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'.
The Business of Strangers (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Fred Weller
Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles star in this brisk and edgy tale of two career women who form an unlikely and potentially unstable bond in order to... Read more
Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)
5.4/10
Director: Jens Jorgen Thorsen
Starring: Paul Valjean
Inspired by Henry Miller's novel, this unusual erotic drama tells of a self-indulgent American choreographer living in Denmark who joins his pal in pu... Read more
Thumbsucker (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves,...
Striking the perfect balance between adolescent awkwardness and black comedy, this film stars Lou Taylor Pucci as a neurotic 17-year-old whose coping... Read more
It's All About Love (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall, Alun Armstrong
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg ("Festen"), this intriguing drama takes place in the near future and tells of two people fighting for their love and ult... Read more
The Double (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, James Fox, Noah Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasi...
Deadpan Richard Ayoade's follow-up to the terrifically spiky teen black comedy Submarine is a Dostoevsky-inspired tale of a nerdy office clerk, Simon... Read more
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Director Guy Maddin's works are like a window to an alternate film universe - this unforgettable feverish whirligig of a movie is the closest the cul... Read more
Permanent Vacation (1980)
6.4/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Chris Parker, John Lurie, Maria Duval
The aimlessness ennui of the "post-punk generation" is the theme of Jim Jarmusch's first feature film. Drawing from the now-familiar world of the Lowe... Read more
High-Rise (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans
The brutalism begins with the architecture and extends all the way down to the residents in Ben Wheatleys High-Rise, a flashy adaptation of J.G. Ba... Read more
Land and Freedom (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Iciar Bollain
A perceptive, passionate tale of a young working class Communist (Ian Hart) from Liverpool who goes to Spain to join the anti-Facists in their battle... Read more
The Favourite (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss,...
In the early 18th century, England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies... Read more