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'.
Poor Cow (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Terence Stamp, Carol White, Malcolm McDowell
Director Ken Loach's theatrical debut film is this gritty account of a young London woman (Carol White) trying to cope in squalor while her husband (J... Read more
Poor Things (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.8/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the pr... Read more
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
8.1/10
Director: Celine Sciamma
Starring: Adele Haenel, Valeria Golino
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Read more
Pretty Baby (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields
Director Malle has taken a taboo subject, child prostitution, and created a film of humanity and beauty. Brooke Shields plays a young girl in 1917 New... Read more
Privilege (1967)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton
Steven Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions; his approval or endorsement can guide the choices and actions of the masses. Bu... Read more
Problemista (2023)
6.8/10
Director: Julio Torres
Starring: RZA , Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rossellini
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job a... Read more
Pull My Daisy (1959)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Frank
Starring: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg
Pull My Daisy is a collectable object containing Robert Frank's famous film of 1959 on DVD; a text booklet with an introduction, the transcript of the... Read more
Punishment Park (1971)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Jim Bohan, Catherine Quittner
Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park's pseudo-documentary style places a British film crew amongst a group of you... Read more
Queen of Earth (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston
Elisabeth Moss delivers a fearless performance in this tour-de-force portrait of psychological breakdown. In her second collaboration with acclaimed d... Read more
Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)
5.4/10
Director: Jens Jorgen Thorsen
Starring: Paul Valjean
Inspired by Henry Miller's novel, this unusual erotic drama tells of a self-indulgent American choreographer living in Denmark who joins his pal in pu... Read more