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.
Judex (DVD & Blu-ray Zone A) (1963)
7.1/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Edith Scob, Sylva Koscina
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, an... Read more
Year Of The Comet (Blu-ray) (1992)
5.8/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan, Art Malik, Ian Richardson, Ian McN...
An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers. Read more
The Nelson Affair (1973)
6.4/10
Director: James Cellan Jones
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Margaret Leighton,...
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes h... Read more
The Rains Of Ranchipur (Blu-ray) (1955)
5.8/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Caulfield, Michael Rennie
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from... Read more
The Yellow Handkerchief (Blu-ray) (1977)
7.3/10
Director: Yoji Yamada
Starring: Ken Takakura, Kaori Momoi
Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido. Read more
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (Blu-ray) (1979)
6.9/10
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray, Henry Wilcoxon
Jennie Logan discovers an antique dress in her attic that allows her to travel back in time. Soon she's torn between life with her philandering husban... Read more
Snapshots (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Rudolf van den Berg
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Julie Christie, Carmen Chaplin
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love. Read more
Hapkido (1972)
6.8/10
Three graduated Hapkido students return to China from Japanese-occupied Korea in order to set up their own school. However, problems start to arise wh... 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
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