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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The Lobster (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: John C Reilly, Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Ashley J...
In the world of Yorgos Lanthimos wily jet black satire of socially enforced coupledom, single adults are required to find a partner within 45 days or... Read more
The Dressmaker (Blu-ray) (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Starring: Barry Otto, Hugo Weaving, Judy Davis, Kate Winslet, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, L...
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, this bittersweet, comedy-drama is set in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage, a beautiful and talente... Read more
The Dressmaker (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Starring: Barry Otto, Hugo Weaving, Judy Davis, Kate Winslet, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, L...
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, this bittersweet, comedy-drama is set in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage, a beautiful and talente... Read more
Poverty, Inc. (2014)
7.6/10
Starring: Bono, Brad Pitt
From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries,... Read more
Calvary (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
Three Film By Jia Zhangke (Blu-ray) (2013)
7.1/10
Director: Zhangke Jia
Starring: Zhao Tao, Wang Baoqiang, Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng
Jia Zhangke has become widely regarded as one of world cinema s most accomplished filmmakers, and a leading figure of the Sixth Generation movement of... Read more
Zero Dark Thirty ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke
Controversial military thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") about the mission by American special operations forces to capture o... Read more
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke
Controversial military thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") about the mission by American special operations forces to capture o... Read more
Killing Them Softly ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Sam Sh...
A professional enforcer investigates the brazen robbery of a high-stakes mob poker game in this darkly comic crime thriller directed by Andrew Dominik... Read more
Killing Them Softly (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Sam Sh...
A professional enforcer investigates the brazen robbery of a high-stakes mob poker game in this darkly comic crime thriller directed by Andrew Dominik... Read more