Featured Acquisitions
Here you will be exposed to many films that are new or unique to Alice, or are the notable re-releases of VHS catalogue films. To earn their shelfspace, they must have demonstrated cinematic longevity, be exceptionally rare, of great interest to central control or have outstanding production values. All may be hired on a weekly basis.
The Story Of Kerry, Josie And Diana (2011)
Director: Gillian Armstrong
New to DVD: Gillian Armstrong reflects on the making of Love, Lust & Lies and its preceding documentaries—five films spanning more than thirty years w... Read more
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Brian Jamieson
Starring: Joan Chen, Nancy Kwan, Vivian Wu
The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the w... Read more
La Nostra Vita (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Starring: Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese, Luca Zingaretti
Claudio works in the suburbs of Rome. He is in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. A dramatic event upsets his life. Claudio fi... Read more
Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
6.9/10
Starring: Maria Popistasu
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, an... Read more
Tetro (VF) (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Rodrigo De La Serna
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's disco... Read more
Couscous (2009)
8.3/10
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Alice Houri, Bruno Lochet
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant. Read more
Above The Street Below The Water (Over gaden under vandet) (2009)
5.5/10
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nicolas Bro, Charlotte Fich
3 ex/potentially ex couples in Copenhagen, interconnected by extramarital affairs or work at the theater, are having problems as are their kids. Read more
The Beautiful Person (La belle personne) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Christophe Honore
Starring: Louis Garrel, Lea Seydoux, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet
Cute Junie starts at her cousin Matthias' high school and class after her mom's death. She meets his friends. The boys want to date her - even her han... Read more
Afterschool (2008)
6/10
Starring: Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Addison Timlin,...
An Internet-addicted prep-school student captures on video camera the drug overdose of two girls. Read more
The Tender Hook (2008)
5.2/10
Director: Jonathan Ogilvie
Starring: Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving, Matthew Le Nevez
The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Wi... Read more