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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.
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Spike Carter, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
Spike Carter, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grind house
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Few filmmakers of his generation moved as fluidly between art house prestige, literary adaptation and political confrontation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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On the artier side there are international art house darlings Ousmane Sembene, Lee Chang-Dong, and Catherine Breillat, all of whom, along with Alex Garland, are better known for their movies at this point than their books.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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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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“Grind house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grind%20house. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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