I'm French but you probably can't tell. San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong and Manchester are all cities I've lived in, while Sydney is my new home.
I run a small arts organization which produces film festivals. I also make short films and blog about film at www.mattriviera.net.
Interests
Making films, watching films, writing about film, kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, daydreaming, taking pictures, doing geeky things, walking around unknown cities, learning new tricks
Favourite Things
Fave Music
Broken Social Scene, Philip Glass, Arcade Fire, Roisin Murphy, Alexandre Desplat, Beach Boys, Underworld, Talking Heads, MGMT, Kings of Convenience, M83, New Buffalo, Stereolab, Tindersticks, Yeasayer, Okkervil River, Iron & Wine, TV on the Radio, White Rabbits, Ben Watt, Feist, Phoenix, Antony, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Beck, Beastie Boys, Air France, Plastikman, Nina Simone
Fave Movies
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Claire Denis, Arnaud Desplechin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Coen Brothers, Gregg Araki, David Cronenberg, Wong Kar-Wai, Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin, Yasujiro Ozu, Sydney Pollack, Christophe Honore, Tsai Ming-Liang, Lukas Moodysson, David Gordon Green, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Stanley Kubrick, Nanni Moretti, Ingmar Bergman, Todd Haynes, Tom Kalin
Fave Books
J, D, Salinger, Michael Chabon, Philip Roth, Jonathan Franzen, Tom Wolfe, Edmund White, Haruki Murakami, Tim Winton, Bret Easton Ellis, David Mitchell, Donna Tartt, Douglas Coupland, Jane Austen, Tenessee Williams, William Gibson, Alexandre Dumas, Jeffrey Euginides, Alan Hollinghurst, Christopher Isherwood, Michael Cunningham, Cormac McCarthy, David Lodge, Gore Vidal, Jean-Paul Sartre
His Favourite Content
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Travesties is a work that seeks to unravel the ties that bring artists, politicians and writers together in a kind of weird coalition of the willing; in pursuit of an ideal world far removed from the current one.
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The 2009 line up for Mardi Gras Film Festival has been unveiled and this year there really is something for everyone - from star power to searing insights, from the totally camp to the ex-gay, from tittilation to oppression.
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Iceland once again raised the bar towards equality as they are poised to choose an openly lesbian Prime Minister. It’s not just a first for Iceland – she would be the world’s first openly gay PM.
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Are you a free thinker? A creative type? Do you like to rock the boat? Then Andrew Denton, ABC TV and Zapruder's other films want to hear from you. They're on the hunt for the next generation of broadcasters.
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To make 2009 the most amazing Summer on record, we've teamed up with the Openair Cinema in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to host a Same Same night of movies and outdoor fun at each of the outdoor cinemas.
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Emile Hirsch plays Cleve Jones in the upcoming Gus Van Sant masterpiece 'Milk', a stirring, inspiring and simply beautiful film that is guaranteed to make you want to change your world.
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The surf's up on SameSame.com.au's hot new online TV show - Surf Camp is now in session! Over the Australian Summer, we'll be following five boys as they learn how to surf. But the best part is that the result of the show is in your hands.
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Laws passed through the Senate yesterday now see gay couples in Australia treated equally in the areas of superannuation, tax, social security, health, aged care and employment.
Events He's Going To
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Events He Went To
Thu 20th Aug - Thu 26th Aug
Sydney’s fourth Canadian Film Festival will showcase a selection of the best new features and documentaries.