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....
Herself (2020)
7/10
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Molly McCann, Clare Dunne, Ruby Rose O'Hara
The story of an Irish mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless. Read more
Stray Dog (1949)
7.9/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, Keiko Awaji
Early Kurosawa film is a masterful mix of film noir and police thriller in which a rookie detective (Toshiro Mifune) has his pistol stolen, and his se... Read more
Cold War (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cedric Kahn
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Se... Read more
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
7.7/10
Director: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Martin Balsam, Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Hector Elizondo
First-rate thriller in which Robert Shaw heads a four-man gang who hijack a New York City subway car at rush hour and demand one million dollars in ra... Read more
You're Next (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Barbara Crampton, AJ Bowen, Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, Joe Swan...
Aubrey and Paul Davison decide to celebrate their wedding anniversary by inviting their four children and their significant others to a family reunion... Read more
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
7.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous... Read more
The Ref (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Ted Demme
Starring: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
This caustic black comedy has a cat burglar (Denis Leary) on the lam holding a perennially bickering married couple (Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey) host... Read more
Drive My Car (2021)
7.6/10
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his wife's unexpected passing when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya... Read more
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
7.7/10
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt, Barry Keoghan
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. Read more
Elvis (2022)
7.5/10
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Kodi S...
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relations... Read more