art house

noun

a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.

Origin of art house

First recorded in 1950–55

Also called art theater.

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Examples from the Web for art house

Contemporary Examples of art house

Except that it was published by little-known Minneapolis art-house company Coffee House Press.
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The film was supposed to be distributed by Paramount Vantage, the art-house label that folded last year.
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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

1. of or relating to such films or a cinema which specializes in showing them
2. (as modifier)the surprise art-house hit of the season

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