Lia Matthew Brown (he/she) is a bigender, Toronto-based screenwriter, novelist, and film critic. L. works in spirited sci-fi, adventure and fantasy, exploring gender euphoria, pop culture, and the end of the world; and inevitably, there’s a tween girl sassmouth in there somewhere.
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I’m often times a film critic and video artist, and in 2020, when we were all stuck in doors, I published The Cinema of Survival: Mad Max Fury Road, a book of essays.
It’s out of print, but I’ve still got a few. Email me!
[An] insightful study of the ‘survival’ narrative. Ingenious layout… a perfect cinema object.
— Matt Zoller Seitz on The Cinema of Survival: Mad Max Fury Road
A cuddly Mogwai kind of insanity you can put in your pocket and take home.
— Daniel Cockburn on Lia Matthew Brown’s films