Latest Staff Picks
The films listed below are Alice's Latest Staff Picks, finding their way into this category generally as a result of agreement between staff that they have real merit for one reason or another. Most titles represent a safe choice for those that find choosing a film difficult or are bewildered by Alice's depth and breadth...
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Katie Tippel (1975)
6.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Monique Van De Ven, Rutger Hauer
The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she se... Read more
Morgiana (Blu-ray) (1972)
7.2/10
Starring: Josef Abrham, Petr Cepek, Iva Janzurová
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves... Read more
The Panic In Needle Park (Blu-ray) (1971)
7/10
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright
Follows the lives of heroin addicts who frequent "Needle Park" in New York City. Read more
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Gordon Jackson
Maggie Smith, in her Oscar-winning performance, is superb as the unconventional, eccentric teacher in an all-girls school in Edinburgh. Set during th... Read more
Coach To Vienna (Blu-ray) (1966)
Director: Karel Kachyna
Starring: Iva Janzurová
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate. Read more
Red Angel (Blu-ray) (1966)
7.8/10
Starring: Ayako Wakao
During the Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse gives sympathy to her patients and falls in love with an impotent doctor who's addicted to morphine. Read more
Godzilla vs Ebirah (1966)
Director: Jun Fukuda
Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Hideo Sunazuka, Toru Watanabe
The island of Letchi is home to terrorist group, Red Bamboo, who have enslaved the local inhabitants and have big ideas about world domination. Guard... Read more
Pale Flower (Blu-ray) (1964)
7.8/10
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Starring: Seiji Miyaguchi, Eijiro Tono
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young wo... Read more
Some Came Running (1958)
7.5/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Martha Hyer, Shirley MacLaine
After a round of partying he can’t remember, World War II veteran Dave Hirsh is placed on a bus headed for the last place he’d choose: Parkman, Indian... Read more
The Prisoner (Blu-ray) (1955)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Glenville
Starring: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson, Kenneth Griffith
A Cardinal, a hero of resistance, endures brutal interrogation with unshakable resolve, refusing to confess his supposed treason. As his tormentor's m... Read more