as in drive-in
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The film opens with a rousing folk music performance led by McConaughey outside of a local drive-in restaurant, the first of six live numbers that include much of the film’s cast performing their own instruments.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025 -
People go less frequently to drive-ins (except during Covid) which usually don’t have the most premium picture or sound.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Prestigious institutions like Cineteca di Bologna, a world leader in film preservation, and other major European cinematheques, as well as specialist private outfits like Films du Jeudi, have attended the Rendez-vous.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2023
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The organization — part pop-up cinematheque, part artists’ cooperative — distributed experimental films by now-famous directors like Hammer, Clarke and Peggy Ahwesh.—
Sean Malin,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2023
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That film will almost certainly be remembered as one of the signature films of 2022, a combination of family drama and genre-spanning action-adventure that straddles the art house and the multiplex.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Some of these venues, such as the city’s central Cinema Adriano multiplex, are fully operational, while others have long been shuttered.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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In May, Rales acquired The Criterion Collection, the four-decade-old art house distributor famed for its restorations and special editions.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Campion, art house to the core, concedes there’s value in Kidman’s ability to tap into a hungry, predominantly female audience.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Fleapit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleapit. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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