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'.
Swimming Pool (2002)
3.1/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Charles Dance, Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Marc Fayolle, Jean-Marie La...
From director Francois Ozon ("8 Women") comes a riveting erotic thriller starring Charlotte Rampling as a burnt-out mystery writer vacationing at her... Read more
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Em...
Celebrated screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ('Being John Malkovich', 'Adaptation') tries his hand at directing with this tale of frustrated theatre direct... Read more
Tabu (2012)
7.3/10
Director: Miguel Gomes
Starring: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Cardoso, Henri...
Acclaimed director Miguel Gomes delivers a sumptuous, eccentric two-part tale centered on Aurora, shown first as an impulsive, cantankerous elderly wo... Read more
Taking Sides (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgard, Moritz Bleibtreu
Filmmaker Istvan Szabo follows up his acclaimed "Sunshine" with this mediation on Wilhelm Furtwangler. As the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orc... 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
Tape (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Robert Sean Leonard
Director Richard Linklater ("Slacker") delivers a dark and edgy comedy about friendship, resentment and retribution. A reunion of three former high sc... Read more
TAR (2022)
3.8/10
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conduc... Read more
Taxidermia (2006)
7/10
Director: Gyorgy Palfi
Starring: Csaba Czene, Gergely Trocsanyi, Piroska Molnar, Adel Stanczel, Marc Bischoff, Ga...
The deeply bizarre and graphically shocking sophomore film from Hungarian Gygory Palfi ('Hukkle'), tells a multi-generational story beginning with a p... Read more
Ten Canoes (2006)
7/10
Director: Rolf de Heer, Peter Djiggir
Starring: David Gulpilil, (Voice of) , Peter Minygululu, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbir...
Rolf de Heer's uniquely enchanting and humourous fable is the first film spoken entirely in Aboriginal languages. Set before the time of Western cont... Read more
Testimony (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup
The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more