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 Mahabharata (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Brook
Starring: Urs Bihler, Ryszard Cieslak, Georges Corraface, Mamadou Dioume
One of the great masterpieces of world literature, 'The Mahabhrata' is a collection of ancient Sanskrit stories composed into the longest poem ever wr... Read more
The Loneliest Planet (2011)
5.5/10
Director: Julia Loktev
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg
Alex (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Nica (Hani Furstenberg) are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, while backpacking... Read more
Nebraska ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.7/10
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte, June Squibb
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marke... Read more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1979)
6.4/10
Director: Joseph Strick
Starring: Bosco Hogan, T P McKenna, John Gielgud
This beautiful adaptation of James Joyce's autobiographical novel is a faithful portrait of the young author and his coming of age. Stephen Dedalus is... Read more
Fish Tank (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Rebecca Griffiths, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Sydney Mary Nash, Harry Tread...
15-year-old Mia Williams (Katie Jarvis) lives with her single mother Joanne (Kierston Wareing) and younger sister Tyler in a run down block of flats.... 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
Don't Come Knocking (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk,...
Writer and actor Sam Shepard reunites with director Wim Wenders for the first time since their acclaimed 'Paris, Texas'. With a similar mood-drenched... Read more
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Jean-Marc Barr, Michael Pas, Stellan Ska...
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's c... Read more
Apocalypto (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead
Mel Gibson's Mayan epic was overshadowed by the director's personal antics, but this hugely-scaled mythological tale is a vivid and ferocious window o... Read more
Paris, France (1993)
5.2/10
Director: Gerard Ciccoritti
Starring: Leslie Hope, Peter Outerbridge, Victor Ertmanis
Intensely sexual account of a beautiful Canadian writer, bored with her marriage, who counts on a young adventurous lover to unleash her wildest eroti... Read more