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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Sorry to Bother You (2018)
7/10
Director: Boots Riley
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, David Cross, Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Terry Crews, Danny G...
In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magica... Read more
Stray (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Dustin Feneley
Starring: Arta Dobroshi, Luciane Buchanan, Kieran Charnock
In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. A young man is on parole after serving time for attempting to mur... Read more
Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Sonya Pemberton
A documentary about vitamins: the history of their discovery, the dietary supplement industry, and the dangers of both deficiencies and excessive inta... Read more
Zoe (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Lea Seydoux, Theo James, Rashida Jones, Christina Aguilera, Miran...
Two colleagues at a research lab work to improve and perfect romantic relationships. A story about how synthetic humans can feel and even love, and ho... Read more
The Song Keepers (2017)
8.6/10
Director: Naina Sen
Four generations of song women that make up The Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir, go on an historic tour of Germany, to take back the hymns... Read more
Aurore (I Got Life!) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Blandine Lenoir
Starring: Agnes Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert
A French woman hits menopause, quits her job as waitress, and feels everything going downhill. But then she meets her old love from before she got mar... Read more
Dying to Live (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Richard Todd
Deep beneath the complex world of organ and tissue transplantation are the heart-wrenching stories of real people awaiting life-saving organs in Austr... Read more
West of Sunshine (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Jason Raftopoulos
Starring: Arthur Angel, Ty Perham, Damian Hill
Separated from his family and caught in a cycle of gambling and debt, Jim has less than a day to repay a violent loan shark. His day is turned upside... Read more
Creed II (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte N...
In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Roc... Read more
Creed II (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte N...
In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Roc... Read more