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 Lighthouse (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Read more
Abigail's Party (1977)
7.4/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski
Mike Leigh delivers in grand fashion with this acerbic social commentary. Beverly (Alison Steadman) is a gin-sodden shrew with middle-class aspiration... Read more
In the Soup (1992)
7.1/10
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Will Patton, Carol Kane, Stanley...
A wonderfully bizarre comedy about a naive, ambitious writer (Steve Buscemi) who's penned a 500 page screenplay, and the eccentric flim-flam man (Seym... Read more
Head-On (2005)
8/10
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Birol Unel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Guven Kirac
Two desperate Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Sibel and Cahit, meet at a psychiatrist's. She needs to escape her conservative family; he's a heavy drin... Read more
Five Times Two ( 5 x 2 ) (2004)
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss, Geraldine Pailhas, Francoise Fabian, Mi...
Gilles and Marion have just filed for divorce. As the judge declares their marriage over we follow the couple through five flashbacks, reversing thro... Read more
The White Ribbon (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Leonie Benesch, Christian Friedel
Michael Haneke ('Funny Games', 'Code Unknown', etc) does not make films with easy answers. 'The White Ribbon' offers a view of a small pre-WWI German... Read more
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
7.6/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood, Alberta Watson
This controversial, spellbinding offering focuses on a school bus accident in the Canadian wilderness killing 14 children. A tormented attorney (Ian H... Read more
The Tango Lesson (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Sally Potter, Pablo Veron, Gustavo Naveira
Semi-autobiographical tale of director/star/writer and former dancer Sally Potter (director of "Orlando") who finds love and the meaning of life in th... Read more
Jubilee (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Adam Ant, Toyah Wilcox, Jenny Runacre, Little Nell
A punk-era apocalyptic drama with Queen Elizabeth 1 being transported to the present day by her astrologer, and witnessing the virtual collapse of civ... Read more
Siddhartha (1972)
6.7/10
Director: Conrad Rooks
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal
From the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Herman Hesse ("Steppenwolf"), "Siddhartha" is the story of a young Brahmin who leaves his wealthy parents to bec... Read more