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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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
First Cow (2019)
7.1/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seek... Read more
Mad Detective (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To
Starring: Lau Ching Wan, Ka Tung Lam, Andy On, Lee Kwok Lun, Kelly Lin
Back together again, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai have set incendiary cinematic material ablaze to create a quirkry action-drama. Exposing the... Read more
Crimes Of The Future (Blu-ray) (2022)
5.9/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Kristen Stewart, Don McKellar
Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist,... Read more
The Empty Man (2020)
5.7/10
Starring: James Badge Dale
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity. Read more
Yellow Submarine (1968)
7.4/10
Director: George Dunning
Starring: The Beatles, Blue Meanies
Join the greatest band of all time for this mind-blowing voyage into the unearthly paradise of Pepperland and save it from the Blue Meanies, with humo... Read more
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019)
8/10
Director: Ric Burns
Starring: Oliver Sacks
The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks. Read more
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Alexandre O Philippe
Starring: Veronica Cartwright, Roger Corman
Memory: The Origins of Alien explores the origins of director Ridley Scott's works on the Alien franchise. The film includes original story notes, rej... Read more
Incendies (Blu-ray) (2011)
8.3/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Remy Girard, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulan, Lubna Azabal, Maxim Gaudette
In the highly-acclaimed suspense thriller 'Incendies', a mothers dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading... Read more
Arrival ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Tzi Ma, Michael Stuhlbarg
When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to inv... Read more