art house

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Today, the previously booming city center shows the mixed results of economic revitalization efforts: shuttered store fronts, a handful of brewpubs, and an art house movie theater. Missy Ryan, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023 The Fort Wayne Cinema Center, a non-profit art house movie theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will screen IndyStar's Fourth & Goal documentary during Black History Month. Mykal Mceldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Feb. 2023 Frequent art house distribution bedfellows Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the feature, from Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés and the follow-up to The Chambermaid. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023 Searchlight, like other specialty and indie distributors, has for decades relied on what’s known as a platform release to nurture art house titles. Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2022 With 99 Moons, Strand adds to its upcoming slate of European art house features. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022 Previously known as Courtney Sheehan, Saelyx is the former artistic and executive director for Northwest Film Forum, a nonprofit film center and art house theater in Seattle. Brent Lang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 During the press conference, Serebrennikov pointed out that Abramovich has been a longtime patron of Russian art house cinema. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 Many of his productions from that time and his later art house films featured immigrants, and alienated people and visitors from elsewhere. Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of art house was in 1925

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“Art house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art%20house. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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