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Matthew
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About Me

I am a film school graduate, who desperately trying to be a film critic online and is an aspiring filmmaker, and a massive cinephile who has a great love for arthouse, independent, foreign, and nonfiction cinema. I am also the head editor of blog/site called The Alternative Chronicle, which is a project that includes a host of writers who are also fellow film grads and cinephiles who write on film mostly, but do occasionally touch on music, books, and TV. Check us out at http://alternativechronicle.wordpress.com And if you are interested in discussing film or giving feedback or just talking about anything feel free to send me a message on here.

Latest Update

Original

John Sayles

@AltChronicle Podcast: Listening (32'27") Matthew Groves @irishfilmjunkie talks with the master filmmaker, John Sayles. bit.ly/poe2FN

Style

  • Auteur-driven
  • Inspired collaboration
  • Melancholy
  • Serene & subtle
  • Fashionable alienation
  • Rebellion!
  • Canonical classics
  • Of-the-moment
  • Of-the-past
  • High Art
  • Other-worldly
  • Neorealist

Wall

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Kenji

25Apr12

Glad you like the lists, thanks :)

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Leina

3Jun11

Very good review of the Tree of Life! :) It's nice to know that i'm not the only one who has loved the movie!

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    Matthew Groves

    3Jun11

    Thanks I appreciate the kind words, feel free to spread the review around. Also, if you're interested me and 3 other writers from the site talked about the film for an hour.

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    Leina

    3Jun11

    This should have been interesting but i think that i'm not able to understand all these conversations in English, i'm such a poor bilingual ! :) Can you read French? I've just written a review of the Tree of Life, i'll be glad to know your opinion about it.

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    Matthew Groves

    3Jun11

    Oh man I wish I could speak or read French, it makes me sad when there are such language barriers. I am most definitely in ignorant American when it comes to such things; a true product of our misplaced priorities in the US. I just had a friend who came back from a semester in France I want to visit Europe badly and would maybe even love to live and work somewhere on the continent.

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    Matthew Groves

    3Jun11

    Also I am roughly translating your review now! Really wonderful do you just blog or do you write for some outlet?

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    Leina

    4Jun11

    I'm not writing for an outlet yet, i'm only a begginer, and i have such a few culture in this domain ( movies ). Moreover, i think that i'll want to be a literary reviewer, OR a film critique, but i'm actually a teenager ( it explains my English expression which is very bad; i learn since a few time ) and it's not topical now! I disagree with you, you're not a true product of your society because you're able to take a step back in relation to it and because you take an interest in the other languages, which means that you're open-minded! In which state do you live? Are you a reviewer? ( your faultless expression may show that you are a reviewer :) )

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Bruno Leal

16Apr11

Thank you for following Matthew!

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Matthew Groves

25Aug10

The Alternative Chronicle - Feature: Kenny introduces war films for the first week of our new genre series: http://alternativechronicle.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/war/

Reviews

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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

by Matthew Groves

When it comes to filmmakers who many consider true masters of cinematic art, there are some that seem to be on a higher plane with their work. They live, breathe, and experience…  read review

Ratings

Displaying 4 of 1508 ratings
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

  • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
The Last Step

The Last Step

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Pearblossom Hwy

Pearblossom Hwy

  • Currently 2.0/5 Stars.
Here and There

Here and There

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.

Forum

Displaying 3 of 4 comments

LA Film Screening/Get-Together

about 2 years ago

The Devils (Ken R.)

almost 3 years ago