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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Good Time (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Pattinson, Barkhad Abdi, Benny Safdie
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through t... Read more
The Beguiled (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice, Oona L...
Cpl. John McBurney is an injured Union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the Civil War. He seeks refuge at an all-female South... Read more
The Beguiled (Blu-Ray) (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice, Oona L...
Cpl. John McBurney is an injured Union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the Civil War. He seeks refuge at an all-female South... Read more
A Ghost Story (2017)
6.9/10
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara
A passionate young couple, unexpectedly separated by a shocking loss, discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. Read more
American Gods: Season 1 (2017)
8.1/10
Starring: Crispin Glover, Gillian Anderson, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber,...
Based on the international best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, American Gods follows Shadow Moon as he embarks on a road trip across America with the e... Read more
Elle (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her. Read more
A Woman's Life (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau
A fragmented account of the life of Jeanne as she sets out on the path of adult life and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman's life i... Read more
Lady Macbeth (2016)
6.9/10
Director: William Oldroyd
Starring: Christopher Fairbank, Paul Hilton, Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis
In rural England, 1865, a woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man begins a passionate affair with a man her own age. Read more
The Lost City of Z (2016)
6.6/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advance... Read more
The Lost City of Z (Blu-Ray) (2016)
6.6/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advance... Read more