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'.
Identification of a Woman (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson
Michelangelo Antonionis Identification of a Woman is a body- and soul-baring voyage into one mans artistic and erotic consciousness. After his wife... Read more
If.... (1968)
7.7/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan
A daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in 'A Clockwo... Read more
If.... (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan
A daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in 'A Clockwo... Read more
Images (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Buzzuffi, Cathryn Harrison
Susannah York received a Best Actress gong at Cannes for her portrayal of a woman descending into madness in Robert Altman's haunting drama/thriller a... Read more
In Fabric (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram, Fatma...
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dres... Read more
In My Skin (2003)
6.3/10
Director: Marina de Van
Starring: Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas
Esther, a young research analysist, has an accident which leaves her badly cut and she develops an unhealthy obsession with what her body holds and ho... Read more
In the Company of Men (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy
Shot in just two weeks for $25, 000, first-time director Neil LaBute adapted his own play for this pitch black comedy. It's a sharp take on modern mi... Read more
In the Soup (1992)
7.1/10
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Will Patton, Carol Kane, Stanley...
A wonderfully bizarre comedy about a naive, ambitious writer (Steve Buscemi) who's penned a 500 page screenplay, and the eccentric flim-flam man (Seym... Read more
In This World (2002)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah , Imran Paracha
From director Michael Winterbottom comes a shattering docudrama concerning a pair of Afghan boys who attempt to flee their refugee camp in Pakistan. S... Read more
Inch'Allah (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Anais Barbeau-Lavalette
Starring: Sabrina Ouazani, Evelyne Brochu, Sivan Levy, Yousef Sweid, Hammoudeh Alkarmi, Zo...
With friends in her Jerusalem neighbourhood and patients she tends to in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Canadian doctor Chloe (Evelyne Brochu) finds... Read more