Maria Boyd

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Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at SCMS 2026 in Chicago! My paper is on Paramount and Skydance.

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@rcolintait.bsky.social

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FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 5

Having my morning coffee while my pup watches the sun rise.

Photo of soup. Bowl on plate with pita wedges and olives.

Very pleased with how my dinner turned out! Red lentils, sweet potato curry soup. And also homemade pita.

Attempting to make red lentil curry soup for dinner.Lots of fun spices. Protein rich. Wish me luck!

Ha!

Ocean City has three inches of snow so far. As Taylor told us, “it’s weird but f*cking beautiful”

Living for Curly Haired Clark, Krypto and John Williams score on electric guitar!

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FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 4

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FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 3

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#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 2

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#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs.

Day 1

My New Year’s resolution is to have a 2025 Spotify Wrapped that I am not too embarrassed to share. (Actually, Apple Replay, but you get my point).

This expression clearly means, “are you ever gonna be done grading?”

Classes are over. Now waiting for the take-home finals to start rolling in.

Sign that it’s end of semester crunch time? I was half way to campus when I realized I forgot to put on makeup. At least I’m not still in my pjs. I’ll take it as a win.

I watched few episodes but it was a bit too grounded for me. I need a little silliness.

I’m very behind but now that it’s over I’m planning a cozy winter binge.

So happy to have finally found Smash streaming on Peacock. I’m getting ready to go see it in previews on Broadway this spring!

Thanks again for getting us organized!

Looking forward to presenting on Det Olivia Benson (the SVU character, sadly, not Taylor Swift’s cat) at #SCMS2025 See you all there! #SCMS25

I saw Wicked Part 1 this afternoon. I do recommend the film but don’t go expecting a whimsical escape. It hits very close to home for 2024. (My full review is on FB).

I was an RTF major. I read fiction (aka curl up with good books) but listen to nonfiction via audible and history podcasts.

Ugh… gonna have to completely rewrite/re-record my lesson on the FCC and media regulation/ownership for spring 2025 now that section 230 is on the chopping block.

So impressed with my students. The theme of our semester is media consolidation/ownership. I walked into class yesterday and they are all discussing the Comcast/ NBCUniversal spinoff news.

My students did not know that Netflix used to send DVDs in the mail. They thought I was joking. I had to show them a Netflix commercial so they’d believe me. 😕

SCMS Board expresses concern over cuts at Academy Film Archive & Margaret Herrick Library. These cuts risk compromising film preservation, research, and documentation of Hollywood's history. We urge AMPAS to reaffirm its commitment to preserving global film history. Full letter: bit.ly/3OfUWX1

This is my cue to logout for the day.