arthouse theater

Art film venue

An arthouse theater is a cinema that specializes in independent, foreign, classic, or experimental films rather than mainstream Hollywood releases.

These venues typically show films with limited distribution that wouldn't fill seats at multiplexes: The documentary is playing at the arthouse theater downtown.

The term can also describe the aesthetic or programming philosophy itself.

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limited release · projector · subtitles · foreign · foreign language · director · screening · midnight screening · festival · cult · cult classic · vintage · velvet · red curtain · marquee · popcorn · ticket stub · film noir

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film exhibition venue type

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Multi-screen movie theater

megaplex · cineplex · IMAX theater · drive-in theater · dollar theater

cultural positioning

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Low-cost movie house

Family

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