Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to films shown in art houses.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of art house.

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Examples

  • Nolan earned the right to make a movie as intelligent and expensive as Inception by grossing Warner Bros close to $1.5bn with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, both of which can best be described as arthouse movies posing as massive franchise blockbusters.

    Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people 2011

  • The framework of the film is far more important than the plot, which is a welcome change from a lot of the heavily event-driven tripe that dominates so called arthouse cinema now, cough, cough, My Blueberry Nights cough and once all the pieces are locked into place the movie starts to develop a life of its own as it meanders gently but nonetheless captivatingly through the complexities of postmodern life.

    FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON | Obsessed With Film 2008

  • "Painfully slow but at the same time a resonant, elegiac coming of age story, the second installment in Turkish arthouse director

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • The so-called arthouse circuit in the UK is slowly vanishing with a great number of the pseudo-indie, pseudo-arty chains filling their screens with the same films as the multiplexes, so I think Metrodome's decision is, at best, a sign of the times, at worst a harbinger of much worse to come.

    /Film slashfilm.com 2010

  • Oh, I see, it's there just for the sake of it, to generate a so called arthouse's vibes, to allow to some fanboys claim that are watching some kind of profound masterpiece, and feel smart believing that they're finally able to understand and enjoy a supposed complex film.

    CommanderBond.net 2009

  • Even if it was at your closest arthouse, that is still a bit too long to sit in a theatre.

    The Moviezzz Blog 2009

  • Oh, I see, it's there just for the sake of it, to generate a so called arthouse's vibes, to allow to some fanboys claim that are watching some kind of profound masterpiece, and feel smart believing that they're finally able to understand and enjoy a supposed complex film.

    CommanderBond.net 2009

  • Oh, I see, it's there just for the sake of it, to generate a so called arthouse's vibes, to allow to some fanboys claim that are watching some kind of profound masterpiece, and feel smart believing that they're finally able to understand and enjoy a supposed complex film.

    CommanderBond.net 2009

  • Oh, I see, it's there just for the sake of it, to generate a so called arthouse's vibes, to allow to some fanboys claim that are watching some kind of profound masterpiece, and feel smart believing that they're finally able to understand and enjoy a supposed complex film.

    CommanderBond.net 2009

  • The people that Nowhere Boy would interest already know of its existence, surely, and I highly doubt that some casual arthouse which is, let's face it, the only place Nowhere Boy is going to screen visitor is going to suddenly cotton on to the fact that there is a new movie about The Beatles and go see it instead.

    Confused Boy Glenn Dunks 2010

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