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'.
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
Paris, Texas (1984)
8.1/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Car...
Sam Shepard wrote this lyrical and moving American tale directed by German filmmaker Wim Wenders. Beautifully photographed by Robby Muller with music... Read more
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Offbeat and engaging look at the American dream through "foreign" eyes from Jim Jarmusch. The stagnant lives of two New York misfits are changed when... Read more
The Element of Crime (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lei, Gerald Wells
Lars Von Trier's stunning debut film is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for yo... Read more
Life is a Bed of Roses (1983)
6.5/10
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Geraldine Chaplin, Ruggero Raimondi, Sabine Azema, Vittorio Gassma...
A homage to some of France's greatest film makers - Georges Melies, Marcel L'Herbier and Eric Rohmer - Alain Resnais' triptych film pays tribute to th... Read more
Killer of Sheep (1977) / My Brother's Wedding (1983)
Director: Charles Burnett
Starring: Henry G Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes
Acclaimed African-American filmmaker Charles Burnett's work is spotlighted in this two-disc double bill. The documentary-like drama 'Killer of Sheep'... Read more
Can She Bake A Cherry Pie? (1983)
5.6/10
Director: Henry Jaglom
Starring: Karen Black, Michael Emil, Frances Fisher
Karen Black and Michael Emil star in this comic story of a love affair between a pedantic, middle-aged divorcee and a neurotic would-be singer who are... Read more
El Norte (1983)
7.7/10
Director: Gregory Nava
Starring: David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez
'The North'. An independent American film that became a hit, the powerful story of a brother and sister who must leave their oppressed country of Guat... Read more
Meantime (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Alfred Molina
From one of Britain's finest directors comes this witty, compelling black comedy of life on the dole. For the permanently unemployed Pollack family, e... Read more
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983)
6.9/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell
Based on the short stories of American writer Charles Bukowski ('Barfly'), this paints a passionate, steamy portrait of a grizzled poet (Ben Gazzara)... Read more