New @ Alice
To try to do justice to the avalanche of interesting finds, documentaries, curios and plain old good and great films arriving daily, Alice has split new additions into Recent Arrivals (3 Day Hire), Featured Acquisitions (7 Day Hire) , New TV to DVD (7 Day Hire) . This is designed to spotlight these offerings before they find their final resting place among Alice's eclectic permanent collection.
We trust these features be some help in your quest to ferret out a gem or three - and ultimately guide you towards expansion of your cinematic horizons and filmic enlightenment....
Pearl (2022)
7/10
Director: Ti West
Starring: Mia Goth, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation and lovelessness of life on he... Read more
Armageddon Time (2022)
6.5/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins
A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. Read more
The Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Starring: Audrey Lamy, Francois Cluzet
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hate... Read more
Living (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Starring: Bill Nighy, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Oliver Chris, Michael Cochrane, Lia Will...
In 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis. Read more
The Passengers of the Night (Les passagers de la nuit) (2022)
7/10
Director: Mikhaël Hers
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emmanuelle Beart
Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio... Read more
My Old School (2022)
7.1/10
Starring: Alan Cumming
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the... Read more
Broker (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Ji-Eun Lim
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption. Read more
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
7.3/10
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies
In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beaut... Read more
The Conference (2022)
7.3/10
Director: Matti Geschonneck
On January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the German Nazi regime met in a villa in Berlin-Wannsee for a meeting that went down in history as the... Read more
A Stitch In Time (2022)
6.5/10
A heart-warming story about a former dressmaker, who reinvents herself after befriending a young Chinese fashion designer. Read more