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'.
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Neil Maskell, Pete Tong
The rise, tragic fall and inspiring re-invention of legendary dance DJ, Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye AKA Dennis Pennis) is the subject of this subtly hila... Read more
Ivans xtc (2000)
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, James Merendino, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Lisa Enos
Based on Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich', this remarkable film by Bernard Rose, stars Danny Huston, (son of John), as a powerful Hollywood agent... Read more
Japon (2002)
6.9/10
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Starring: Magdelena Flores, Alejandro Ferretis
Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' first film is a poetic, existential drama exploring life, death, truth and redemption by following a suicidal old ma... Read more
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Blu-ray) (1975)
7.8/10
Director: Chantal Akerman
Starring: Delphine Seyrig
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to... Read more
Jess and Moss (2011)
Director: Clay Jeter
Starring: Haley Parker, Austin Vickers, Sarah Hagan
Jess, age 18 (Sarah Hagan) and Moss, age 12 (Austin Vickers) are second cousins who have spent their summers together since either of them can remembe... Read more
Joe (1970)
6.9/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott
One of the milestone films of its era, this satirical drama stars Peter Boyle as a bigoted, beer-swilling hardhat who helps a strait-laced advertising... Read more
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
6/10
Director: Hall Bartlett
Based on the popular book by Richard Bach, this warm and exhilarating film traces the life of a flock of seagulls, and of one bird in particular who l... Read more
Jubilee (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Adam Ant, Toyah Wilcox, Jenny Runacre, Little Nell
A punk-era apocalyptic drama with Queen Elizabeth 1 being transported to the present day by her astrologer, and witnessing the virtual collapse of civ... Read more
Julia (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Erick Zonca
Starring: Saul Rubinek, Tilda Swinton, Aidan Gould, Kate del Castillo
Tilda Swinton plays Julia, an alcoholic who, between shots of vodka and one-night stands, gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. When a neighbour gets her i... Read more
Junebug (2005)
7/10
Director: Phil Morrison
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams, Ben McKenzie, Celia Weston, Scott...
Embeth Davidtz plays Madeleine, a dealer in avant garde art, who challenges (and is challenged by) the middle-class, back-water mediocrity of her in-l... Read more