"It's about seeing those faces, it's about seeing those stories. It has a lot of weight."
(Matthew Victor Pastor, The New York Times, 2019)
SELECTED PRESS
SBS
Filipino Australian director's 'Fun Times' screens at the St Kilda Film Festival
The New York Times
Asian-Australian Actors, Overlooked at Home, Flourish in Hollywood
Rappler
Movie reviews: All 5 Sinag Maynila 2018 feature length films
ABC (Australia)
Crazy Rich Asians film packed with stereotypes sparks hope for diversity breakthrough
The Age
Top five films: best of the big screen
Inside Film Magazine
Matthew Pastor: Australia’s most prolific filmmaker
The Citizen
The Filipino bride’s child, a love story without rose-coloured glasses
Filmed In Ether
‘MELODRAMA/RANDOM/MELBOURNE!’ and Filipino Diaspora
Character Media
Filmmaker Sets Out To Tell The Fil-Aussie Story, One Pic At A Time
Being Asian Australian
Gutsy Film “REPENT OR PERISH”
PhilTimes
MELODRAMA / RANDOM / MELBOURNE! nominated at the 67th FAMAS awards
SCREEN-SPACE
WHY PINOY BOY FROM OZ MATTHEW VICTOR PASTOR IS LOCAL INDIE SECTOR'S M.V.P.
KABABAYAN WEEKLY
Interview feature for I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET
Adrian Martin Film Critic
Review by Adrian Martin (Adelaide Film Festival, 2018, alongside Allison Chhorn)
Metro Magazine
SIN CITY: Diaspora, displacement and Matthew Victor Pastor’s MELODRAMA / RANDOM / MELBOURNE
SBS
Fil-Aus indie film to screen in the Australian New Wave filmmakers showcase
INQUIRER.NET
Sinag Maynila tackles diverse social issues
Peril Magazine
Experimental Film
MABUHAY MAGAZINE
(Philippine Airlines, 2019)
My earliest influence—the one who saved my life and started my journey towards filmmaking (and away from another life)—was All about Lily Chou-Chou (2001, Shunji Iwai). I saw that on SBS at 13 years old, didn’t know what it was but kept thinking about it. I stumbled upon the film again later in life. In recent years, the films of Lav Diaz [inspire me].