Final Draft – “From NYU to destroying worlds: Big Break Winner Matthew Manson”
“Gaby Guffner: Destroyer of Worlds writer Matthew Manson celebrated his Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest® win with his family — and a bottle of Trader Joe’s bubbly.”

Deadline – “The Black List, 1in4 & WGAW Disabled Writers Committee Select Finalists For 2024 Disability List”
“Ten screenplays have been selected by the 1IN4 Coalition (1IN4), the WGAW Disabled Writers Committee and the Black List for the 2024 Disability List.”

Deadline – “Disability Belongs Reveals New Virtual Cohort Participants For 2025 Entertainment Lab”
“Disability Belongs…has announced a new virtual cohort of participants for its 2025 Entertainment Lab.”

Indiewire – “Watch: Rising Star David Bloom Is a ‘Wannabe’ Cool Kid in This New Trailer”
“Tribeca winner Matthew Manson takes you on a coming-of-age story that will make you swoon.”

New York Press – “Jewish Kid Grows Up on Upper West Side”
“(Wannabe) is a testament to friendship, love and self-acceptance told from the perspective of two adolescents caught in the whirlwind of racial turmoil far beyond their control or understanding”

Movie Maker Magazine / New Filmmakers LA – Interview with Wannabe Writer & Director Matthew Manson
“Filmmaker Spotlight on Matthew Manson, the unbelievably talented writer/director of the short “Wannabe” which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.”

Heyman Hustle – “How “Wannabe” Stole The Tribeca Film Festival”
Tribeca interview with writer/director Matthew Manson, co-producer John Ramos, and actors David Bloom & Chaize Macklin.

Paste Magazine – “Scrolling Go90”
Review of “Hacking High School,” show-run by Matthew Manson. Called “sharp, smart, punchy comedy [which] feel[s] groundbreaking”

Digital Bolex – “Tribeca’s Wannabe Brilliantly Evokes Coming of Age in the 90’s”
Interview with Writer / Director Matthew Manson and DP Catherine Goldschmidt

The Independent Critic – “”Wannabe” Headed for Life as a Feature Film”
A- Review of writer/director Matthew Manson’s film: “A warm and winning film about friendship, self-acceptance and what it means to come of age in a most transcendent way, Wannabe is the kind of film that leaves you wanting more. Fortunately, more is on the way.”

The Fan Club – “Matthew Manson Interview”
Red Carpet Interview With Writer / Director Matthew Manson

MyNewYorkEYE – Interview
Wannabe called a “must-see” in this Interview with Writer / Director Matthew Manson and star Chaize Macklin

The Young Folks – “Matthew Manson at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival”
Red Carpet Interview with Writer / Director Matthew Manson