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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... For personal Staff Picks, you are cordially invited to take a journey into the mind's eye of Alice's movie mavens by clicking on the 'Staff Favourites' link (stage left). Click on the Alice Guide of your choice, and take an ushered journey through the looking glass and into their personal cinematic wonderland.

The Wild Goose Lake (2019)

6.9/10
Director: Yi'nan Diao
Starring: Ge Hu

A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Read more

Moon (2009)

7.9/10
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Rockwell, Dominique McElligott, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Kay...

Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of a three-year tour as the lone inhabitant of a lunar outpost that harvests a clean fuel source to send ba... 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

Girls Can't Surf (2020)

8.3/10
Director: Christopher Nelius

It's the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. GIRLS CAN'T SURF follows the j... Read more

Giselle (2013)

7.7/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Gillian Murphy, Qi Huan

"Giselle" is acclaimed director Toa Fraser's interpretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of "Giselle". The classic story of love, erot... Read more

Amsterdam (Blu-ray) (2022)

6.1/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock...

"Amsterdam," the latest film from acclaimed writer/director David O. Russell, is a fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves histo... Read more

Flee (2021)

7.9/10

FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time. Read more

Yellow Submarine (Blu-ray) (1968)

7.4/10
Director: George Dunning
Starring: Dick Emery, Lance Percival, John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes, (Voices of) , Paul Ange...

The Beatles have arrived in high definition with the revelatory Blu-ray release of Yellow Submarine. The 1999 standard DVD reissue of the animated f... Read more

Talk to Me (2007)

7.4/10
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Mike Epp...

Don Cheadle stars in this funky bio-pic of Petey Greene, an ex-con who became an iconic radio DJ and outspoken social activist in the turbulent 1960s.... Read more

Last Goodbye (2004)

5.2/10
Director: Jacob Gentry
Starring: David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Maggie Blye, Clementine Ford, Chris Rydell

Rich, character-driven drama finds the lives of six people converging over the course of a sweltering summer day. A successful TV actress (Clementine... Read more