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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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
7.9/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, Red Butt...
The desperation and hopelessness of the Great Depression are graphically shown in this powerful drama, through a pitiful collection of marathon dancer... Read more
Sing Street (2016)
8/10
Director: John Carney
Starring: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Kelly Thornton
From director John Carney (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN), SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdi... Read more
Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud ( Lift to the Scaffold ) (1957)
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Amedee , Lino Ventura
Celebrated director Louis Malle's debut film was a post-modern film noir, starring Jeanne Moreau as a woman who plots with her young lover (Maurice Ro... Read more
Calvary ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.4/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Aidan Gillen, Brendan Gleeson, M Emmet Walsh, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josee Croze, Ch...
One Sunday morning, like any other Sunday morning, in a sleepy western Irish coastal town, Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) is taking confession... Read more
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
8.1/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, Ryan Gosling, Dave...
Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wha... Read more
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
8/10
A look at how Cuba transitioned from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one, having lost access to Soviet oil in the 1990s. This is a s... Read more
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
7.9/10
Director: Joachim Trier
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career p... Read more
Marley (2012)
8/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Bob Marley
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history, and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. "Marley" is the de... Read more
Licorice Pizza (2021)
7.3/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Sasha Spielberg
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written... Read more
Sinister (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, Clare Foley, M...
Ten years ago, true crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) made his reputation with a best-selling account of a notorious murder. Now, desperate to... Read more