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 Mahabharata (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Brook
Starring: Urs Bihler, Ryszard Cieslak, Georges Corraface, Mamadou Dioume
One of the great masterpieces of world literature, 'The Mahabhrata' is a collection of ancient Sanskrit stories composed into the longest poem ever wr... Read more
The Man Who Cried (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton
In 1930's Paris, Russian-born refugee Christina Ricci finds work as a chorus girl and befriends fellow dancer Cate Blanchett. Ricci's dream of travell... Read more
The Midnight Swim (2014)
5.3/10
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Starring: Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino, Ross Partridge, Beth Grant,...
When their mother goes missing in Spirit Lake, three half-sisters travel home to settle her affairs. The youngest sister, June, a documentary filmmake... Read more
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Lech Majewski
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michael York, Rutger Hauer
Mixing live actors with painted backdrops, this visually striking film from director Lech Majewski re-stages the action of "The Procession to Cavalry,... Read more
The Million Dollar Hotel (1999)
5.9/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Bud Cort, Donal Logue, Gloria Stuart, Harris Yulin, Jeremy Davie...
When it is discovered that a resident of a seedy Los Angeles boarding hotel, who was found dead, is the son of a media tycoon, FBI Special Agent Skinn... Read more
The Minister (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Pierre Schoeller
Starring: Michel Blanc, Olivier Gourmet, Zabou Breitman
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no... Read more
The Moderns (1988)
6.7/10
Director: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Genevieve Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin J...
An exquisite-looking period drama set against the backdrop of the Paris art scene of the 1920s. Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino and John Lone are Am... Read more
The Most Beautiful Women in Paris (2005)
"This film pays tribute to beautiful women, both famous and unknown, who were discovered through desire, chance or passion. I wanted to make simple an... Read more
The Navigators (2001)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
"The Navigators" dramatises the events of 1995 in South Yorkshire, when the lives of a tight-knit group of railway workers were thrown into chaos when... Read more
The Necessities of Life (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Benoit Pilon
Starring: Eveline Gelinas, Natar Ungalaaq, Paul-Andre Brasseur
The 1950s-era tuberculosis epidemic in the Far North forced many Inuit to go to various Canadian cities for treatment. Tivii (Natar Ungalaaq) is taken... Read more