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'.
Rachel Getting Married (Blu-ray) (2008)
6.7/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Debra Winger, Mathe...
Alternately heartbreaking and acidic dysfunctional family drama stars Anne Hathaway as Kym, a recovering drug addict who has checked out of rehab and... Read more
Model Shop (Blu-ray) (1969)
6.7/10
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Anouk Aimee, Gary Lockwood, Tom Holland, Severn Darden
George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit... Read more
Visitors (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Director Godfrey Reggio reveals humanity's trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces ma... Read more
L'Age d'Or (1930)
7.3/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwa... Read more
High Hopes (Blu-ray) (1988)
7.4/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Edna Dore, Philip Davis, Philip Jackson, Ruth Sheen
A provocative, original, slice-of-life Comedy-Drama about love, alienation and responsibility centred on a young laid-back working class couple, his a... Read more
David Cronenberg's Early Works (Blu-ray) (1967)
Director: David Cronenberg
One of the most singular auteurs of the horror and science fiction genres, David Cronenberg has wowed audiences with his depictions of body transforma... Read more
Where The Green Ants Dream (1984)
7.1/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruce Spence, Roy Marika, Wandjuk Marika
Another fascinating . . sometimes maddening chapter in director Werner Herzog's continuing obsession with the fate of the earth and the fate of himsel... Read more
David Holzman's Diary (1967)
6.5/10
Director: Jim McBride
This fake documentary which appears quite real on the surface is about a young man making a movie about his everyday life and discovering something im... Read more
Cul-de-sac (Blu-ray) (1966)
7/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Francoise Dorleac, Donald Pleasence, Lionel Stander, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Mac...
A distinctly macabre comedy/thriller in which two gangsters (Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran) are on the run, and seek refuge at an island castle of... Read more
Berberian Sound Studio (Blu-ray) (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed
1976: A timid sound engineer (Toby Jones) arrives in Italy to work on a mysterious horror film ("The Equestrian Vortex"), mixing bloodcurdling screams... Read more