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'.
Testimony (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup
The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more
Tetro (VF) (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Rodrigo De La Serna
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's disco... Read more
That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton
Robert Altman's offbeat, moody tale stars Sandy Dennis as a lonely, frustrated single woman whose encounter with a mysterious young man sitting in the... Read more
The Adjuster (1991)
6.7/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin
A provocative examination of voyeurism and the power of images from Atom Egoyan. Elias Koteas plays an insurance adjuster who secretly likes giving aw... Read more
The American Astronaut (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Cory McAbee
Starring: Cory McAbee, Rocco Sisto, Annie Golden, Gregory Russell Cook, James Ransone, Jos...
Written, directed by and starring Cory McAbee, this sci-fi musical-western follows an interplanetary trader (McAbee) on an intergalactic journey to pr... Read more
The Angels' Share (2012)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw
Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, the wayward and disillusioned small-time criminal and new father Robbie (Paul Brannigan) is given... Read more
The Angels' Share ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw
Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, the wayward and disillusioned small-time criminal and new father Robbie (Paul Brannigan) is given... Read more
The Anniversary Party (2001)
6.3/10
Director: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Starring: Jane Adams, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, Alan Cumming, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Ja...
A gathering to mark the sixth wedding anniversary of novelist/filmmaker Alan Cumming and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh at their Hollywood Hills home de... Read more
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, Sam...
A realistic view of the overly romanticised Jesse James, casting Brad Pitt as the psychopathic outlaw and Casey Affleck as the infatuated and volatile... Read more
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, Sam...
A realistic view of the overly romanticised Jesse James, casting Brad Pitt as the psychopathic outlaw and Casey Affleck as the infatuated and volatile... Read more