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'.
Death Of A Salesman (1985)
7.3/10
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Starring: Charles Durning, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Kate Reid, Stephen Lang
A uniquely haunting theatrical production of Arthur Miller's dark and surreallistic parable on the fallout of the American dream. Dustin Hoffman stars... Read more
Decision To Leave (2022)
7.3/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Park Hae-il
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Read more
Deep End (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more
Deep End (Blu-ray) (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more
Delicatessen (1991)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy. A circus performer takes a position as a... Read more
Delius: Song of Summer (1968)
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: Max Adrian, Maureen Pryor, Christopher Gable
Perhaps the finest of the series of biographical films that Ken Russell made for the BBC in the Sixties, "Song of Summer" is an immensely moving story... Read more
Disgrace (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Jacobs
Starring: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich stars in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M. Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced... Read more
Disgrace ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Jacobs
Starring: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich stars in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M. Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced... Read more
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
7.5/10
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh
Director Terence Davies reconstructs the lives of a working class family in Liverpool in postwar England through the use of popular songs. Over 40 hit... Read more
Dogfight (1991)
7.5/10
Director: Nancy Savoca
Starring: Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, River Phoenix
River Phoenix stars as a young marine who sets out with his buddies on a cruel wager: the dogfight - a search for the ugliest girl in town to escort t... Read more