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 Science of Sleep (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma De Caun...
Director Michel Gondry returned to France to direct his own screenplay, a surreal and entrancing journey into the mind of young idealist Stephane (Gae... Read more
The Secret (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Vincent Perez
Starring: David Duchovny, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Brendan Sexton III
Hannah (Lili Taylor) and Bill (David Duchovny) are married soul-mates with a teenage daughter, Sam (Olivia Thirlby); but when Hannah is killed in an a... Read more
The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)
Director: Massimo Dallamano
Starring: Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Margaret Lee, Richard Todd, Marie Liljedahl, Maria R...
In the late 60s in London, the model Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) meets an aspiring actress, Sybil Vane (Marie Liljedahl), and they fall in love. Meanw... Read more
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
6.7/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: David Carradine, Gert Frobe, James Whitmore, Liv Ullmann
Set in Berlin in 1923, the film is about a Jewish-American trapeze artist (David Carradine) and his sister-in-law (Liv Ullman), who are entrapped by a... Read more
The Shout (1978)
6.8/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Tim Curry
Starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, this unusual film explores the meaning of reality in the setting of an insane asylum. A cricket matc... Read more
The Show (2020)
5.8/10
Starring: Roger Ashton-Griffiths
A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and v... Read more
The Square (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Dominic West, Elisabeth Moss, Terry Notary, Claes Bang, Annica Liljeblad, Christ...
Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good cau... Read more
The Stunt Man (1979)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Rush
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set where he accidentally causes death of their ace stunt man. The director offers to hide him from the police - if h... Read more
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
7.6/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood, Alberta Watson
This controversial, spellbinding offering focuses on a school bus accident in the Canadian wilderness killing 14 children. A tormented attorney (Ian H... Read more
The Tango Lesson (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Sally Potter, Pablo Veron, Gustavo Naveira
Semi-autobiographical tale of director/star/writer and former dancer Sally Potter (director of "Orlando") who finds love and the meaning of life in th... Read more