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'.
A Ghost Story (2017)
6.9/10
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara
A passionate young couple, unexpectedly separated by a shocking loss, discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. Read more
A Hidden Life (2020)
7.4/10
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: August Diehl, Maria Simon, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tobias Moretti
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Read more
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek
Best friends and once teen-lovers Bobby (Colin Farrell) and Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) reunite after a long separation. Bobby is now a charismatic het... Read more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1979)
6.4/10
Director: Joseph Strick
Starring: Bosco Hogan, T P McKenna, John Gielgud
This beautiful adaptation of James Joyce's autobiographical novel is a faithful portrait of the young author and his coming of age. Stephen Dedalus is... Read more
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson, John C Reilly, Kevin Kline, Garrison...
The late Robert Altman's swansong is this whimsical tribute to radio shows of days gone by. Scripted by Garrison Keillor (who plays himself in the fi... Read more
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
7/10
Director: John Erman
Starring: Ann-Margret , Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo
A remake of the much-loved Tennessee Williams classic about family strife in 1940s New Orleans. Strong, vibrant acting by Ann-Margret and Treat Willia... Read more
A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Glenn Jordan
Starring: Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin, Diane Lane
Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin repeat the roles that they took on Broadway in the first uncut film of the Tennesse Williams classic play. Read more
A Time for Drunken Horses (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi
Lyrical, emotional and bleak drama about several siblings of a poverty stricken Kurdish family desperately trying to find funding for the treatment of... Read more
A Woman Under the Influence (1975)
8.2/10
Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes
Unquestionably one of the greatest films of the 1970s, John Cassavetes' masterpiece centres on a dysfunctional Los Angeles family, and the perverse, h... Read more
A Zed and Two Noughts (1985)
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon
From the famed director of 'The Draughtsman's Contract' and 'The Belly of an Architect', this film is an erotic, beautiful, disturbing, absurdist and... Read more