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'.
The Book of Life (1998)
6.7/10
Director: Hal Hartley
Starring: Martin Donovan, Thomas Jay Ryan, P J Harvey
This French produced quirky offering tells of the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus (Martin Donovan) and his assistant Magdalena (P J Harvey) are sent b... Read more
The Brown Bunny (2003)
5/10
Director: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Vincent Gallo, Cheryl Tiegs
Vincent Gallo wrote, directed, shot, edited and starred in his second directorial effort. A haunting abstract road movie about a man in a van travell... Read more
The Business of Strangers (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Fred Weller
Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles star in this brisk and edgy tale of two career women who form an unlikely and potentially unstable bond in order to... Read more
The Butcher Boy (1998)
7.2/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Ian Hart, Sean McGinley
A blackly comic study of an Irish boy who doesn't have a chance in life; his father is a perpetual drunk, his mother a mentally fragile soul. Yet he g... Read more
The Cat's Meow (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Jennifer Tilly, Joanna Lumley, Kirsten Dunst, Eddie...
One of Hollywood's most notorious unsolved mysteries is the basis for this vibrant film from Peter Bogdanovich. A party hosted by newspaper mogul Will... Read more
The Chumscrubber (2005)
7/10
Director: Arie Posin
Starring: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close, Rory Culkin, Tim DeKay,...
When disaffected teen, Dean (Jamie Bell), discovers the body of his friend hanging in his bedroom, he doesn't bother telling any adults as he doesn't... Read more
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson
A creepy and darkly erotic tale, set within mysterious yet alluring Venice. Two lovers on vacation are wooed by a bizarre married couple with strange... Read more
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth
A feast (in more ways than one) for followers of writer/director Peter Greenaway's work. Set around a high-class English restaurant, it involves the g... Read more
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Blu-ray) (1989)
7.7/10
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth
A feast (in more ways than one) for followers of writer/director Peter Greenaway's work. Set around a high-class English restaurant, it involves the g... Read more
The Cuckoo (2002)
7.9/10
Director: Alexandr Rogozhkin
Starring: Anni-Christiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov
Aka "Kukushka". Highly-praised and upbeat anti-war drama in which two men from opposing armies - a Finnish sniper and a Russian Captain find themselve... Read more