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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Directed by
Stephen Loveridge
NR
2018
1h 35m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.5
90%
82%
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Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
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Cast of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
M.I.A.
Self
Diplo
Self
Spike Jonze
Self
Madonna
Self (archive footage)
Nicki Minaj
Self (archive footage)
Bill Maher
Self (archive footage)
Stephen Loveridge
Director
Lori Cheatle
Producer
Andrew Goldman
Producer
Steve Loveridge
Producer
Paul S. Mezey
Producer
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A Ratings & Reviews
Pajiba
Roxana Hadadi
Documentary MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. makes a case for our own self-reflection: What do we owe the 'Paper Planes' pop star?
The Playlist
Jessica Kiang
If there is one note that rings clear through all the xeroxed, glitchy, abrasive background noise, it is that of authenticity and sincerity.
Nonfics (Substack)
Andrew Karpan
The effect of Loveridge's choices are almost alarmingly cohesive and summon as much M.I.A. as the decade she herself evoked.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Mildly engaging, but intellectually underwhelming with clunky editing.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Jas Keimig
If the documentary is unsatisfying, it's because it gives us no definite answers about identity, about a reconciliation of self, about how to live in this world as many contradictions, belonging everywhere and nowhere.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie is probably already too far in [M.I.A.'s] court to win over any new fans, but if you're an old fan, you'll thoroughly enjoy the blunt, brisk energy here.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
It is fascinating to watch M.I.A. develop into middle-age as, inevitably, the sum of her own best efforts.
L.A. Weekly
Serena Donadoni
Loveridge celebrates the mashup aesthetic that enabled the artist to find a voice, and reveals that reconciling contradictions... is key to both Arulpragasam's music and the life she's constructed with audacity and wit.
Los Angeles Times
Katie Walsh
Inspires deep respect for the fierce and independent artist she is.
Black Girl Nerds
Sezín Koehler
Ultimately, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. shows us just how much this charismatic and powerful artist-activist is all too human.
Film Inquiry
Chloe Walker
Anyone hoping for a focus on M.I.A.'s music will leave disappointed. Anyone hoping for a first-hand look at the evolution of a cultural force won't be.
NPR
Piotr Orlov
It is the synthesis of these contradictions, and how they've illuminated M.I.A.'s career path that makes up the spine of Loveridge's fascinating portrait.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Filled with exhilarating music, this biopic of international star Maya Arulpragasam also takes a hard look at the price of fame.
RogerEbert.com
Tomris Laffly
The thoughtfully assembled story of a young, opinionated and infinitely talented immigrant woman.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
The documentary elicits some viewer indignation on her behalf, but overall, it's not a very inspired piece of work.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
A lucid crystallization of both Arulpragasam's private life and her public mission, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. offers an intimate profile of a righteously modern renegade without ever feeling like propaganda or a plea to stream her latest album on Spotify.
The Atlantic
Spencer Kornhaber
[Stephen] Loveridge's movie is a fantastic and kinetic fulfillment of Maya Arulpragasam's desire, back then, to be heard as more than an entertainer.
Slant Magazine
Sam C. Mac
Stephen Loveridge fully understands that even the trifurcated title of his film may not be entirely equipped at capturing the extent of M.I.A.'s many-faceted identity.
Variety
Guy Lodge
It's a film as compellingly all over the shop as its subject, even if it doesn't quite have her beat on stylistic verve and risk.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
The director and subject struggle to say everything about globalism, fame, identity and whatever else comes into their heads, until the film is at risk of saying nothing much at all.
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