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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All of Us Strangers (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.6/10
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy
One night in his near-empty London tower block, screenwriter Adam has a chance encounter with mysterious neighbor Harry, puncturing the rhythm of his... Read more
Origin (2023)
7.2/10
Director: Ava DuVernay
Starring: Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash
The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. Read more
Perfect Days (2023)
7.9/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Aoi Yamada
Hirayama feels content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, reads book... Read more
May December (2023)
6.9/10
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Charles Melton
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance, a married couple buckle under the pressure when a Hollywood actress meets them to do research for... Read more
How To Have Sex (2023)
6.5/10
Starring: Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Samuel Bottomley, Daisy Jelley
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. Read more
Wednesday (2023)
8.1/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Christina Ricci, Qwe...
Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery... Read more
Past Lives (2023)
8/10
Director: Celine Song
Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reu... Read more
Oppenheimer (Blu-ray) (2023)
8.5/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh
During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and... Read more
Oppenheimer (2023)
8.5/10
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh
During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and... Read more
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
7/10
Director: Ariane Louis-Seize
Starring: Sara Montpetit
Young vampire Sasha has a serious problem: she can't kill. Her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, putting her life in jeopardy. Sasha meets... Read more