture (Official)Jan 30

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in Chronological Order

https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/watch-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-from-start-to-finish.html

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in Chronological Order

 Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. 'With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as 'happy little trees,' he’s an enduring icon,' writes Michael J. Mooney in an Atlantic piece from 2020.

Open Culture
mgrayJan 29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube
mgrayJan 28
Open Culture (Official)Jan 16

MTV Rewind Lets You Revisit 40,000 Music Videos & Commercials from the Golden Age of MTV

https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/mtv-rewind-lets-you-revisit-40000-music-videos-commercials-from-the-golden-age-of-mtv.html

mgrayJan 28
Open Culture (Official)Jan 26

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II

https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/how-audrey-hepburn-risked-death-to-help-the-dutch-resistance-in-world-war-ii.html

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II

Audrey Hepburn may not have had the most prolific Hollywood career, but a fair few of her characters still feel today like roles she was born to play. Perhaps the same could have been true of the part of Anne Frank, had she not refused to take it up.

Open Culture
mgrayJan 19
https://dinowaves.pika.page/posts/deciding-early-authority-time-and-commitment-in-film
Deciding Early: Authority, Time, and Commitment in Film - dinowaves

When I think about films now, I think less about whether they “work” and more about what decisions they make early — and whether they live with them. Filmmaking isn’t...

dinowaves
mgrayJan 7
internetarchiveJan 7

🚨 DEADLINE DAY 🚨 The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest closes today!

🎥 Last chance to submit your 2–3 minute short film utilizing at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930!

📆 Entry deadline: 11:59 PM PT, Jan 7, 2026 —TODAY
💰 First prize: $1,500
🔗 Details 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest

#publicdomain #contest #filmmaking

mgrayJan 7
Did Ghostbusters 2 lift the Statue of Liberty being animated and coming to life from Thundarr the Barbarian episode 1, “Secret of the Black Pearl”, from season 1?
mgrayJan 5
Word has to be one of the worst applications writing ever got entrenched in.
mgrayOct 2
Banned in the USA - PEN America https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/
Banned in the USA

PEN America's report on school book bans offers the most comprehensive look at banned books in the 2021–22 school year, with counting more than 2,500 bans.

PEN America
mgraySep 29
convelocitySep 26
On the dangers of drowning #art #originalart