Art House Cinema
Art House films are critically-acclaimed movies that don't necessarily cause a stampede at the box-office. These so-called 'minor' works are generally seen only at Film Festivals or a few selective theatres, but they stay in the mind, for better or worse. Below is a list of films in Alice's Collection that for one unexplained reason or another, generally didn't quite get the exposure they may have deserved when originally released.
Enjoy finding many of cinema's 'gems' in this section.
Right: Peter Greenaway's 'The Baby Of Macon'.
By Brakhage: An Anthology (2003)
Director: Stan Brakhage
Artist and filmmaker Stan Brakhage has made nearly 400 films over the past 50 years, never mainstream and always fascinating. Brakhage turns his camer... Read more
Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco
Directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gerard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, this brilliant black comedy was nominated for... Read more
C'mon C'mon (2021)
7.5/10
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann
When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away fro... Read more
Calendar (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Arsinee Khanjian, Atom Egoyan, Ashot Adamian
With this beautiful and evocative film set in Armenia and Canada, Atom Egoyan ('Exotica', 'The Sweet Herafter') filtered his abiding obsessions into t... Read more
Callas Forever (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright
It took director Franco Zeffirelli a quarter of a century to figure out how best to pay homage on screen to his longtime friend and colleague, opera l... Read more
Camille 2000 (1969)
6/10
Director: Radley Metzger
Starring: Daniele Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo, Eleonora Rossi
The Dumas classic tale gets trashed in this 'naughty' expose of heated passions, duplicitous lovers, cheating wives, horny men and sexually overcharge... Read more
Can She Bake A Cherry Pie? (1983)
5.6/10
Director: Henry Jaglom
Starring: Karen Black, Michael Emil, Frances Fisher
Karen Black and Michael Emil star in this comic story of a love affair between a pedantic, middle-aged divorcee and a neurotic would-be singer who are... Read more
Cannes Man (1996)
5.3/10
Director: Richard Martin
Starring: Seymour Cassel, Francesco Quinn, Rebecca Broussard, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich,...
Set within the glitz and glamour of the Cannes Film Festival comes the wonderful farce featuring Seymour Cassel as a legendary film producer who takes... Read more
Career Girls (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers
Mike Leigh's follow-up film to 'Secrets and Lies' focuses on two former students:Citrus tongued young spike Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) and Eczema-ridde... Read more
Careful (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Brent Neale
"I made my first trip to the West Coast ever and realised, 'I want to make a movie about mountains.' (Co-writer) George Toles wanted to make a pro-inc... Read more