Biography
Where can you meet famous inventors, notorious criminals, great dictators, selfless heroes, charismatic eccentrics and all manner of real life fascinating folk? Right here in Alice's Biography section.
Pictured: Kerry Fox is a knock-out playing celebrated kiwi author Janet Frame in Jane Campion's luminous 'An Angel At My Table', based on Frame's autobiographical trilogy.
Kundun ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Gyurme Tethong, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
A beautifully crafted saga of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his childhood in Tibet to his exile following the Chinese takeover. A cast of non-professional... Read more
La Bamba (1987)
6.8/10
Director: Luis Valdez
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales
The box office success story of Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American farm labourer with a string of chart-busting singles who begins his climb to star... Read more
La Vie en Rose (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul...
An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more
La Vie en Rose ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pascal Greggory, Clotilde...
An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
7.9/10
Director: George C Wolfe
Starring: S Epatha Merkerson, Julie Benz, Robert A Bradley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Kathlee...
Based on a one-man show by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (played by Hill Harper) this is the inspiring story of Nanny Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson) a big-heart... Read more
Lady Jane (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood
An excellent costume drama about Lady Jane Grey, accidental successor to the British throne after the deaths of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI. A w... Read more
Lady Sings The Blues (1972)
7.1/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Diana Ross, Richard Pryor
The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Roger Ebert said of Diana Ross... Read more
Lawrence After Arabia, A Dangerous Man: (1991)
Director: Christopher Menaul
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Denis Quilley, Paul Freeman
This informative look at T E Lawrence at the Paris Peace Conference, as he serves as the liaison to the Hashemite delegation in an effort to have the... Read more
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8.3/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, Jack...
Director David Lean follows the heroic, true-life odyssey of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) in this dramatic portrait of the famed British Officer's jo... Read more
Lawrence of Arabia ( Blu-ray ) (1962)
8.3/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, Jack...
Director David Lean follows the heroic, true-life odyssey of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) in this dramatic portrait of the famed British Officer's jo... Read more