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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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Yi'nan Diao
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murd... 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
Blade Runner 2049 (Blu-Ray) (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
Brick (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emil...
A fresh take on the hard-boiled noir, this festival hit stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an outsider teen-turned-stoic gumshoe after his ex-girl (Emilie... Read more
Buffalo 66 (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Christina Ricci, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mickey Rourk...
Billy (Vincent Gallo) is released after five years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Hell-bent on convincing his dysfunctional parents (Angelica... Read more
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
8/10
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Amira Casar, Michael Stuhlbarg, Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy.... Read more
Call Me By Your Name (Blu-Ray) (2017)
8/10
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Amira Casar, Michael Stuhlbarg, Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy.... 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
Clerks (1993)
7.8/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran
Kevin Smith's engagingly foul-mouthed and funny independent comedy tracks a 'typical' day at a New Jersey convenience store. Follow philosophical coun... Read more
Coach To Vienna (Blu-ray) (1966)
Director: Karel Kachyna
Starring: Iva Janzurová
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate. Read more