Criticism
Essays and Articles
'Death in the afternoon revisited by a beginner bullfighter' (Review, 28 January 2012)
'Reel film festival dreams: bureaucratic bungles now showing at SFF' (Crikey, 27 June 2011)
'An Unnecessary Loss' (A Necessary Ruin DVD Liner Notes, 27 September 2009)
'The Ontology of the Post-Kodachrome Image' (Inquirer, 27 June 2009)
'Animal death toll soars at groovy film festival' (The Punch, 17 June 2009)
'Escapist fantasy Slumdog Millionaire is a poor guide to the real India' (Inquirer, 4 April 2009)
'Homeward Bound: The Politics of Coming Back in Ten Empty and Mullet' (Metro Magazine, Iss. 157, June 2008, p.20-21)
CTEQ Annotations: 'Andrzej and Krystyna Go Boating: Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 46, 2008)
CTEQ Annotations: 'All The World's a Stage: John Cassavetes' Opening Night' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 43, April–June 2007)
'6 or 7 DVDs: Jean-Luc Godard in Region 4' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 42, January–March 2007)
'That's Not a Knife: Performing Masculinity in Greg McLean's Wolf Creek' (Metro Magazine, Iss. 150, 2006, p.130–33)
'Digital Histoire(s): The Cyber-cinema of Evan Mather' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 35, April–June 2005)
'Killing the Gatekeeper: Autonomy, Globality and Reclaiming Australian Cinema' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 33, October–December 2004)
Interviews
'Cop Hard: The Naked and the Web' (RealTime, Iss. 104, August/September 2011)
'Fighting for Adventurous Documentary Making: An Interview with Tom Zubrycki and Richard Harris' (RealTime, Iss. 97, June/July 2010)
'Online Life, Downside and Up: An Interview with Ondi Timoner' (RealTime, Iss. 92, August/September 2009) (as Oscar Michaels)
'Boy from bush's Hollywood kudos' (The Australian, 18 February 2009)
'The Rest is Static: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (RealTime, Iss. 84, April/May 2008)
'Notes on the Death of Beauty, Art and Talent: A Correspondence with Ben Hackworth' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 44, July–September 2007)
Festival and Exhibition Reports
'Five Metaphors for a Film Festival: The 56th Sydney Film Festival' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 53, 2009)
'Cinema Without Borders: The 2007 Melbourne International Film Festival' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 45, October-December 2007)
'The Shock of the Old: Eyes, Lies and Illusions' (Metro Magazine, Iss. 151, 2007, p.32–34)
'Cinecrophilia' (RealTime, Iss. 75, October/November 2006)
'The Bleeding Eyes of a Festival Regular: The 14th Brisbane International Film Festival' (Senses of Cinema, Iss. 37, October–December 2005)
Film Reviews
Littlerock (Melbourne International Film Festival Program, 8 June 2011)
Tuesday After Christmas (Melbourne International Film Festival Program, 8 June 2011)
Foreign Parts (Melbourne International Film Festival Program, 8 June 2011)
Eagle vs Shark (Capsule Review) (Review, 15 May 2010)
The Royal Tenenbaums/The Darjeeling Limited (Capsule Review) (Review, 13 March 2010)
A Fish Called Wanda/Withnail & I (Capsule Review) (Review, 6 March 2010)
Whatever Works/Sympathy for the Devil (Capsule Review) (Review, 20 February 2010)
Taxi Driver (Capsule Review) (Review, 23 January 2010)
(500) Days of Summer/Inglourious Basterds (Capsule Review) (Review, 16 January 2010)
Crimson Gold (Capsule Review) (Review, 16 January 2010)
Lost in Translation/Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Capsule Review) (Review, 16 January 2010)
Casablanca (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 15 January 2010)
The Red Shoes (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 15 January 2010)
Ferris Buller's Day Off (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 13 January 2010)
Pulp Fiction (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 13 January 2010)
'Oh, what a lovely war' (In the Loop) (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 12 January 2010)
Persepolis (Capsule Review) (Review, 9 January 2010)
Rushmore/The September Issue (Capsule Review) (Review, 9 January 2010)
The Invention of Lying (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 8 January 2010)
Life of Brian (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 7 January 2010)
Valentino: The Last Emperor (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 7 January 2010)
'The master's maestro' (Psycho with Symphony) (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 5 January 2010)
Easy Rider (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 4 January 2010)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Capsule Review) (Review, 2 January 2010)
The Hangover/The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Capsule Review) (Review, 2 January 2010)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 28 December 2009)
'Dahl outfoxed by Anderson' (Fantastic Mr Fox) (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 18 December 2009)
Solo (Arts In the City, February/March 2007)
Le temps qui reste (Time to Leave) (Arts In the City, December 2006/January 2007)
The Esoteric Rabbit/Ghostboy Letters
'Series 1: Matters of Style' (2004)
'Series 2: Matters of Structure and Narrative' (2005)
'Series 3: Audiences, Theatres and Thoughts on Distribution' (2005)
Lists and Polls
Senses of Cinema Top Ten: 2006, 2005, 2004
Senses of Cinema World Poll: 2009, 2005, 2004
Sydney Film Critics: 2009
Essays and Articles
'Netizens and radio join bushfire telegraph' (The Australian, 9 February 2009)
'A Certain Tendency in Videoblogging and Rethinking the Rebirth of the Author' (Post Identity, Winter 2007)
'The Audiovisual in Transit' (BRAINTRUSTdv roundtable, 'The Video iPod', 30 November 2005)
'A Cinema Exploded: Notes on the Development of Some Post-Cinematic Forms' (BRAINTRUSTdv, November 2005)
Interviews
'Tweet the Press: How Social Media is Changing the Way Journalists Do Their Jobs' (Metro Magazine, Iss. 171, 2011)
Essays and Articles
'In the Veins: Blood Wedding and Federico García Lorca' (Program Note, Sydney Theatre Company, August 2011)
'Towards Psycho-Absurdism: Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness' (Program Note, Sydney Theatre Company, June 2011)
'Still Not There: Dylan on Stage and Film' (RealTime, Iss. 97, June/July 2010)
'Tensions at the Point of Origin' (RealTime, Iss. 95, February/March 2010)
'Days of wonder' (The Australian, 6 December 2008)
Interviews
'The Perfect Villain: Eddie Perfect on becoming Brecht's famous bad guy' (Backstage, 25 August 2011)
'An Interview with Olwen Fouéré' (Backstage, 1 July 2011)
'Follow the leader' (Review, 7 November 2009)
'Enter Lally Katz, pursued by a bear' (The Australian, 30 September 2009)
'New version of outrage' (The Australian, 3 September 2009)
'Eloquent apeman swings into action' (The Australian, 2 April 2009)
'Iron curtain's shadow hangs over Belarus theatre troupe' (The Australian, 7 January 2009)
'The Face: David Bates' (Review, 6 December 2008)
'Earnest not enough for pair of provocateurs' (The Australian, 5 December 2008)
'His next trick is to gamble everything' (The Australian, 27 October 2008)
'Planet rings in our rebirth' (The Australian, 26 August 2008)
Festival and Exhibition Reports
'Quality-Controlled Fringe' (RealTime, Iss. 99, October/November 2010)
Theatre Reviews
'The City and Its Disconnects' (Within and Without) (RealTime e-dition, 26 July 2011)
'Breakdown of the Break-up' (Trapture) (RealTime e-dition, 28 June 2011)
'A New Recipe for Reality' (Ama and Chan) (RealTime, June/July 2011)
The Suicide (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 23 March 2010)
My Generation (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 26 February 2010)
Bent (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 25 February 2010)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 24 February 2010)
Monster of the Deep 3D (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 11 January 2010)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 18 December 2009)
The Only Child (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 29 September 2009)
'Never meta collaboration so dynamic' (The City) (The Australian, 7 July 2009)
'Asian flavour does this Shakespeare few favours' (Pericles) (The Australian, 6 July 2009)
'Mild ride takes familiar path' (Savage River) (The Australian, 23 June 2009)
Venus & Adonis (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 5 March 2009)
Baghdad Wedding (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 27 February 2009)
The Tell-Tale Heart (The Australian, 19 January 2009)
No Dice (The Australian, 15 January 2009)
Two-Faced Review (Two Faced Bastard) (Esoteric Rabbit Blog/mono no aware, 16 October 2008)
The Convict's Opera (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 12 October 2008)
Highway Rock 'n' Roll Disaster (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 4 October 2008)
Pool (No Water)/Spring Awakening (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 20 July 2008)
Don't Say the Words/Stoning Mary (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 7 July 2008)
'Words shine in a timeless tapestry' (Don't Say the Words) (The Australian, 7 July 2008)
The Impotent Fury of the Privileged (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 31 March 2008)
The Threepenny Opera (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 11 March 2008)
Checkov Re-Cut: Platonov (Esoteric Rabbit Blog/Vibewire, 2 March 2008)
Tartuffe (Esoteric Rabbit Blog/Vibewire, 2 March 2008)
This Is Good Advice (Esoteric Rabbit Blog/Vibewire, 10 February 2007)
Crossing Live (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 17 September 2007)
Shadow Passion/Dogs Barking (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 15 September 2007)
Mercury Fur (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 6 September 2007)
Easy Ryder (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 1 September 2007)
Criminology (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 20 August 2007)
The Eisteddfod (Australian Stage Online, 26 July 2007)
The Quivering (Australian Stage Online, 17 July 2007)
A Slight Ache (Australian Stage Online, 5 July 2007)
Wild East (Australian Stage Online, 4 June 2007)
The Perjured City Or, The Awakening of the Furies (Australian Stage Online, 2 June 2007)
fourplay (Australian Stage Online, 28 May 2007)
Checklist for an Armed Robber (Australian Stage Online, 21 May 2007)
B-File (Australian Stage Online, 11 April 2007)
Black (Australian Stage Online, 28 March 2007)
Ashes to Ashes (Australian Stage Online, 20 March 2007)
The Bald Soprano (Australian Stage Online, 19 March 2007)
Autobahn (Australian Stage Online, 20 February 2006)
Killing Game (Melbourne Stage Online, 2 November 2006)
Peepshow (Melbourne Stage Online, 27 October 2006)
Voyage (Melbourne Stage Online, 21 October 2006)
Jet of Blood (Melbourne Stage Online, 25 September 2006)
I Start Again (Melbourne Stage Online, 19 September 2006)
Dance Reviews
Happy Hour (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 1 November, 2008)
Corridor/Appetite (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 1 November 2008)
Three/Washington (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 17 October 2008)
The Nutcracker (Melbourne Stage Online, 20 December 2006)
apoliticaldance (Melbourne Stage Online, 12 December 2006)
Opera Reviews
Poppea (Nothing If Not Critical, 8 September 2009)
The Navigator (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 16 October 2008)
The Makropulos Secret (Esoteric Rabbit Blog, 8 October 2008)
The Barber of Seville (Australian Stage Online, 19 April 2007)
Julius Caesar (Melbourne Stage Online, 15 December 2006)
Le nozze di Figaro (Melbourne Stage Online, 29 November 2006)
Music Reviews
Trespassers (Review, 17 April 2010)
Philadelphia Grand Jury (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 13 January 2010)
Light and Cello (Buzzcuts, 3 October 2006)
Essays and Articles
'What happened when an artist changed a light bulb' (The Australian, 14 August 2008)
Interviews
'The Face: Cressida Campbell' (Review, 8 November 2008)
'The History of the Mark: An Interview with Marco Luccio' (Arts In the City, February/March 2007)
Festival and Exhibition Reports
'That Single Thumb' (RealTime, Iss. 85, June/July 2008)
'This Is Not a Comic Book: Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga' (RealTime, Iss. 77, February/March 2007)
Exhibition Reviews
The Sensualists (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 22 December 2009)
Trent Parke: Please Step Quietly, Everyone Can Hear You (Capsule Review) (The Australian, 17 December 2009)
Book Reviews
'Death in the afternoon revisited by a beginner bullfighter' (Review, 28 January 2012)
'Expanded Screen Writing, Expanded Cinema' (Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice by Steven Maras) (RealTime, Iss. 91, June/July 2009) (as Oscar Michaels)
The Grand Experiment by Anouk Ride (Australian Book Review, June 2008)
UTS Writers' Anthology: What You Do and Don't Want by Tricia Barton et al. (eds.) (Australian Book Review, November 2007)
Where Does It Happen? John Cassavetes and Cinema at the Breaking Point by George Kouvaros (Metro Magazine, Iss. 153, 2007)
Abel Ferrara by Nicole Brenez, translated by Adrian Martin (Australian Book Review, May 2007)
Essays and Articles
'Sizzle in the middle of the burger market' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 18 February 2012)
'Big shots' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 7 May 2011)
'One-track minds' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 18 July 2010)
'The unusual suspects' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 6 March 2010)
'Beauties of the beast' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 22 August 2009)
'Raising the bar' (The Weekend Australian Magazine, 11 July 2009)
Restaurant Reviews
Old Kingdom (The Scene, 18 July 2007)
Mirka at Tolarno Hotel (The Scene, 4 July 2007)
Laksa Me (The Scene, 28 June 2007)
The Press Club (The Scene, 20 June 2007)
Enoteca Sileno (The Scene, 4 June 2007)
Tempura Hajime (The Scene, 23 May 2007)
Moroccan Soup Bar (The Scene, 17 May 2007)
Bottega (The Scene, 8 May 2007)
Matthew also worked as a freelance reviewer on The Age Good Food Guide 2009 and the Gourmet Traveller 2012 Restaurant Guide.