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'.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Alec Guinness, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson
Franco Zeffirelli relates the tale of St. Francis of Assisi, an Italian soldier who returns from the Crusades and dismisses his family's material weal... Read more
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
7.1/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
Powerful, explosive, erotic, political film that took the world by storm; Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando co-star in this film of love, sex and will... Read more
Family Life (1971)
7.8/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Alan MacNaughton, Sandy Ratcliff, Grace Cave, Malcolm Tierney
When 19 year-old Janice falls pregnant, her horrified parents force her to have an abortion, which throws the traumatised Janice into a tailspin of se... Read more
Punishment Park (1971)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Jim Bohan, Catherine Quittner
Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park's pseudo-documentary style places a British film crew amongst a group of you... Read more
Love ( Szerelem ) (1971)
6/10
Director: Karoly Makk
Starring: Lili Darvas, Mari Torocsik
Based on two short stories by Hungarian author Tobor Dery, this film explores how individuals survive in the face of adversity and the absence of a lo... Read more
The Trojan Women (1971)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Patrick Mage...
Featuring an ensemble cast "one could never hope to see on stage" (Pauline Kael, New Yorker), this screen adaptation of the Euripides tragedy sees a f... Read more
The Go-Between (1971)
7.4/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard
Adaptation of the novel by L P Hartley, scripted by Harold Pinter. Seen through the eyes of a young boy, a love affair between the daughter of an affl... Read more
Under Milk Wood (1971)
6.3/10
Director: Andrew Sinclair
Starring: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole
This film version of a wonderfully evocative radio play weaves a magical tapestry of words around the lives and dreams of the inhabitants of the tiny... Read more
Deep End (Blu-ray) (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more
Deep End (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more