art house

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as in art theater

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Recent Examples of art house Although art house films once skewed toward older audiences, indie films are now popular with younger generations, who have also become accustomed to reading subtitles. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 De Boissard was also cautious about the IRIS initiative aimed at art house cinemas. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 His name conjures both an ingenious canon within British art house cinema and a trailblazing position within gay activist history. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 However, the lack of titles made room for unexpected films, like Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid and Los Javis’s La Bola Negra, to soak up all the buzz, turning them from art house films into serious awards contenders overnight. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for art house
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art theater
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  • Constructed in 1963, the three-screen Cinema Village is billed as the oldest continuously operating movie theater in Greenwich Village and one of the oldest art theaters in the city.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The film released last week to widespread fanfare and critical acclaim, in Indianapolis and beyond, that has shattered the art theater box initially placed around it, propelling it into chain theaters and early award conversations.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2022
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