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'.
Faces (1968)
7.7/10
Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Cassavetes rivetting and personal study of a crumbling marriage with John Marley as a salesman who finds comfort in the arms of prostitute Gena Rowlan... 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
Fay Grim (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina...
Hal Hartley's sequel to his 1997 success 'Henry Fool' is a kooky espionage thriller with Parker Posey as the titular single mum, raising her and Henry... Read more
Female Perversions (1997)
5.5/10
Director: Susan Streitfeld
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas
Based on the Freudian texts of noted psychoanalyst Louise Kaplan, this intelligent, erotically charged and stylish film probes several dichotomies of... Read more
Festival in Cannes (2001)
6/10
Director: Henry Jaglom
Starring: Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell, Ron Silver, Zack Norman
Acclaimed filmmaker Henry Jaglom ('Someone to Love') and an all-star cast give movie lovers a reason to celebrate with this romantic comedy set at the... Read more
Figures In A Landscape (1970)
6.7/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Robert Shaw, Henry Woolf, Pamela Brown
In an unnamed totalitarian country, two escaped convicts (Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell) are on the run, hunted by a sinister black helicopter. Th... Read more
Final Cut (1998)
6.1/10
Director: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Starring: Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Sadie Frost
A man forces his friends to take a long, hard look at themselves in this unconventional British drama. Shortly after the death of Jude (Jude Law), his... Read more
First Cow (2019)
7.1/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seek... Read more
First Cow (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.2/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seek... Read more
Fish Tank (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Rebecca Griffiths, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Sydney Mary Nash, Harry Tread...
15-year-old Mia Williams (Katie Jarvis) lives with her single mother Joanne (Kierston Wareing) and younger sister Tyler in a run down block of flats.... Read more