Hello, I'm Lydia de Matos. Occasionally I make films. Occasionally I write about them. Here you can find links to some of my writing. I hope you enjoy reading.

INTERVIEWS

• THAMESMEAD TEXAS: BUILDING A NOMADIC COMMUNITY CINEMA

ESSAYS / FEATURES

I'm working towards getting more essays about film published. I have one in the works about self-perception, vulnerability, and friendship in Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense, and i'm working on a video essay about digital technologies and the supposed death of cinema.

• SCREENING CINEPHILIA AND DEATH
• MERCI AGNÈS

Reviews

I've written reviews for Era Journal and the University College London Film Society Journal since 2018, covering festivals such as BFI London Film Festival, South by Southwest, and BFI Flare. My favourite reviews are the ones for Memoria, David Byrne's American Utopia, and Time.

• MEMORIA
• THE GREENHOUSE
• DRAMARAMA
• THROUGH THE PLEXI-GLASS: THE LAST DAYS OF THE SAN JOSÉ
• WEWORK: or THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF A $47 BILLION UNICORN
• ON THE ROCKS
• NOMADLAND
• DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA
• TIME
• KAJILLIONAIRE
• I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• THE TRUTH
• NON-FICTION
• THE FAVOURITE
• FAHRENHEIT 11/9