Last Night With Riviera
Blog URL http://www.mattriviera.net
Located Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Tags Cinema, Film, Movies, Reviews, Festivals, Cannes, Oscars, Australian, Buzz
Films to flavour your dreams, words to kickstart your morning.
Latest Blog Posts
- Women in Hollywood? It's complicated. on Nov 19, 2009 in idle chatter North American cinema
No matter what you might think about the Oscars' relevance or significance, there's a statistic which one simply can't ignore. Over the Academy Awards' 81-year history, no woman has ever won Best Director.None.Another shocking statistic, only 3...
- Film marketing: notes towards a social media toolbox on Oct 29, 2009 in social media film exhibition
Social media and the new online landscape are changing the way screen content is marketed and word is spread. There's an obvious opportunity for independent filmmakers and small distributors, since these platforms are more affordable, by and large, t...
- Revealing The Arts conference on Oct 25, 2009 in RevealingTheArts2009
I'm extremely lucky to be attending REVEALING THE ARTS, a conference which unfolds today and tomorrow in Sydney, and whose tagline, "creative conversations and solutions for the digital era," sounds very promising indeed.Presented by the Australia Co...
- Revealing The Arts - Day 1 on Oct 25, 2009 in RevealingTheArts2009
I'm extremely lucky to be attending REVEALING THE ARTS, a conference which unfolds today and tomorrow in Sydney, and whose tagline, "creative conversations and solutions for the digital era," sounds very promising indeed.Presented by the Australia Co...
- Demonizing suburbia (Paranormal Activity) on Oct 23, 2009 in review North American cinema
By the time Paranormal Activity comes to Australia, where I'm based, it is not just "the sleeper hit of the year", it's "the marketing story of the year" (at least in the US). Much has been written about the film's production-budget-to-box-office rat...
- Top Australian films of the decade on Oct 16, 2009 in Australian cinema top 10 lists
A Twitter conversation (if making lists can be called a conversation) about our favourite Aussie films of the 00's has got me thinking... and since I tend to think in lists, I've come up with one of my own. I've seen 135 Australian features made this...
- Riviera puts his camera where is mouth is (part 3) on Oct 15, 2009 in short films Kino idle chatter
I've shown you my shorts in the past (here and here). And at the risk of over-exposure I'm going to do it again today. I'm not a filmmaker, but I write a lot about film. As we all know, it's easy to criticize from the sidelines, and though I'll never...
