Art House Cinema is HDNet Movies' showcase for the best independent features, foreign films and documentaries.
Albino Alligator -  - New for July! |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
1996 |
| Cast: | Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise |
| Director: |
Kevin Spacey |
| Synopsis: |
Three small time thieves get in over their heads when they take hostages in a bar after a robbery goes wrong. |
| Run Time: |
1:34 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Thu, Jul 17th - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
Sat, Jul 26th - 4:45 AM ET / 1:45 AM PT |
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Baadasssss! - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2004 |
| Cast: | Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter |
| Director: |
Mario Van Peebles |
| Synopsis: |
Mario Van Peebles pays homage to his father, Melvin, by playing him in this dramatized account of how the famous director made his 1970s cult film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, about a black man who rises up against the injustices of white cops. |
| Run Time: |
1:48 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Wed, Jul 16th - 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT
Thu, Jul 31st - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM PT |
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The Barbarian Invasions - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2003 |
| Cast: | Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Dorothee Berryman |
| Director: |
Denys Arcand |
| Synopsis: |
A terminally ill man attempts to make peace with family and ex-lovers in his remaining time. Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film. |
| Run Time: |
1:39 |
| Language: |
French(English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 8th - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT |
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Bubba Ho-Tep - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Cast: | Bruce Campbell, Bob Ivy, Ossie Davis |
| Director: |
Don Coscarelli |
| Synopsis: |
This droll comedy tells the story of what really happened to Elvis and JFK: they wound up in a rest home that is being taken over by a blood-sucking mummy dressed as a cowboy. |
| Run Time: |
1:22 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Sat, Aug 2nd - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM PT |
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City of God - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Cast: | Alexandre Rodrigues, Leondro Firmini da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen |
| Director: |
Fernando Meirelles |
| Synopsis: |
As a group of young boys grow up in the slums of Rio, some embrace the violent culture that surrounds them, while others use it as inspiration to find their way out. |
| Run Time: |
2:10 |
| Language: |
Portugeuse (English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 15th - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT |
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Criminal - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2004 |
| Cast: | John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| Director: |
Gregory Jacobs |
| Synopsis: |
A professional con man enlists the help of a young delinquent to help him sell a forged treasury note. |
| Run Time: |
1:27 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Wed, Jul 9th - 8:35 PM ET / 5:35 PM PT
Thu, Jul 10th - 12:00 AM ET / Wed, Jul 9th - 9:00 PM PT
Tue, Jul 15th - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT
Tue, Jul 15th - 6:45 PM ET / 3:45 PM PT
Sat, Jul 26th - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT |
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The Crossing Guard - - New for July! |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
1995 |
| Cast: | Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston |
| Director: |
Sean Penn |
| Synopsis: |
Freddy Gale dedicates his life to exacting revenge on the drunk driver who killed his daughter. |
| Run Time: |
1:50 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 8th - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
Wed, Jul 9th - 3:15 AM ET / 12:15 AM PT
Wed, Jul 16th - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Thu, Jul 17th - 12:15 AM ET / Wed, Jul 16th - 9:15 PM PT
Sun, Jul 27th - 1:45 AM ET / Sat, Jul 26th - 10:45 PM PT |
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Cry, The Beloved Country - |
| Rating: |
PG-13 |
 |
| Year: |
1995 |
| Cast: | James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles S. Dutton |
| Director: |
Darrel Roodt |
| Synopsis: |
A rural black minister and a wealthy white farmer find common ground in Johannesburg when both of their sons are killed in local violence. |
| Run Time: |
1:46 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 29th - 10:35 PM ET / 7:35 PM PT
Wed, Jul 30th - 3:05 AM ET / 12:05 AM PT |
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Eat Drink Man Woman |
| Rating: |
NR |
 |
| Year: |
1994 |
| Cast: | Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu |
| Director: |
Ang Lee |
| Synopsis: |
A widowed Chinese chef and his three unwed daughters deal with life changes and family issues during elaborate, ritual Sunday dinners. |
| Run Time: |
2:04 |
| Language: |
Mandarin(English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Sun, Jul 6th - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 AM PT
Tue, Jul 22nd - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Wed, Jul 23rd - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
Thu, Jul 31st - 1:50 PM ET / 10:50 AM PT |
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Farewell My Concubine - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
1993 |
| Cast: | Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li |
| Director: |
Chen Kaige |
| Synopsis: |
This story follows the 50-year friendship between two orphaned outcasts who grew up together enduring the rigors of life as lonely and highly-disciplined Opera singers. |
| Run Time: |
2:51 |
| Language: |
Mandarin(English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 22nd - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT |
|
Igby Goes Down - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Cast: | Kieran Culkin, Ryan Phillippe, Claire Danes |
| Director: |
Burr Steers |
| Synopsis: |
A coming-of-age story about an adolescent whose path of self-destruction is matched by his insane father and his self-absorbed mother. |
| Run Time: |
1:38 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Mon, Jul 21st - 2:15 AM ET / Sun, Jul 20th - 11:15 PM PT
Sat, Jul 26th - 1:15 AM ET / Fri, Jul 25th - 10:15 PM PT |
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Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love - |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
1996 |
| Cast: | Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews |
| Director: |
Mira Nair |
| Synopsis: |
Two women, a princess and a servant, are long time rivals who use the teachings of the Kama Sutra to seduce men and exact revenge on each other. |
| Run Time: |
1:54 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Wed, Jul 23rd - 1:00 AM ET / Tue, Jul 22nd - 10:00 PM PT |
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Kinky Boots - |
| Rating: |
PG-13 |
 |
| Year: |
2005 |
| Cast: | Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts |
| Director: |
Julian Jarrold |
| Synopsis: |
A man is going to be forced to close down his family's shoe factory until a transvestite comes to the rescue with a new boot design. |
| Run Time: |
1:46 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 8th - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
Wed, Jul 9th - 5:15 AM ET / 2:15 AM PT
Thu, Jul 24th - 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT |
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Swimming Upstream - - New for July! |
| Rating: |
PG-13 |
 |
| Year: |
2005 |
| Cast: | Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer |
| Director: |
Russell Mulcahy |
| Synopsis: |
Australian Tony Fingleton overcomes a troubled family and past to become an Olympic swimmer. |
| Run Time: |
1:37 |
| Language: |
English |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 8th - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
Wed, Jul 9th - 1:30 AM ET / Tue, Jul 8th - 10:30 PM PT
Mon, Jul 14th - 6:05 PM ET / 3:05 PM PT
Wed, Jul 23rd - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT
Thu, Jul 24th - 2:15 AM ET / Wed, Jul 23rd - 11:15 PM PT |
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Talk To Her |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Cast: | Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling |
| Director: |
Pedro Almodovar |
| Synopsis: |
Director Pedro Almodovar brings his unique style to this film about Marco, a journalist looking after his comatose girlfriend, and Benigno, a male nurse in love with a comatose patient of his own. |
| Run Time: |
1:53 |
| Language: |
Spanish (English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Wed, Jul 30th - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT |
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Tsotsi |
| Rating: |
R |
 |
| Year: |
2005 |
| Cast: | Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Makoe |
| Director: |
Gavin Hood |
| Synopsis: |
After a violent series of events, a vicious gang leader finds his softer side when he is left as the caretaker of a baby for six days in the slums of Johannesburg. Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film. |
| Run Time: |
1:34 |
| Language: |
Zulu(English Subtitles) |
| Air Dates: | Tue, Jul 15th - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
Wed, Jul 16th - 2:20 AM ET / Tue, Jul 15th - 11:20 PM PT |
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