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'.
Director Louis Malle ("Atlantic City") peels back the layers of one family's tragedy to reveal a middle-aged man and his son's fiancee entangled in an... Read more
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, Lars Von Trier's brilliant film inspires adulation and scorn. This neo-musical is set in an earl... Read more
This racy drama from "Il Postino" director Michael Radford, noted for its largely improvised scenes and script, stars Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sa... Read more
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
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
A beautifully shot film telling the story of Richard Gere, a fugitive from the Chicago slums, and Sam Shepard, a shy, rich Texan in love with the same... Read more
A one-of-a-kind stylish western written by director Jim Jarmusch, about a city accountant (Johnny Depp) who heads off to the wild west for job. When... Read more
A one-of-a-kind stylish western written by director Jim Jarmusch, about a city accountant (Johnny Depp) who heads off to the wild west for job. When h... Read more
Scripted by Lars von Trier and directed by Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg, this is a wry, sharply observed perspective on American gun culture thr... Read more
Roman Polanski's intense film of Ariel Dorfman's play stars Sigourney Weaver as a South American woman who believes that her lawyer husband's associat... Read more