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'.
Eureka (1981)
7.6/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Gene Hackman, Joe Pesci, Mickey Rourke, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell
Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke and Theresa Russell star in a compelling drama of human emotion from director Nicolas Roeg ("Performance").... Read more
Eversmile, New Jersey (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Carlos Sorin
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Jokovic
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Fergus O'Connell, a good-hearted dentist who travels by motorbike through Patagonia and rural Argentina to give free dental... Read more
Everyday People (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Jim Mckay
Starring: Jordan Gelber, Bridget Barkan, Stephen Henderson, Sydnee Stewart, Billoah Greene...
Independent filmmaker Jim Mackay ('Girltown') wrote and directed this ensemble film revolving around a Brooklyn eaterie where a racially diverse clien... Read more
Everything (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Hawkins
Starring: Ray Winstone, Jan Graveson
When Richard (Ray Winstone) visits London prostitute Naomi (Jan Graveson) nine times over nine consecutive days, without once soliciting a single sexu... Read more
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Liev Schreiber
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin
Actor Liev Schreiber makes his directing debut with this quirky comedy/drama based on Jonathan Safran Foer's novel. Elijah Wood plays Jonathan, a sel... Read more
Evolution (Blu-ray & DVD) (2015)
6.1/10
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Starring: Roxane Duran
The only residents of young Nicholas' sea-side town are women and boys. When he sees a corpse in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existenc... Read more
Exotica (1994)
7.1/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood
This eerie, erotic meditation on sex, lies and voyeurism from Canada's Atom Egoyan is set in and around a strip club frequented by a docile tax audito... Read more
Faces (1968)
7.7/10
Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Cassavetes rivetting and personal study of a crumbling marriage with John Marley as a salesman who finds comfort in the arms of prostitute Gena Rowlan... Read more
Family Life (1971)
7.8/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Alan MacNaughton, Sandy Ratcliff, Grace Cave, Malcolm Tierney
When 19 year-old Janice falls pregnant, her horrified parents force her to have an abortion, which throws the traumatised Janice into a tailspin of se... Read more
Fay Grim (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina...
Hal Hartley's sequel to his 1997 success 'Henry Fool' is a kooky espionage thriller with Parker Posey as the titular single mum, raising her and Henry... Read more