Matthew Grainger
@mjgrainger.bsky.social
Wellington-based producer and screenwriter. Writer for a tech company. Obsessive music listener. Chocoholic.
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🚨 Big news 5 years in the making: some friends and I made a documentary! 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR hits Shudder soon, directed by Donna Davies and inspired by my 2020 book of the same name
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
1000 Women in Horror
From the silent era until today, the nightmares that have haunted our screen have been sculpted and embodied by women, but many of those artists have gone....
miff.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🚨 Big news 5 years in the making: some friends and I made a documentary! 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR hits Shudder soon, directed by Donna Davies and inspired by my 2020 book of the same name
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Every now and then you get to share a thing you loved with your children and it hits just the way you hoped. My daughter, four episodes into Twin Peaks: "The only healthy relationship in this show is between Agent Cooper and food."
April 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Every now and then you get to share a thing you loved with your children and it hits just the way you hoped. My daughter, four episodes into Twin Peaks: "The only healthy relationship in this show is between Agent Cooper and food."
The Electric State makes me appreciate how perfectly Nathaniel Halpern captured the Stålenhag vibe with Tales From The Loop. That show is also a masterclass in mystery box storytelling, complete and satisfying as it stands - while leaving the door open for a future I truly wish we’d gotten to see.
April 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Electric State makes me appreciate how perfectly Nathaniel Halpern captured the Stålenhag vibe with Tales From The Loop. That show is also a masterclass in mystery box storytelling, complete and satisfying as it stands - while leaving the door open for a future I truly wish we’d gotten to see.
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What they don’t mention in The Road is that the rest of the world is fine, the US just America Firsted itself into this position and the president is still waiting for foreign leaders to make the first call.
April 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
What they don’t mention in The Road is that the rest of the world is fine, the US just America Firsted itself into this position and the president is still waiting for foreign leaders to make the first call.
I’d been dreaming about a third season of Twin Peaks for 30 years, and when it arrived, it wasn’t what I imagined. I loved it. At times, I hated it. I still think about it.
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’d been dreaming about a third season of Twin Peaks for 30 years, and when it arrived, it wasn’t what I imagined. I loved it. At times, I hated it. I still think about it.
In no particular order, here are ten movies I loved in 2024: Civil War, The Order, Terrifier 3, Wicked, Caddo Lake, Dune Part Two, Challengers, Hundreds of Beavers, Saturday Night, and Smile 2.
December 31, 2024 at 10:19 AM
In no particular order, here are ten movies I loved in 2024: Civil War, The Order, Terrifier 3, Wicked, Caddo Lake, Dune Part Two, Challengers, Hundreds of Beavers, Saturday Night, and Smile 2.
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What won’t Zaslav take from us?
They erased the Gremlin’s cigar but left the ash on the desk.
December 23, 2024 at 5:37 AM
What won’t Zaslav take from us?
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once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
A great trailer is a microcosm of a movie’s vibe - or when the movie disappoints, a poignant memorial to the filmmakers’ best intentions. They’re tone poems, which is why I tend to scratch my head when people go frame-by-frame to try and unpick them.
December 10, 2024 at 7:39 PM
A great trailer is a microcosm of a movie’s vibe - or when the movie disappoints, a poignant memorial to the filmmakers’ best intentions. They’re tone poems, which is why I tend to scratch my head when people go frame-by-frame to try and unpick them.
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One of the best parts of being a producer is when you give notes to a writer and they really understand the assignment, bringing back something better than you were hoping for. Had that happen twice in the last week and you just love to see it.
December 9, 2024 at 11:57 PM
One of the best parts of being a producer is when you give notes to a writer and they really understand the assignment, bringing back something better than you were hoping for. Had that happen twice in the last week and you just love to see it.
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Well, I only made it to December 7 before I had to hear Wonderful Christmastime. Worse, it came on while I was starting self checkout at the Home Depot, so I had to endure the whole damn thing.
December 7, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Well, I only made it to December 7 before I had to hear Wonderful Christmastime. Worse, it came on while I was starting self checkout at the Home Depot, so I had to endure the whole damn thing.
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I will say — for years I resisted doing a live album, but 2020 changed things and we made this, and I’m really proud of it — it’s fun and expansive and is actually a good jumping-in point.
probs sounding like a broken record at this point, but @themountaingoats.bsky.social in general, and The Jordan Lake Sessions specifically, kind of saved me this year, and they're pay-whay-you-can on Bandcamp today themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
the Mountain Goats
John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcoh...
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I will say — for years I resisted doing a live album, but 2020 changed things and we made this, and I’m really proud of it — it’s fun and expansive and is actually a good jumping-in point.
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I am begging streaming services to add a “I will never watch this. Never show it to me again” button.
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I am begging streaming services to add a “I will never watch this. Never show it to me again” button.
Always been prone to motion sickness from gaming. It seems to have gotten worse in the last couple of years; now I'm sitting here queasy from watching a *review* of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Anyone overcome this?
December 6, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Always been prone to motion sickness from gaming. It seems to have gotten worse in the last couple of years; now I'm sitting here queasy from watching a *review* of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Anyone overcome this?
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What if I told you that the only reason I am bald is that I’m afraid of a Ratatouille situation? What if I told you that I’d have so much hair if not for the fear of a rat using me like a puppet? These are modes of control, Neo. This is how they manipulate us. Ratatouilles, Neo. Rats that pull hair.
December 2, 2024 at 3:36 AM
What if I told you that the only reason I am bald is that I’m afraid of a Ratatouille situation? What if I told you that I’d have so much hair if not for the fear of a rat using me like a puppet? These are modes of control, Neo. This is how they manipulate us. Ratatouilles, Neo. Rats that pull hair.
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Brother when I start going to a local club to see a jazz trio instead of a stadium to see the Rolling Stones, it's not because I think Mick Jagger is gonna miss my $300
December 2, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Brother when I start going to a local club to see a jazz trio instead of a stadium to see the Rolling Stones, it's not because I think Mick Jagger is gonna miss my $300
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While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
Open letter 2024 | The Spinoff
Open letter 2024
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November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
If you're in a position to support The Spinoff financially, please do so
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
What freaks me out more is when you turn off the frame interpolation … AND THEY CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 27, 2024 at 10:13 AM
What freaks me out more is when you turn off the frame interpolation … AND THEY CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
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"Wicked" does not synch up to "Dark Side of the Moon" at all. Sorry to everyone in the theater.
November 26, 2024 at 5:14 PM
"Wicked" does not synch up to "Dark Side of the Moon" at all. Sorry to everyone in the theater.
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As I’ve been saying for over a year:
If your business model doesn’t work without violating the law, you’re not in business — you’re in organized crime.
Great reporting by @elainelow.bsky.social. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
If your business model doesn’t work without violating the law, you’re not in business — you’re in organized crime.
Great reporting by @elainelow.bsky.social. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose
It's 'organized crime,' says one, as scribes from Shonda Rhimes to Robert King face a system where studio policy and law remain murky
theankler.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM
As I’ve been saying for over a year:
If your business model doesn’t work without violating the law, you’re not in business — you’re in organized crime.
Great reporting by @elainelow.bsky.social. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
If your business model doesn’t work without violating the law, you’re not in business — you’re in organized crime.
Great reporting by @elainelow.bsky.social. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...
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Can’t possibly ever say it enough: if you love something about someone—something they wrote or made or said, or something that made your day or life even a tiny bit better—tell them. Nobody hears it enough, and it can mean the world.
November 24, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Can’t possibly ever say it enough: if you love something about someone—something they wrote or made or said, or something that made your day or life even a tiny bit better—tell them. Nobody hears it enough, and it can mean the world.