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 Limits of Control (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Youki Kudoh, Gael Garcia Bernal, Isaach D...
A lone man (Isaach De Bankole) travels to Spain on an important mission, the details of which are deftly obfuscated in this enigmatic film from writer... Read more
The Living and the Dead (2006)
6/10
Director: Simon Rumley
Starring: Roger Lloyd-Pack, Leo Bill, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball
A grimly absorbing and genuinely terrifying thriller/drama with Leo Bill delivering a gripping performance as James, a mentally-challenged young man,... Read more
The Lobster (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: John C Reilly, Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Ashley J...
In the world of Yorgos Lanthimos wily jet black satire of socially enforced coupledom, single adults are required to find a partner within 45 days or... Read more
The Loneliest Planet (2011)
5.5/10
Director: Julia Loktev
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg
Alex (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Nica (Hani Furstenberg) are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, while backpacking... Read more
The Long Day Closes (1993)
7.5/10
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Leigh McCormack, Majorie Yates, Anthony Watson
A poignant slice-of-life remembrance by director Davies ('Distant Voices - Still Lives') picturing a postwar England which seems to be yearning for an... Read more
The Lover (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Jane March, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Frederique Meininger
An exotic, erotic adaptation of Marguerite Duras' autobiographical novel about a teenage girl who's initiated into sex by an older Chinese dandy in 19... Read more
The Lure (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of... Read more
The Mahabharata (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Brook
Starring: Urs Bihler, Ryszard Cieslak, Georges Corraface, Mamadou Dioume
One of the great masterpieces of world literature, 'The Mahabhrata' is a collection of ancient Sanskrit stories composed into the longest poem ever wr... Read more
The Man Who Cried (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton
In 1930's Paris, Russian-born refugee Christina Ricci finds work as a chorus girl and befriends fellow dancer Cate Blanchett. Ricci's dream of travell... Read more
The Midnight Swim (2014)
5.3/10
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Starring: Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino, Ross Partridge, Beth Grant,...
When their mother goes missing in Spirit Lake, three half-sisters travel home to settle her affairs. The youngest sister, June, a documentary filmmake... Read more