art house
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noun
a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
Nearby words
art film, art for art's sake, art form, art glass, art historical, art house, art lining, art mobilier, art music, art nouveau, art of love, the
Origin of art house
First recorded in 1950–55
Also called art theater.
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Examples from the Web for art house
Except that it was published by little-known Minneapolis art-house company Coffee House Press.
The film was supposed to be distributed by Paramount Vantage, the art-house label that folded last year.
British Dictionary definitions for art house
art house
noun
a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
adjective
- of or relating to such films or a cinema which specializes in showing them
- (as modifier)the surprise art-house hit of the season
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