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'.
Henry Fool (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey
Hal Hartley's poetic fable concerns the relationship between Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan), a free spirit and Simon Grim (James Urbaniak), an inexpress... Read more
The Grand Budapest Hotel ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
8.1/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, F Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel, Jason...
Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the l... Read more
Love Me If You Dare (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Yann Samuell
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard
A.k.a. "Jeux D'Enfants". - Some say love is a game. But what happens when the game becomes more thrilling than love - and life - itself? With an irres... Read more
Marie Antoinette (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Kirsten Dunst, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan, Shirley He...
Kirsten Dunst stars as the ill-fated French queen in Sofia Coppola's lavish take on the bloated 18th century monarchy. Betrothed to young Louis XVI (... Read more
The Million Dollar Hotel (1999)
5.9/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bud Cort, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare...
When it is discovered that a resident of a seedy Los Angeles boarding hotel, who was found dead, is the son of a media tycoon, FBI Special Agent Skinn... Read more
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
7.1/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Udo Kier, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
A uniquely distinctive portrayal of male street-hustling in the American northwest, with River Phoenix as a narcoleptic sex-for-hiree and Keanu Reeves... Read more
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
8.3/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinso...
Brilliantly realized tale from writer Charlie Kaufman ("Adaptation") and director Michel Gondry ("Human Nature") for anyone who's been in love and wan... Read more
Drowning By Numbers (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson
An ironic black comedy that celebrates the English obsession with game playing and their love of wit, verve and the multi-layered linguistic and picto... Read more
The Cat's Meow (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Jennifer Tilly, Joanna Lumley, Kirsten Dunst, Eddie...
One of Hollywood's most notorious unsolved mysteries is the basis for this vibrant film from Peter Bogdanovich. A party hosted by newspaper mogul Will... Read more
The Night Porter (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Liliana Cavani
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling
In Liliana Cavani's scintillating drama, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her ex-torturer/lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as... Read more