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'.
Carla's Song (1996)
6.9/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Oyanka Cabzas, Robert Carlyle, Scott Glenn
This touching film from English film legend Ken Loach tells the story of the relationship between George (Robert Carlyle) a free spirited Scottish bus... Read more
Cashback (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Sean Ellis
Starring: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin
Originally made as an Oscar-nominated short film, writer/director Sean Ellis fills out his sweet and perceptive story to a successful feature. Ben tak... Read more
Cathy Come Home (1966)
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Carol White, Ray Brooks
"Cathy Come Home" is probably the most famous British television play ever, watched by a quarter of the population both on its first broadcast in Nove... Read more
Cemetery of Splendour (2015)
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Petchthai Wongkamlao, Banlop Lomnoi
In rural Thailand, a community sets up a makeshift hospital to care for a cadre of soldiers stricken with a mysterious sleeping sickness. A volunteer... Read more
Chacun Son Cinema ( To Each His Own Cinema ) (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, Michael Cimino, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel De Oliveira, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Aki Kaurismaki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raoul Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming-Liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou
Starring: Georges Babluani, Josh Brolin, Farini Cheung, David Cronenberg, Emilie Dequenne,...
33 renowned directors from around the world (many of them Palme d'Or winners) contributed to this anthology of short films to commemmorate the 60th an... Read more
Chokher Bali (2003)
6.6/10
Director: Rituparno Ghosh
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Lily Chakrabarti, Prasenjit Chatterjee
Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh adapted and directed this costume melodrama based on the classic 1902 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. Subtly using th... Read more
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros
This wonderful tale of comically twisted obsession tells of Chuck, a Los Angeles record executive who, upon meeting childhood friend Buck at Buck's mo... Read more
Climax (2018)
7.3/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Sofia Boutella
When members of a dance troupe are lured to an empty school, drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive n... Read more
Closer (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Clive Owen, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman
Emotional and sexual gamesmanship, as seen through the couplings and uncouplings of four people - photographer Julia Roberts, stripper Natalie Portman... Read more
Closer ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
Emotional and sexual gamesmanship, as seen through the couplings and uncouplings of four people - photographer Julia Roberts, stripper Natalie Portman... Read more