grind house

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Recent Examples of grind house What the proto-feminist painter Artemisia Gentileschi was to the 17th-century Renaissance, Stephanie Rothman was to the 1970s grind house. Spike Carter, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
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Noun
  • An award-winning writer-director, his films have screened at festivals and art houses around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, American Cinematheque, and Facets Multimedia.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Many of the biggest names in international art house cinema got their start in the sidebar.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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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“Grind house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grind%20house. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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